Politics

Vietnam shows its professionalism at UNSC
10/03/2009 05:00
Vietnam has expressed its professionalism in diplomacy, its braveness in protecting the principles that it supports and ensuring pragmatism in seeking solutions, commented the Executive Director of Security Council Report, Colin Keating. The Executive Director...
Vietnam – US discuss security on East Sea
10/03/2009 05:00
Admiral Robert Willard, the Commander of the US Pacific Fleet, is on a working visit to Hanoi. He said the US and Vietnam will share concerns about maritime security, combating illegal activities on sea and consider cooperation opportunities. Admiral Robert...
Lawmakers discuss home ownership, death penalty
10/03/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The eligibility of Overseas Vietnamese to buy houses in Viet Nam and crimes that can be punished by death topped talks at the National Assembly’s Nationalities Council and committees yesterday. Among the 2mil people who still had Vietnamese...
Better advertising needed for Saturday office hours: officials
10/03/2009 05:00
Low pay rates and a lack of public information have made Saturday operating hours at Ho Chi Minh City government offices ineffective, officials have said. The comment followed Thanh Nien âs recent report on how government offices have been vacant on...
Japan very keen on Vietnam’s settlement of PCI case
10/03/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Mitsuo Sakaba on March 10 told VietNamNet that the arrest and prosecution of Huynh Ngoc Si showed that the Vietnamese government would deal with the PCI corruption case seriously. He said Japan...
Hanoi: $1.05 billion for economic stimulus
10/03/2009 05:00
Hanoi plans to spend VND18 trillion, or $1.05 billion, to prevent economic slowdown this year, it was announced at a conference on March 10. Officials of government agencies in Hanoi committed to take action to prevent economic slowdown. Senior...
President salutes people’s diplomacy
10/03/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – President Nguyen Minh Triet has urged the use of person-to-person diplomacy to increase the international community’s understanding of Vietnam’s policy, to facilitate the Southeast Asian nation’s process of global integration. Photo: VNN...