Politics

PM leaves Davos for Hanoi
30/01/2010 05:00
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung left Davos on the evening of January 30 for Hanoi, concluding his working trip to Switzerland. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung left Davos on the evening of January 30 for Hanoi, concluding his working trip to Switzerland...
Vietnamese PM suggests increase of power for FAO
29/01/2010 05:00
“We should think of reform and increase of mandates and power for the FAO,” said PM Nguyen Tan Dung at the WEF’s session on rethinking how to feed the world on January 29. Hereafter is the PM’s full speech at the session: Food security is not merely...
PM proposes an East Asian Forum on Climate Change
29/01/2010 05:00
It is necessary to set up an East Asian Forum on Climate Change to address this huge challenge of mankind, said PM Nguyen Tan Dung at the special session on East Asia today. It is necessary to set up an East Asian Forum on Climate Change where regional...
Vietnam to grow 7 pct this year: PM Dung
29/01/2010 05:00
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 28, 2010 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung Friday said there are grounds to predict Vietnamâs economy will expand...
Japanâs aids to Vietnam likely to go down this year
28/01/2010 05:00
The under-construction East-West Highway in Ho Chi Minh City is a project funded by Japan’s aids Japanâs official development assistance to Vietnam was likely to decrease this year compared to the record loan of 202.3...
Quang Ngai opens Hoang Sa memorial
28/01/2010 05:00
Quang Ngai has inaugurated the Hoang Sa – Truong Sa (Paracel – Spratly islands) memorial to commemorate soldiers of the Hoang Sa flotilla under the Nguyen Dynasty. Quang Ngai Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Director, Dr. Nguyen Dang Vu,...
Russian President to visit Vietnam in 2010
28/01/2010 05:00
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will pay an official visit to Vietnam this year, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Vietnam-Russia relations, revealed the Russian Ambassador. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Though the two sides have not...