Politics

Viet Nam assures religious freedom
26/05/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives’ recent decision that calls on the Department of State to list Viet Nam as a “country of particular concern” regarding religion goes against the actual situation in Viet Nam,...
President receives Japanese, Slovakian foreign ministers
25/05/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – President Nguyen Minh Triet on May 25 received the Japanese and Slovakian foreign ministers who are in Hanoi for the 9th Asia-Europe (ASEM) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM). Photo: VNA During his meeting with Japanese foreign minister...
VN ’gravely concerned’ by North Korean nuclear test
25/05/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam has been gravely concerned with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s announcement of a nuclear test, stated Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Dung yesterday. Foreign Ministry s pokesman Le Dung. This action, he...
No foreign labor for bauxite project: government
25/05/2009 05:00
A view of the Tan Rai bauxite mining project in Lam Dong Province. Vietnamese workers will form the main labor force for a bauxite project underway in the Central Highlands and foreigners will be employed only for...
Informal mid-year CG meeting to open next month
25/05/2009 05:00
The World Bank said Monday that the Consultative Group (CG) for Vietnam will hold its informal mid-year review meeting from June 8-9 in Buon Ma Thuot Town, in the Highland province of Dak Lak. The meetingâs agenda will focus on topics including the...
Legislators oppose proposal to repeal death penalty for rape
25/05/2009 05:00
A majority of deputies at the National Assembly (NA) session Monday strongly opposed a bill to jettison capital punishment laws for rape, and drug transportation and storage. Deputy Do Thi Lan...
Vietnam PM calls on ASEM to act on crises
25/05/2009 05:00
The ninth ASEM Foreign Ministersâ Meeting (FMM 9) opened in Hanoi Monday. ASEAN General Secretary Surin Pitsuwan, representatives from the EC, and more than 400 delegates from 45 member nations...