The Latest Breaking News from Pham Minh Chinh

Anthony Albanese will arrive back in Australia following an Asian tour where he celebrated diplomatic ties and spruiked future opportunities.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he wants Vietnam to become one of Australia's "top-tier" partners as he wraps up a two-day visit to Hanoi after signing a raft of agreements, including a package to help Vietnam decarbonise its economy.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 20 held productive bilateral talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during which they agreed to deepen cooperation in areas like trade and investment, IT hardware manufacturing and defence.

HANOI: Vietnam faces power shortages in some areas through late this month as electricity use rises due to a heat wave, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh warned.

The United States and Vietnam are pledging to boost relations as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Hanoi as part of the Biden administration's push to counter China's increasing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific

The governor-general is in Vietnam at the invitation of President Vo Van Thuong to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between Australia and Vietnam, and human rights groups are calling on him to raise the plight of political prisoners in the communist South-East Asian nation.

Vietnam’s Communist Party is growing alarmed about a new mantra taking hold among bureaucrats: Do a lot, get in trouble for a lot. Do less, get in trouble for less. Do nothing, get in trouble for nothing.

Vietnam dismissed two deputy prime ministers — the most senior officials to be relieved of duties since 2017 — amid lengthy investigations driven by a campaign to clean up corruption and protect the Communist Party’s legitimacy.

HANOI: Vietnam dismissed two deputy prime ministers amid lengthy investigations driven by a campaign to clean up corruption and protect the Communist Party’s legitimacy.

Vietnam on Thursday opened its first large-scale international defence exhibition, as the Southeast Asian country seeks to diversify its arms sources and also to export equipment.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is confident Vietnam’s growth will exceed expectations this year and retain the title of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economy through next year, as it emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic.