Politics

PM welcomes American thinker
11/01/2010 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Shortly after he arrived in Hanoi, Professor Joseph Nye met with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in the early afternoon on January 12. PM Nguyen Tan Dung briefed the professor on the economic situation in Vietnam and wished to know the...
State leader affirms overseas Vietnamese links to nation
10/01/2010 05:00
President Nguyen Minh Triet met with overseas Vietnamese. The Party and State always create the best possible conditions for Vietnamese nationals abroad to live a stable life, preserve traditional cultural identity and turn their hearts and minds to the...
POLITICS IN BRIEF 10/1
10/01/2010 05:00
Singapore’s Prime Minister to visit Vietnam; PM promotes strategies for development tasks in 2010; ‘Keep environment clean’: President; Women’s union urged to renew emulation campaigns Singapore’s Prime Minister to visit Vietnam Singaporean Prime...
HCM City aims to be multifunctional hub by 2025
09/01/2010 05:00
HCM City is set to become an industrial, service, scientific and technological hub in Southeast Asia by 2025, according to a revised master building and development plan recently approved by the PM. Ho Chi Minh City is set to become an industrial,...
Russian arms deal aims to modernize Vietnam army: PM
09/01/2010 05:00
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said the recent arms deal with Russia is meant to modernize Vietnamâs army and should not be seen as an arms race. âIt is a normal move,â Dung said at a...
POLITICS IN BRIEF 11/1
09/01/2010 05:00
Singapore’s Prime Minister to visit Vietnam; PM promotes strategies for development tasks in 2010; ‘Keep environment clean’: President; Women’s union urged to renew emulation campaigns Singapore’s Prime Minister to visit Vietnam Singaporean Prime...
Vietnam condemns Chinaâs island tourism plans
07/01/2010 05:00
Foreign Ministryâs spokesperson Nguyen Phuong Nga Vietnam has condemned Chinaâs plan to develop tourism on the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, demanding preparations be halted and scrapped forever....