ABO/VNA - Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc has held phone talks with US Congressman Ami Bera, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation.

ABO/VNA - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked authorities in the central and Central Highlands regions to take action to deal with the prolonged heat wave, drought and saltwater intrusion.

ABO/VNA - The National Assembly (NA) mulled over a draft revised law on Vietnamese guest workers with contracts in Hanoi on May 21, the second working day of its ongoing ninth session.

ABO/VNA - The draft Vietnam border guard law and the draft revised law on Vietnamese guest workers under contract will be among those to be scrutinised on the second day of the ninth session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) on May 21.

The 9th session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) will open in Hanoi on May 20, according to deputy head of the NA Office Nguyen Manh Hung.

ABO/VNA - More candidates for the five-year leadership are young, women, and from ethnic minority groups.

ABO/VNA – On May 16, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc cut the ribbon to inaugurate a temple dedicated to the ancestors of President Ho Chi Minh in Kim Lien Commune, Nam Dan District.

National Assembly (NA) General Secretary Nguyen Hanh Phuc, on behalf of the NA, presented gifts of medical supplies to international parliaments and inter-parliamentary organisations during ceremonies held from May 11-14.

ABO/VNA - Forty-two organisations and six individuals with outstanding works on studying and following late President Ho Chi Minh's thought, morality and lifestyle in the 2018-20 period were honoured in a ceremony held in Hanoi on May 13.