(VOVWORLD) - PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP) and other members of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group were urged to double their efforts to hit 1 million tons higher than the 2017 target set by the Government.

(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held talk with Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva on Friday, as part of his ongoing visit to Portugal.

(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Minister of National Defense Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh met with chiefs of Vietnam’s representative agencies abroad in the 2017-2020 term in Hanoi on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) -The National Assembly Standing Committee hosted a conference on Saturday to contribute opinions to amendments and supplements to the 2015 Criminal Code, as part of the 3rd session of the National Assembly.

(VOVWORLD) -Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV), the National Assembly Ethnic Council, the Committee for Ethnic Affairs, and the Institute of Linguistics jointly held a workshop entitled “Direction for the development of ethnic languages on Radio the Voice of Vietnam.”

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his wife will pay an official visit to Japan and attend the 23rd Future of Asia Conference in Tokyo.

(VOVWORLD) -Many National Assembly deputies agreed on the government proposed resolution to settle non-performing loans during group discussions at the National Assembly on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) -The Hanoi Food Festival and Exchange with Foreign Friends is scheduled for June 16 and 17 at the Ly Thai To monument in the capital’s downtown.

(VOVWORLD) -President Tran Dai Quang received 58 outstanding children with disadvantages who have achieved excellence at schools from 11 provinces on Friday in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) -Vice State President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has said the Party and State always offer the best conditions to improve the material and cultural life of those who have rendered their services to the nation.