#Chairman

Permanent Vice Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Phan Van Mai was elected as Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee for the 2021-2026 tenure with 97.75 percent of approval during the second meeting of the municipal People’s Council on August 24.

The 15th National Assembly is scheduled to convene its first session in Hanoi on July 20, and deputies are to elect the chairman of the legislative body for the 2021-2026 on the opening day.

Members of the People’s provincial Council of Dak Nong elected the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee, Head and Vice Head of various sub-committees.

The second meeting of the 39th ASEANAPOL Organizing Committee was held in Hanoi. The 39th ASEANAPOL Conference, to take place from September 17 to 19, is expected to welcome 250 delegates from 27 countries and international organizations.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin agreed that parliamentary cooperation is one of the important pillars of Vietnam-Russia ties and it has made a lot of developments recently.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting with Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un in Hanoi on March 1.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception for DPRK Chairman Kim Jong-un in Hanoi on March 1 as part of the latter’s official friendship visit to Vietnam.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong hosted an official welcome ceremony in Hanoi on March 1 for Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea and the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc made it clear that Hong Kong is an important partner and market of Vietnam at a reception for Shen Tian Qing, Chairman of Jia Yuan group of Hong Kong (China) in Hanoi on December 7.