NDO/VNA - General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong as well as Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc sent congratulations on May 21 to Indonesian President Joko Widodo on his re-election. 

NDO/VNA – The National Assembly (NA) discussed the draft revisions of the Law on Education and the Law on Architecture at the ongoing seventh session in Hanoi on May 21. 

NDO/VNA - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, his spouse and his entourage on May 21 visited Saint Petersburg city as part of his ongoing official visit to the country at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev. 

NDO/VNA – The Standing Board of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption has urged the authorised agencies to step up the fight against corruption and exert greater efforts to finalise the investigation, prosecution, and judgment of eight serious cases which have attracted public concern by the end of this year. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh is paying an official visit to Cuba from May 19-21 at the invitation of Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parilla. 

NDO/VNA – A delegation from the Foreign Ministry of Vietnam, led by Deputy Foreign Minister and head of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs Nguyen Quoc Cuong, had a working session with the Liaison Committee for Overseas Laotians in Vientiane on May 20. 

NDO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived at Pulkovo 1 airport in Saint Petersburg at 18:45 pm (local time) on May 20, beginning his official visit to Russia at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev. 

NDO/VNA – The seventh session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) opened in Hanoi on May 20. 

NDO/VNA – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 20 sent a congratulatory message to his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison on the successful organisation of the country’s recent federal election. 

NDO – The Overseas Vietnamese community and international friends in Russia’s Ulyanovsk city and neighbouring localities laid flowers to pay respect to President Ho Chi Minh at his statue on May 19. 

NDO – The 14th National Assembly (NA) opened its 7th session in Hanoi on the morning of May 20 in a ceremony broadcast live on national television and radio. 

NDO – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is paying an official visit to Russia from May 20-23 at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev. 

NDO – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse are leading a high-ranking delegation of the Government of Vietnam on official visits to Russia from May 20-23, the Kingdom of Norway from May 24-26, and the Kingdom of Sweden from May 26-28.