• GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 21/5

    20/05/2011 05:00

    Over 4.7 million voters to cast ballots in HCMC A total of 4,757,638 voters are expected to cast their ballots in Ho Chi Minh City to elect deputies for the National Assembly and People’s Council at all levels for the 2011-16 term. The figure was released at...

  • Hanoi before Election Day

    Hanoi before Election Day

    20/05/2011 05:00

    Hanoi is very colorful with flags, banners, flowers before the National Assembly and People’s Council elections (May 22). In the election of National Assembly deputies and People’s Council deputies on May 22, there will have 599...

  • Terrorism, piracy on agenda at ASEAN defence ministers meet

    Terrorism, piracy on agenda at ASEAN defence ministers meet

    19/05/2011 05:00

    The fifth ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) was officially opened in Jakarta yesterday, May 19, in which various regional issues such as terrorism, piracy and armed conflicts would be discussed....

  • VN asserts sovereignty over Hoang Sa, Truong Sa

    VN asserts sovereignty over Hoang Sa, Truong Sa

    19/05/2011 05:00

    Vietnam has affirmed its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos and protested against China’s recent acts relating to the two archipelagos....

  • GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 20/5

    GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 20/5

    19/05/2011 05:00

    Early elections held for remote areas Early elections of deputies to the 13th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2011-2016 term were held in many remote mountainous areas on May 19, three days earlier than the official...

  • Vietnam commemorates Ho Chi Minh’s 121st birthday 

    19/05/2011 05:00

    Vietnam’s leaders on Wednesday paid a visit to the mausoleum of the country’s first president Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi to commemorate his 121 st birthday. During the visit, Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary...

  • Truong Sa residents cast early votes in legislative elections 

    19/05/2011 05:00

    Residents and soldiers of the Truong Sa (Spratlys) Archipelago in the central province of Khanh Hoa were early voters in the national parliamentary elections as they cast their ballots Sunday...

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