Politics

Australia hails new free trade pact with ASEAN
31/12/2009 05:00
A regional free trade pact that has just taken effect will promote exports and build on complementarities in the trade and investment relationship between Vietnam and Australia, the Australian Embassy in Hanoi has said. The ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand...
Diplomacy enhances nation’s status
31/12/2009 05:00
In 2009, Vietnamese diplomacy achieved many important results to improve the country’s status, position and strength in its process of development and integration. PM Dung delivers speech at the conference on climate change Vietnam continued to uphold...
Investigation at SCIC needed, says government chief inspector
29/12/2009 05:00
Chief government inspector Tran Van Truyen said on December 29 that inspectors of the Finance Ministry should investigate the huge salary earned by officials of the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC). VietNamNet Bridge – The chief...
More effort urged to stamp out corruption
29/12/2009 05:00
Although close co-ordination between relevant agencies has resulted in some initial progress in the fight against corruption, the activities have not been strong enough. Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong at the conference on December 28. (Photo: VNN)...
Nation ends successful Security Council tenure
29/12/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam has successfully completed its role as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). President Nguyen Minh Triet holds Viet Nam’s chair as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council last September....
Official under scrutiny for wrongly accusing foreign drug firm
28/12/2009 05:00
Deputy Health Minister Cao Minh Quang The Communist Partyâs Central Inspection Committee has issued a warning to Deputy Minister of Health Cao Minh Quang for wrongly accusing a foreign drug company of unethical lobbying...
Vietnam-US relations develop in various fields
28/12/2009 05:00
The Voice of Vietnam interviewed the Vietnamese Ambassador to the US, Le Cong Phung, on the efficiency of relations between Vietnam and the US in 2009 and future cooperation. Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Le Cong Phung, In 2009, Vietnam and the US...