President sends condolences to Russian, Brazilian leaders

President Nguyen Minh Triet yesterday, Jan 25, sent a message of condolences to
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev over the suicide bombing at Moscow’s
Domodedovo Airport on Monday which killed 35 people and injured 170 others.

Triet on
the same day sent a message of condolences to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
over the property and human loss caused by flooding.

Regarding the suicide bombing, Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Nguyen
Phuong Nga said that Viet Nam strongly denounced the suicide attack.

“We
strongly condemn this outrageous act,” she said.

Local connection

A
Russian returning from Viet Nam was slightly injured in the suicide bombing
after getting off a Vietnam Airlines flight, the national flag carrier said.

The
passenger was injured in the leg after disembarking the VN527 flight from HCM
City to Moscow and entering the arrival terminal of Domodedovo, Moscow’s busiest
airport, a VNA spokesman said.

The
passenger, whose identity remains unknown, was rushed to the hospital for
treatment.

The
return Moscow-HCM City 526 flight with 105 passengers on board was delayed 28
minutes and left 7.35pm local time.

The
flight was scheduled to land at 9.30am yesterday, Jan 25.

Viet Nam
Airlines said as soon as the bombing happened, the airline responded with
airport authorities and security agencies in both countries to ensure the safety
of passengers and provide assistance where necessary.

VN
sends sympathy to Brazil over flood

The flooding disaster killed at least 759 and left about 400 others still
missing, making it the deadliest natural catastrophe in Brazil’s history.

Book
published on China, Viet Nam land border

The book
Viet Nam and China’s Land Border hit bookstores yesterday, marking the first
time that a comprehensive and detailed book about the Viet Nam-China land border
has been published.

Photo: Vietnam+

Professor Vu Duong Ninh was the chief editor of the project.

The book
has five chapters, which briefly describe Viet Nam’s historical mission to
define and defend its borders over the centuries.

The work
reflects the Vietnamese Communist Party and State’s policies and guidelines
toward solving land border issues between Viet Nam and China in order to protect
the nation’s territorial integrity.

The book
also provides readers with basic information about border negotiations between
the two countries that led to the signing of the Viet Nam-China Land Border
Treaty on March 31, 1999 and the construction of the last land border marker on
December 31, 2008.

It also
provides a detailed description about the Viet Nam-China Land Border Treaty,
related regulations and Viet Nam’s National Border Law.

The book
project kicked off in November 2009 and was approved by an appraisal council
headed by Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Do Quy Doan on
December 7, 2010.

Viet
Nam, UAE ink visa waiver pact

Prime
Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved an agreement between the governments of
Viet Nam and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to waive visas for diplomatic,
official or special passport holders from the two countries.

The UAE
has invested in Viet Nam in a number of fields, such as infrastructure
construction, services, renewable energy, port and airport construction and
human resources development co-operation.

There
are more than 20,000 Vietnamese labourers working in the UAE at present.

Party, State leaders pay Tet visits to intellectuals

To Huy Rua, Politburo member and Head of the Central
Commission for Communication and Education, visited and extended Tet (Lunar New
Year) wishes to some prominent intellectuals in Hanoi on January 25.

Mr Rua visited Professor-Dr Dao Tien
Khoa, who is Director of the Fundamental Research and Calculating Centre under
the Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology, and former veteran journalist
Do Phuong, who was the former CPV Central Committee member and Director General
of the Vietnam News Agency.

On behalf of the Party and State, To
Huy Rua highlighted Dr Khoa’s contributions to the country’s science and
technology and Mr Phuong’s contributions to the Vietnamese revolutionary press.

The scientist and journalist said
they were moved by the Party and State’s special attention and affirmed that
they will continue to contribute more to the country’s construction and
development.

* The same day, a delegation of the
Vietnamese Communist Party Central Committee visited the party committee, people
and armed forces of Dien Bien province.

The head of the delegation, General
Ngo Xuan Lich, who is also Secretary of the Central Committee, conveyed General
Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s Lunar New Year regards to them.

General Secretary Trong wished that
the northwestern Dien Bien province will gain more successes in its
socio-economic development.

On the occasion, General Lich
visited and presented gifts to officers and soldiers at the Dien Bien Military
Command and Border Guard Command.

Defence Minister visits disadvantaged people

The Minister of National Defence General Phung Quang
Thanh visited the Friendship Village in Hanoi , run by the Vietnam War Veterans
Association (VWVA) on January 25 on the threshold of the Lunar New Year festival
(Tet).

Thanh presented gifts to children, war veterans and
Agent Orange victims to enjoy Tet celebrations.
He also spoke highly of the achievements recorded by the village’s staff and
expressed his hope that they would continue to enhance their qualifications and
accomplish their work at the Friendship Village.
On the same day, Thanh paid a visit to the VWVA Central Committee.

Meeting marks CPV’s 81st anniversary

A meeting was held in the Mekong Delta province of
Tien Giang on January 25 to celebrate 81st anniversary of the Communist Party of
Vietnam (CPV) and welcome the Lunar New Year festival.

Tran The Ngoc, Secretary of the Tien
Giang Provincial Party Committee delivered a report to recall the glorious
history of the CPV which is the vanguard of the working class which is loyal to
the interests of the working people and the whole nation.

He emphasized that the provincial
party committee and local people have made important contribution to the cause
of national liberation, especially to the Doi Moi (Renewal) process. The
province has become part of the southern key economic region with its economic
growth rate reaching 11 percent in the 2005-2010 period, its average annual
income per capita rising to more than VND19 million per year and its poverty
rate declining by 7 percent.

He called for co-ordinated efforts
to uphold the glorious tradition of the Party and follow the late President Ho
Chi Minh’s bright moral example, while trying to build a transparent political
system and a strong party committee and fulfill plans for 2011.

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