Politics

Vietnam appreciates UNMIS role in Sudan
06/11/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The overall security situation in UNMIS’s operation areas of Sudan has been improved, said the Vietnamese representative to the UN, Ambassador Le Luong Minh, at a meeting of the UN Security Council on Nov. 5. Ambassador Le...
Summit pledges further development, cooperation
06/11/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The 4th CLMV Summit of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) took place in Hanoi on Nov. 6 under the chairmanship of the Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Prominent at the event were also Cambodian PM Hun Sen, Lao...
Russia to help in Vietnam civil nuclear program
06/11/2008 05:00
Russia wants to take part in Vietnam’s planned nuclear energy program, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov said Thursday following talks with Vietnam’s Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem in Hanoi....
World economic turmoil will impact Mekong region: Vietnam
06/11/2008 05:00
Vietnam’s premier warned Thursday that the current upheavals in the world economy would not spare Southeast Asia’s Mekong river countries. Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam are particularly...
House factors global crisis into 2009 targets
06/11/2008 05:00
The National Assembly Thursday lowered several socioeconomic targets proposed by the government, beginning with next year’s growth rate that it fixed at 6.5 percent. The government had...
Hanoi flooded, water drainage project under microscope
06/11/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The Government Inspectorate will probe Hanoi’s water drainage project, said Assistant Chief Inspector Mai Quoc Binh on Thursday. Assistant Chief Government Inspector Mai Quoc Binh (photo: Government’s website) VietNamNet...
NA raises GDP target by 6.5% for ‘09
06/11/2008 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The resolution on next year’s socio-economic plan was adopted with nearly 88 per cent of National Assembly deputies voting yesterday afternoon. The NA also emphasised that the Government needed to closely keep watching and raising...