Politics

PM Nguyen Tan Dung visits UAE
15/02/2009 05:00
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, his wife and a high-level delegation left Ha Noi today for an official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, his wife and a high-level delegation...
ASEAN+3 ministers to discuss economic recovery efforts
15/02/2009 05:00
ASEAN finance ministers plus their counterparts from Japan, China, and the Republic of Korea (RoK) will discuss joint efforts to revive the region’s economies at a meeting in Thailand next week, Thai Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij has said. ASEAN+3 Summit...
PM presses ahead with stimulus package
15/02/2009 05:00
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung chaired a meeting in Hanoi on February 14 with representatives from commercial banks and financial organisations to review the implementation of his decision on the 4-percent interest rate subsidy and regulations on credit...
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrives in UAE
15/02/2009 05:00
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, his wife, and a delegation of the Vietnamese Government arrived in the Abu Dhabi International Airport at 13:00 on February 15 (local time), beginning a three-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Prime...
Party campaign promotes healthy lifestyle
15/02/2009 05:00
The campaign of “Studying and Following the late President Ho Chi Minh’s moral examples” will be carried out on a larger scale to foster public awareness of a healthy lifestyle and help sectors, agencies and localities fulfil their tasks, said a Politburo...
National students congress opens
15/02/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong honoured the national congress of students, which opened in Hanoi on Feb. 15, with his personal presence and a special gift reminding youth of their key role in national development. Trong...
US wants transparent cooperation with Vietnam in adoption
15/02/2009 05:00
Speaking to VietNamNet last week, Assistant Secretary of State Janice L. Jacobs said the US expects Vietnam’s early participation in the La Haye Convention to resume adoption cooperation between the two countries, which was suspended last September....