Politics

Viet Nam, Chile talk on development processes
01/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Talks were held between President Nguyen Minh Triet and his Chilean counterpart Michelle Baehelet Jeria on the heels of a state welcome President Nguyen Minh Triet and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Jeria review the guard of honour....
Step forward for Agent Orange clean-up effort in Vietnam
01/10/2009 05:00
Tra Thanh Lanh, official from Agent Orange victims’ Association of Da Nang, looking over a surrounding wall at the area believed to be contaminated with dioxin. Efforts to clean up contamination from the wartime herbicide...
US offers Vietnam aid for typhoon victims
01/10/2009 05:00
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) hosts a Bilateral Meeting with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday offered Vietnam aid for typhoon victims during...
Gov’t to approve second economic stimulus package in October
01/10/2009 05:00
The government will consider the second economic stimulus package until the end of October, said government office chief Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Government’s office chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc. The government will consider the second economic stimulus package...
Huynh Dam re-elected as Fatherland Front’s Chairman
30/09/2009 05:00
Huynh Dam and Vu Trong Kim were re-elected as chairman and vice chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) in a meeting on September 29 in Hanoi. Huynh Dam (photo) and Vu Trong Kim were re-elected as chairman and vice chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland...
Party online newspaper’s chief editor reprimanded
30/09/2009 05:00
The editorial board of the official Communist Party online newspaper has been reprimanded for incorrectly using a foreign-sourced article entitled “Chinese navy maneuvers in the East Sea”. The Party Central Committee’s Propaganda and Education Department...
Interest subsidy ’the best stimulus’
30/09/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The National Assembly’s Economic and Budget Committee reported that the interest subsidy mechanism was the optimal economic stimulus policy from the Government. Following the inspection of the 206 branches of 45 commercial banks, new reports...