Politics

President: Justice Ministry vital to reform of judiciary
08/04/2010 05:00
LookAtVietnam – President Nguyen Minh Triet said that the Ministry of Justice held a vital role in the country’s process of judiciary reform. President Nguyen Minh Triet said that the Ministry of Justice held a vital role in the country’s process of judiciary...
ASEAN determined to build community
08/04/2010 05:00
In his opening speech of the ASEAN Summit, the Vietnamese PM proposed that ASEAN should improve the quality of its “unity in diversity” to achieve its goal of forming the ASEAN Community. In his opening speech of the 16 th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi on April 8, Prime...
POLITICS IN BRIEF 8/4
07/04/2010 05:00
FM spokeswoman reaffirms Vietnam’s sovereignty over Eat Sea islands; ASEAN commission on women’s rights to debut; ASEAN bankers meet in Nha Trang ; President to visit Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Algeria Party leader to visit Laos Party General Secretary...
New procedures for arresting aircraft issued
07/04/2010 05:00
On April 6 the President’s Office made public the Ordinance on the legal procedures needed to arrest an aircraft. Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport. When introducing the main contents of the ordinance, the Permanent Vice President of the People’s...
Toward an ASEAN community
07/04/2010 05:00
On the occasion of the 16th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi, Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem talked about the summit’s agenda and significance and Vietnam’s suggestions for the event. On the occasion of the up-coming 16th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi,...
US should take responsibility for aftermath of war, says PM
06/04/2010 05:00
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday emphasised that Viet Nam always wished to develop friendly and co-operative relations with the US for mutual benefit, . . . Photo: VOV Dung said the serious aftermaths that lingered after the US war continued to have...
ASEAN economic officials review plan
06/04/2010 05:00
The ASEAN Senior Economic Officials Meeting held a preparatory session to review the implementation of the overall plan for the ASEAN Economic Community . . . Senior officials gave opinions on the ASEAN Statement on Sustained Recovery and Development which...