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President reaffirms nation’s solidarity with Palestinians
President Nguyen Minh Triet has sent a congratulatory message affirming Viet
Nam’s support and solidarity with the Palestinian people to UN Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
The
message was also sent to Chairman of the UN Committee on the Exercise of the
Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People Paul Badji on the occasion of the
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People which falls today,
Nov 29.
Get-together marks Vietnam-Romania diplomatic ties
A get-together was organised in Hanoi on November 28
to celebrate Romania’s 92nd National Day (December 1) and the 60th anniversary
of the establishment of Vietnam-Romania diplomatic relations.
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Photo: Vietnam+ | Co-hosted by the Vietnam Union of
Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and the Vietnam-Romania Friendship Association (VRFA),
the function saw the attendance of VUFO Vice President Tran Dac Loi, Romanian
Ambassador to Vietnam Dumitru Olaru and a number of representatives from the
Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations and the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. VRFA President Tong Van Nga
expressed his delight at Romania’s recent socio-economic achievements as well as
its efforts to overcome the global financial crisis. Nga noted with pleasure that
bilateral relations have always been strengthened and developed over the past 60
years. He added that the Vietnamese people are grateful to Romania for its
assistance and support during their past struggle for national independence and
the current process of national construction, as well as in training thousands
of officials for Vietnam. The official said he hoped that the
implementation of measures agreed upon at the Vietnam-Romania joint committee
for economic, trade, scientific and technological cooperation would make
economic and trade ties be on a par with their political and friendly relations.
VRFA will do its utmost to
contribute to the enhancement of solidarity, friendship and mutual understanding
between the Vietnamese and Romanian people, he added. Ambassador Olaru hailed VRFA’s role
as a bridge to facilitate cooperation between businesses from the two nations
and organise visits to Romania for those who had studied in the European
country. The diplomat also expressed his hope
that Romania-Vietnam friendly and cooperative relations would further develop in
the years to come.
Seminar honours political theorist Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels was a brilliant political theorist, father of communist theory
alongside Karl Marx and leader of the working class, said a Politburo member at
a national scientific seminar in Ha Noi on Saturday.
Truong
Tan Sang, who is also the permanent member of the Party’s Secretariat, said
Engels is the closest friend and comrade of Marx. Together
they founded Marxism, the scientific and revolutionary theory and ideology of
the working class in the fight to abolish capitalismand build a new socialism
and communism, Sang said. Engels
also joined Marx in spreading their theory and building revolutionary
organisations for the working class, he said, adding that Engels became a leader
of the working class movement in European countries in the mid- 19th century. The
Party official pointed out that the 80-year Revolution of Viet Nam and its
people, led by the Communist Party of Viet Nam and President Ho Chi Minh,
overcame many challenges to succeed. The
Party had always affirmed Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh Thought as the
foundation and guideline for action, he said. Speeches
presented at the seminar highlighted Engels’ contributions and focused in
particular on the value of his theories to Viet Nam’s revolution and ongoing
renewal process.
Cultural events mark anniversary of diplomatic ties with Cuba
Several
cultural activities were held yesterday, Nov 28, in HCM City to mark the 50th
anniversary of Viet Nam and Cuba’s longstanding bilateral diplomatic ties, which
falls on December 2. A photo
exhibition entitled Cuba – Dat nuoc than thuong (Cuba – the beloved country)
displaying about 30 larges photos taken by Vietnam News Agency reporters, helps
Vietnamese youth learn about Cuba and its close relationship with Viet Nam. It
runs until Sunday. During a short contest about Cuba held after the exhibition
opening, several Vietnamese students gave the correct answers to trivia
questions. Huynh
Minh Thien, deputy head of the HCM City Union of Friendship Associations, and
Gabriel Francisco Perez Tarrau, the Cuban General Consul in HCM City, chaired
the cultural exchange. Both said they were happy with the development of the
friendship between the two countries over the past half century. The
activities, including music and cooking festival, are an opportunity for the
countries to celebrate their friendship.
Eurasia Review praises Vietnam’s development
The online newspaper Eurasia Review last week
printed an article entitled “Vietnam: An Asian Miracle?” to share ideas from
experts in the University of Paris.
According to the article, since the
early 1990s Vietnam has experienced a spectacular decrease in poverty. The article revealed the percentage
of the Vietnamese population living below the poverty line fell from 58 % in
1993 to 14.5% in 2008. According to the findings, 25 million people in Vietnam
have thus emerged from poverty in 15 years.
Vietnam owes its people’s economic revitalization to the remarkable economic
growth it has achieved over the past 20 years, one of the fastest in the world,
the articles said. The country thus recently entered the sphere of emerging
countries.
The experts said Vietnam’s success is due to firstly the Renewal (Doi Moi
Progress) since the year 1986 which marked the country’s conversion to a
particular alternative economic model, a “socialist-based market economy”.
Vietnam is now the world’s top
exporter of both coffee and pepper and second among clothing exporters to the
American market. The country now takes an active part in international bodies.
In January 2007, the country became the 150th member of the World
Trade Organisation (WTO)
Seminar discusses Vietnam-EU relationship over the
past 20 years
An international seminar themed “Vietnam-EU
Relations: Achievements and Prospects” was held in Hanoi on November 29 to mark
20th anniversary of Vietnam-EU diplomatic ties.
The seminar offered an opportunity
for both Vietnam and the EU to assess major achievements over the 20-year
relationship and discuss prospects for cooperation between the two sides in the
future. Addressing the opening ceremony,
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son said that 2010 is of meaningful
year with a lot of important events for Vietnamese people. He said that these
included the grand ceremony of 1,000th anniversary of Thang
Long-Hanoi, Vietnam’s success in its ASEAN President and a series of activities
to mark the establishment of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and other nations
in the world. Mr Son said the seminar will broaden
knowledge about the benefits of the Vietnam-EU relationship and propose measures
to promote bilateral ties in depth, especially when the Partnership and
Cooperation Agreement (PCA) takes effect. He added that opinions given at the
seminar would lay an important foundation for Vietnam’s relevant agencies and
the EU to study and apply in making policies and implementing measures to
consolidate and further strengthen Vietnam-EU relations. Over the past 20 years, the Vietnam-EU
relationship has made major positive changes. EU is now one of Vietnam’s biggest
trade partners with two-way trade turnover reaching US$12.980 million in 2009.
EU also ranks second among major foreign investors in Vietnam and is the largest
Official Development Assistance (ODA) provider to Vietnam in fields such as
human resource development, socio-economic reforms, and Vietnam’s integration
into the world.
CPV officials attend Cypriot AKEL congress
A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)
attended the 21st Congress of the Progressive Party for the Working People (AKEL)
of Cyprus, which was held in Nicosia from November 25-28.
The CPV delegation, led by Deputy
Head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, Vuong
Thua Phong, was among 67 delegations of communist, workers’ and leftist parties
from 43 nations worldwide and international organisations. The Vietnamese delegates handed over
a message of greetings sent by the CPV Central Committee to the 21st
Congress of AKEL. Phong informed the participants
about the CPV’s preparations for its 11th National Congress, scheduled to take
place in early 2011. The CPV delegation was received by
the AKEL General Secretary, Andros Kyprianou, who expressed his belief that
friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries’ parties and people
will further develop in the future. The Vietnamese officials paid a
courtesy visit to Cypriot President Demitris Christofias, who is former AKEL
General Secretary. They also made fact-finding trips to AKEL establishments and
met with international delegations to the congress.
World Chess Federation president visits Vietnam
The President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE),
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who is on a working visit to Vietnam, was warmly received by
President Nguyen Minh Triet in Hanoi on November 28.
At the reception, President Triet
congratulated Ilyumzhinov on his re-election to the post of FIDE’s president and
hailed FIDE’s orientations for its next tenure, with support given to developing
countries. He expressed his hope that FIDE would continue to help Vietnam in
training chess players. President Triet also thanked
Ilyumzhinov, former President of the Republic of Kalmykia, for his help to boost
the construction of a “Vietnam village” in Kalmykia, a Russian republic on the
Caspian Sea, saying the project helps deepen the two countries’ friendship and
cooperation. For his part, Ilyumzhinov pledged to
further support Vietnam’s chess development and create favourable conditions for
Vietnamese guest workers to work in Kalmykia. Ilyumzhinov has been FIDE’s
president since 1995.
Defence officials meet in dialogue with China
Defence
co-operation is an important element of the comprehensive strategic partnership
between Viet Nam and China, Politburo member Truong Tan Sang said on Saturday as
he received the Chinese delegation to the first bilateral strategic defence and
security dialogue. Sang,
who is also the standing member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat,
expressed his hopes that the defence ministries and militaries would boost
exchanges and enter into agreements to deepen ties in order to advance peace,
stability and development in the region and globally. The
Vietnamese Party, State and the People’s Army had consistently attached
importance to the development of a comprehensive strategic partnership with
China and considered it a foreign policy priority, Sang added. The
deputy chief-of-staff of the People’s Liberation Army of China, Senior Lt Gen Ma
Xiaotian, who is leading the visiting delegation, called the defence and
security dialogue between the two countries an important co-operative mechanism
to increase mutual understanding and trust. The two
sides would continue to increase the number of meetings and exchanges of
delegation in order to strengthen the comprehensive strategic partnership, Ma
said. The
Vietnamese deputy minister of defence, Lt Gen Nguyen Chi Vinh, also co-chaired
the strategic dialogue with Ma and called it a manifestation of the tradition of
friendship and co-operation between the armies of the two nations. The two
sides informed each other of recent defence developments in their respective
countries and exchanged views on defence policy and the security in the region
and the world as a whole, reaching high consensus on needed military and defence
co-operation. They
agreed to increase co-operation in military science research and training, and
co-operation in naval and border guard forces, as well as to establish a hotline
between the two defence ministries in order to help realise agreements reached
between the Parties, States and militaries of both countries.
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