Da Nang International Airport’s efforts to clean up 80,000m3 of dioxin-contaminated soil and sediments by 2016, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), are running according to schedule.
The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa pledged to ensure the effective operation of its new environmental facilities, which are currently still under construction with support from the World Bank, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Le Duc Vinh said.
A workshop was held in Hanoi on October 2 to introduce a draft report on Vietnam’s tourism in 2013, the first of its kind built following international practice.
Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Hua Ngoc Thuan on October 2 received Hungarian Chief Prosecutor Peter Polt who is in Vietnam for a working visit.
Vietnamese Ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Pham Viet Hung has presented his credentials to the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the host country, Kim Yong-nam.
Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) on October 2 issued a Joint Statement during the visit to the RoK by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong from October 1-4.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Chung Hong-Won agreed to conclude the negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement by the end of this year, thus achieving the target of US$70 billion in two-way trade by 2020.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Nguyen Thien Nhan sent his greetings and best wishes to Muslim dignitaries and believers in Vietnam on October 2 on the occasion of the Raya Aidil Adha festival.
A ceremony to mark the 24th Unification Day of Germany (October 3) took place in Ho Chi Minh City on October 2, hearing hopes for bolstering multifaceted links between the two sides in the future.
As many as 400 revolutionary soldiers who once were imprisoned by the enemy during the resistance wars attended a meeting with President Truong Tan Sang in the capital on October 2 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Hanoi’s Liberation Day (October 10).