The 8th sitting session of the 12th National Assembly will open on October 20 and last for over one month, said Chairman of the NA Office Tran Dinh Dàn.
A high-ranking delegation of the Defence Ministry of Vietnam, headed by Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Huy Hieu, is on a three-day visit to Romania.
International Monetary Fund and central bank officials from around the world met in China Monday to discuss ways to boost the global economic recovery.
Vietnam’s bankers are turning to beer, bed sheets, crash helmets and a variety of other unconventional incentives in a fiercely competitive drive to entice new customers.
Russian oil company TNK-BP said it had agreed a deal with BP to acquire the troubled British oil giant's assets in Vietnam and Venezuela for 1.8 billion dollars.
Flooding has killed at least 14 people in Vietnam and forced around 78,000 people to be evacuated from their homes in the centre of the country, officials said Sunday.