• Sweden to close its embassy in Hanoi

    23/12/2010 05:00

    The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry said that Vietnam regrets the Swedish government’s decision to close its embassy in Hanoi next year but Vietnam hopes that the two countries will continue strengthening bilateral cooperation. On December 22, the Swedish...

  • Never-published pictures of Legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap

    Never-published pictures of Legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap

    23/12/2010 05:00

    101 photos featuring the daily life of General Vo Nguyen Giap by journalist-photographer Tran Tuan are now on the first-ever display at an exhibition in Hanoi celebrating the 66 th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army. The exhibition opened at 45...

  • GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 24/12

    23/12/2010 05:00

    Leaders send congratulations to Japan State President Nguyen Minh Triet on Dec. 22 sent a message of congratulations to Japanese Emperor Akihito on his 77th birthday and on the National Day of Japan (Dec. 23). Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung also...

  • Budget cuts force Sweden to shut Vietnam embassy 

    23/12/2010 05:00

    Swedish Ambassador Staffan Herrström (R) talks with Thanh Nien Editor-in-Chief Nguyen Quang Thong during a visit to the newspaper’s editorial office last month. Sweden has announced that is would close its embassy in Vietnam next year...

  • Vietnam rejects US report on religious freedom 

    23/12/2010 05:00

    Buddhist monks at a Lunar New Year celebration in Vietnam. The Foreign Ministry has rejected a resolution on religion in Vietnam recently passed by the US House of Representatives as incorrect and lacking in objectivity. The...

  • Nearly 1,400 delegates for 11th Party Congress

    Nearly 1,400 delegates for 11th Party Congress

    22/12/2010 05:00

    The 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) will open at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi on January 12, 2011 and is expected to last for nine days....

  • GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 23/12

    GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 23/12

    22/12/2010 05:00

    Vietnam reviews international human rights treaties Vietnam has successfully defended its national report on the implementation of human rights under the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Councils, which has earned international plaudits....

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