The 15th National Assembly's first extraordinary session opened in Hanoi on January 4 and was connected via videoconference to 62 delegations of NA deputies in centrally-run provinces and cities, excluding the capital city's delegation who attended the sitting in-person.
Vietnam has sketched out specific tasks and roadmaps to implement the Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (C105) of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), under a plan approved recently.
The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Organisation Commission and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee’s Organisation Commission reviewed their cooperation and set out orientations for the time ahead during their online talks on January 4.
Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue on December 31 sent a letter of congratulations to Esteban Lazo Hernández, President the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba, on the occasion of the Caribbean nation’s 63rd National Day (January 1, 1959).
Permanent representative of Vietnam to the United Nations Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy (centre) and representatives of Estonia, Niger, Saint Vincents & the Grenadines and Tunisia at the ceremony mark the end of the term of five non-permanent members of the UNSC for 2020-2021. (Photo: VNA) He made the statement at a ceremony to mark the end of the term of five non-permanent members of the UNSC for 2020-2021 which took place at the United Nations headquarters in New York, the US, on December 31. These five countries include Estonia, Niger, Saint Vincents & the Grenadines, Tunisia and Vietnam. Quy also said that Vietnam's participation in the UNSC is to promote and be based on its objectivity, transparency and unity as well as the legitimate interests of relevant parties. The Vietnamese diplomat affirmed that to fulfill its pledge to promote compliance with the UN Charter and multilateralism, Vietnam has always upheld these contents in all activities of the UNSC. Vietnam has stri