13th PCC’s second plenum considers candidates for leading positions
3/8/2021 3:11:40 PM (GMT+0700)

The second plenary conference of the 13th-tenure Party Central Committee opened in Hanoi on March 8.

The permanent Board of the provincial Party Committee has just had a working session with the Executive Board of the provincial Youth Union as related to the working programs for the youth, movements for children and juvenile in 2021 and the youth works, deeds.

There are 184 constituencies across Vietnam in the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA), according to a new resolution.

The first phase of supervision and inspection over the upcoming elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels in the 2021-2026 term will be implemented from March 15 to April 13 with five inspection teams, each covering three provinces and centrally-run cities and one district in each locality.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh held phone talks with Singaporean Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan on March 4, during which they discussed measures to bolster trade exchange and speed up post-pandemic economic recovery, as well as the facilitation of travelling between the two sides.

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan chaired the third meeting of the National Election Council (NEC) in Hanoi on March 3.

The Provincial Fatherland Front Committee has just held a conference to guide the content, procedures, and order of introducing candidates, making candidate dossiers for the 15th National Assembly and the Provincial People's Council term VIII, tenure 2021-2026.

The 6th Vietnam-Cuba political consultation at the deputy foreign minister level was convened via videoconference on March 2, under the chair of Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son and First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba Marcelino Medina Gonzalez.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked Cabinet members to continue focusing attention to completing their tasks while addressing the Government’s regular meeting on March 2.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on March 2 led a Vietnam delegation to attend a virtual Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, during which he affirmed Vietnam, as an active and responsible member of the ASEAN Community, commits to working with other member states of the bloc in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Russia attaches importance to the strategic partnership with Vietnam in the new context, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova has said.