| Knowledge vital on climate
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem has
said ASEAN member countries should pool their engineering and technology to
mitigate the consequences of climate changes. The Vietnamese Government attached great
importance to ensuring cooking and security as well as developing education and
training and science and technology, he told the on-going 28th ASEAN Federation
of Engineering Organisations in Ha Noi. The purpose was to make science and
technology a prime mover of social development, he said. Participants at the two-day conference
introduced the scientific and technological achievements of member countries in
fields such as housing construction and environmental technology as well as
engineering, including energy, and training.
They also displayed new products and
research projects and visited major projects and production facilities in Ha Noi
and neighbouring provinces.
German
state eager for clear ties with Vietnam
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Photo: Vietnam+ | Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan
expressed his delight of the rapid development in the multi-faceted cooperation
between Vietnam and Germany which is shown by the regular exchange of high
ranking delegations between the two countries since the establishment of
diplomatic ties 35 years ago.
At a reception for the visiting
State Secretary in the Ministry of Economy and Labour from the German state of
Saxony-Anhalt, Detlef Schubert in Hanoi on December 1 the Deputy Prime Minister
praised the strengths and potential of Saxony Anhalt in science, technology,
education and training. He said that Vietnam wants to boost cooperation and
learn more in these fields from the German state. He also thanked the state’s local
authorities for creating preferential conditions for the Vietnamese community to
integrate better into German society. Mr Schubert informed that many
Saxony-Anhalt businesses are accompanying him to Vietnam to research the market
and seek long-term business opportunities in the country.
Toast to N Korean friendship
A banquet was held yesterday, Dec 1, to
celebrate the 45th anniversaries of the founding of the Viet Nam-Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Friendship Association and the DPRK-Viet Nam
Friendship Association (1965-2010). At the banquet, participants spoke highly
of the friendships and traditional co-operative ties between the two countries. On the occasion, Viet Nam Union of
Friendship Organisations vice chairman Tran Dac Loi presented the “For Peace and
Friendship among Nations” insignia to individuals who had greatly contributed to
the two countries’ relations.
Ukraine parliamentary visit
A delegation from the Ukrainian Parliament, headed by
Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn, will make an official visit to Viet Nam from December
5-8, the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee announced yesterday, Dec
1. The visit will be made at the invitation of
NA Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong.
Cambodia PM receives CPV delegation
A delegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)
led by Hoang Binh Quan, a member of the Party Central Committee and Chairman of
its Commission for External Relations paid a courtesy visit to Cambodian Prime
Minister Hun Sen on December 1.
The CPV delegation is in Phnom Penh
to attend the sixth General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian
Political Parties which is being held in Phnom Penh from December 1-4 with 85
representatives from 35 nations around the region. At the reception, PM Hun Sen thanked
the Vietnamese Party and State for timely sending its condolences to the
Cambodian government and people after the recent serious stampede in Phnom Penh.
The PM said the relationship between
the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and CPV is very special and expressed his
wish that the 11th National Party Congress of the CPV will be held
successfully early next year.
Vietnam, Laos seek to boost judicial ties
The Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam (SPPV) and
the Lao Supreme People’s Procuracy (LSPP) have agreed to promote the exchange of
delegations of senior experts and provincial officials and share information as
well as experiences in combating crime.
The agreement was reached at a
December 1 meeting between a delegation of the LSPP and the SPPV delegation
headed by its Director Tran Quoc Vuong, who is on a five-day working visit to
Laos at the invitation of the LSPP Director Somphanh Phengkhammy, starting on
December 1. The two sides compared notes on each
country’s socio-economic development and outcomes of the cooperation in training
judicial officials, as well as preparations for the second conference of
people’s procuracy bodies for Vietnamese and Lao border provinces hosted by the
LSPP. The SPPV pledged to help the LSPP in
training Lao judicial officials and continue dispatching experts to the country.
Both host and guest also agreed to
work closely on the implementation of the Vietnam-Laos treaty on mutual judicial
assistance in civil and criminal matters which was agreed in Hanoi on July 6,
1998.
Vietnamese leaders congratulate Laos on National Day
The leaders of the Party, State, Government and
National Assembly have congratulated their Lao counterparts on their 35th
National Day (December 2).
In the messages, Party General
Secretary Nong Duc Manh, State President Nguyen Minh Triet, Prime Minister
Nguyen Tan Dung and NA Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong expressed their pleasure with
Laos’ achievements in national defence and construction over the past 35 years. Under the leadership of the Lao
People’s Revolutionary Party, the Lao fraternal people have maintained national
independence and sovereignty, political stability, security, national defence
and social order, ensured unceasing economic growth, and gained achievements in
other areas, such as education, culture, health care, poverty reduction and
improvement of living conditions, and raised the country’s position in regional
and international arenas. “The Party, State and people of
Vietnam and the Lao fraternal Party, State and people are determined to maintain
and promote the special friendship solidarity – the invaluable treasure
established and fostered by President Ho Chi Minh and President Kaysone
Phomvihane, to bring the ties to a new height for the benefit of peace,
stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world,” they said. On this occasion, they especially
congratulated the capital city of Vientiane on its 450th birthday.
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