• Party leader meets voters

    08/05/2011 05:00

    Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong joined other candidates for the 13th National Assembly to meet voters in the Ba Dinh and Hoan Kiem districts of Ha Noi on Saturday as part of their election campaigns. General Secretary Trong, who is...

  • Laos temporarily suspends Xayaburi Dam

    Laos temporarily suspends Xayaburi Dam

    08/05/2011 05:00

    On the sideline of the 18 th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Indonesia, Laos PM Thoongsing Thammavong informed his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Tan Dung of Laos’ decision to temporarily suspend the Xayaburi hydropower project....

  • Vietnam contributes to building ASEAN Community

    Vietnam contributes to building ASEAN Community

    08/05/2011 05:00

    Vietnam contributes to building ASEAN Community With the motto of proactiveness, activeness and responsibility, the Vietnamese delegation led by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung made great contributions to the success of the 18th ASEAN Summit, which was held in...

  • GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF

    06/05/2011 05:00

    VN asserts sovereignty over Truong Sa, Hoang Sa Vietnam has once again affirmed that it has sufficient historical and legal evidence to prove its sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos. The Permanent Delegation of Vietnam...

  • Project to send 600 outstanding youth to poor communes begins

    06/05/2011 05:00

    As many as 600 outstanding young people are set to be recruited to work as vice chairmen of communal People’s Committees in 62 poor districts nationwide, said Home Affairs Deputy Minister Nguyen Tien Dinh at a meeting to launch the project yesterday. Dinh said...

  • Should backwardness be preserved?

    Should backwardness be preserved?

    05/05/2011 05:00

    They are called “traditional craft villages”, but many of them don’t produce unique craft items. They are merely villages with a trade, which runs in backward and ragged ways....

  • Vietnam calls for more int’l support at ADB meeting 

    05/05/2011 05:00

    Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung talks at the meeting of the Asian Development Bank in Hanoi Thursday Despite its economic achievements, Vietnam is still poor and hopes to receive more international support, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung...

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