Politics

POLITICS IN BRIEF 12/10
12/10/2009 05:00
Construction of new National Assembly building starts; PM Dung receives RoK Minister; Malta supports Vietnam’s efforts to increase ties with EU Photo: VOV A ground-breaking ceremony was held at the Ba Dinh Hall in Hanoi on October 12 to start the...
Vietnam, France to jointly set up sci-tech university
12/10/2009 05:00
The Government of Vietnam and France are determined to establish a French Science and Technology University in Vietnam, Photo: VOV Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thien Nhan made the statement in a recent interview with a Vietnam News...
Get-together marks Mass Mobilisation Day
12/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – A get-together was held in Hanoi on October 12 to mark the 79th anniversary of the Party’s Mass Mobilisation Day (October 15). When addressing the event, President Nguyen Minh Triet noted that thanks to mass mobilisation, the Vietnamese nation...
US policy maker to visit Vietnam
12/10/2009 05:00
Ambassador Susan Schwab will work with the Vietnamese government, Hanoi National University and major economic groups and chaired international seminars in the Southeast Asian country Photo: VOV The information was released at a press briefing jointly organised by the...
New program to renovate inspectorate
12/10/2009 05:00
Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands on Tuesday signed a joint financing agreement to implement a four-year program to upgrade Vietnamâs inspections regime. The US$13.2 million program, titled âStrengthening the comprehensive capacity of the...
New Vietnam parliament building breaks ground
12/10/2009 05:00
Work began Monday on the new national parliament building in Hanoi. The new National Assembly House, built at a cost of VND4.8 trillion (US$268.7 million), is expected to open in the third...
Former US trade representative to visit Vietnam
12/10/2009 05:00
Susan Schwab, the second G.W.Bush administration’s chief trade negotiator, will visit Vietnam to work with officials, Hanoi National University and major economic groups Photo: VOV Foreign Ministry External Relations Director Le Quoc Thinh said that...