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Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (L) and Chairwoman of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko at a press conference after their talks. (Photo: VNA) Moscow (VNA) – Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Chairwoman of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko met with the press immediately after their talks in Moscow on December 10. Chairwoman Ngan affirmed that the talks were a success, with two sides discussing issues related to the cooperation between the two countries and legislative bodies as well as directions for the Russian Year in Vietnam in 2020. Ngan said she and Matviyenko had agreed to assign the committees for external relations and the friendship parliamentarians' groups of the two legislative bodies to plan events for the Russian Year in Vietnam in 2020. She informed that the two sides are committed to continuing coordinating and consulting each other at multilateral … [Read more...] about Vietnamese, Russian parliament leaders meet press on talks’ outcome

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue (left) and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Kozak.(Photo: VNA) Moscow (VNA) – The Russian Government always supports its businesses in increasing cooperation with Vietnam, especially in the fields of oil and gas and energy, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak. He made the affirmation at a talk with his Vietnamese counterpart Vuong Dinh Hue in Moscow on December 10, which was held in the framework of an official visit by Vietnamese National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. The two Deputy PMs shared the assessment that bilateral economic, trade and investment ties have recorded positive development in the recent past, with two-way trade value reaching 4.5 billion USD in 2018 and 3.77 billion USD in the first 10 months this year, and new investment projects launched. In the context of multiple fluctuations in the world, the two sides agreed to coordinate to remove non-tariff barriers for each other’s … [Read more...] about Russia supports businesses in cooperation with Vietnam: Deputy PM Kozak

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (standing, middle) witnesses the signing ceremony for the EVFTA and EVIPA Lange, on a recent visit to Vietnam, said the European Parliament may ratify the EVFTA and EVIPA in February 2020. The Vietnamese National Assembly has also tabled the issue for discussion at its ongoing sitting and may ratify the two deals at its meeting in May next year. Therefore, the coming months are an important time to reach common understandings on issues which are not clear at the moment. INTA Deputy Chairman Jan Zahradil said that the May 2019 elections to the European Parliament brought in 60 percent of new members from eight different parties, holding varied and complex views, but they have seen Vietnam’s positive efforts. Vietnam needs to grasp every opportunity to facilitate the ratification of the EVFTA and EVIPA. Zahradil emphasized that no country in Southeast Asia will be able to reach a similar agreement with the EU in the foreseeable future. … [Read more...] about Vietnam, EU seek to clarify outstanding trade deal issues prior to ratification

Read what is in the news today: Politics -- Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan held talks with Chairwoman of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko in Moscow on Tuesday. -- The 7th diplomatic – defence strategic dialogue between Vietnam and Australia, an annual activity since 2012, took place in the Australian capital city of Canberra on December 10. Society -- Dinh Lam Xuong, a district-level chief judge in the north-central province of Quang Binh, has been dismissed from all Party positions after a video tape of him having sex with a subordinate in his office during work hours was submitted to police investigators. Business -- The export value of fruit and vegetables in the January-November period saw a slight decrease of 0.6 percent year on year to US$3.5 billion, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. -- The third Vietnam Coffee Day kicked off at Dai Doan Ket Square in Pleiku City in the Central Highlands … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – December 11

LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed on Tuesday to demolish three years of stalemate over Brexit, as Britain's political leaders geared up for a frantic final day of general election campaigning. Johnson ploughed a British flag-themed digger, marked "Get Brexit done", through a styrofoam wall with "gridlock" written on it, in a bid to ram home his core message in time for Thursday's snap vote. Johnson's centre-right Conservatives have been consistently ahead in the opinion polls but YouGov's final survey of the campaign predicted they were set only for a narrow majority -- with the race tightening. The pollsters' seat projection put the Conservatives on course for a relatively slender 28-seat majority in parliament's 650-member lower House of Commons -- down from a comfortable 68 forecast by YouGov on November 27. Johnson's current Conservative minority government hopes to secure a majority that would let him pull Britain out of the European Union by the end of next month. … [Read more...] about British PM seeks Brexit breakthrough as polls tighten