National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan held talks with President of the European Parliament (EP) Antonio Tajani in Brussels on April 4.

 Naval ship HQ 012-Ly Thai To of Brigade 162 of the Naval Region 4 anchored at Tanin Tharyi port in Myanmar on April 3, beginning a friendship visit to the country.

 Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands will pay an official visit to Vietnam on April 9. 

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with Chairman of the European Parliament (EP)’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) Bernd Lange in Brussels, Belgium on April 3 (local time) as part of her working visit to the EP. 

 The ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting, under the theme “Sustainable security”, officially opened in Phetchaburi province, Thailand, on April 3.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met President of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium Siegfried Bracke in the capital city of Brussels on April 3 after arriving there. 

 National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with Mayor of Toulouse city Jean-Luc Moudenc on April 2 (local time) on the occasion of her official visit to France.

 The Vietnam-US relationship appears as a case study of foe-turned-partner after the normalization announced in 1995.

 National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on April 2 as part of her ongoing visit to France.

The 2018 Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) Repor reveals that general improvement in provincial and local government performance, with citizens reporting less corruption in health care and education.

 The Government convenes its regular monthly meeting for March 2019 in Ha Noi on April 2 under the chair of PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc

 The sound political relations between Vietnam and France will pave the way for the bilateral cooperation in other fields.

 New regulations on tontine interest rates, registration fee prices of houses and land, and internal auditing shall take force from April, 2019.

 The U.S. Embassy Hanoi officially handed over six 45-foot Metal Shark patrol boats to the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) in Khanh Hoa, Region III, on March 29.

 The Vietnamese Government, Foreign Ministry, relevant agencies, and Vietnam Bar Federation have implemented citizen protection measures to protect the legitimate rights and interests of Vietnamese national Doan Thi Huong in her trial in Malaysia.

 The Department of Peacekeeping Operations under the Ministry of National Defence is hosting the United Nations (UN) Senior National Planners Course, which opened in Hanoi on April 1.

 The 11th conference on cooperation between Vietnamese and French localities was held in Paris on April 1 with a series of cooperation documents and economic contracts signed between businesses of the two nations. 

Vietnam pledged to continue perfecting the legal system in order to create favourable conditions for foreign enterprises, including those from France, to operate in the Southeast Asian country, said the top lawmaker.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on March 31 met organisers of the Vietnam Global Leaders Forum as part of her ongoing visit to France.

 Indian Coast Guard Ship, ICGS “VIJIT” commanded by Commandant T Ashish, will pay a four-day goodwill visit to the Vietnamese port of Da Nang from April 1 to 4.