Vietnam hopes to get further support from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Secretariat in preparation for the 132nd IPU General Assembly, which will be held in the country in 2015.
China on June 21 maintained 118 ships, including six military ships, to protect its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 that is illegally standing in Vietnam’s waters, reported the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department.
As many as 321,265 expectant mothers across the country received HIV pre-test counselling by the end of the first quarter this year, according to the HIV/AIDS Control Department under the Health Ministry.
Eight species of flora enlisted in Vietnam’s Red Book are being preserved at the Tram Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, which enhances the ecological balance and the rehabilitation of regional species that are on the brink of extinction.
An exhibition of historical evidence proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos opened in the northern port city of Haiphong on June 20.
“There are a lot of opportunities to do business in Vietnam,” said Jeffrey Yu, Merchandise Director of Giant Singapore, adding that his company will import more products from Vietnam, especially litchi.
Ho Chi Minh City’s GDP growth rate will remain high at over 9.5% in the second half of this year despite economic difficulties, heard a conference in the city on June 20.
Chinese military aircraft on June 20 flew at a low altitude above Vietnamese law enforcement vessels operating near the place where China illegally places its drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 inside Vietnam’s waters, according to Vietnam News Agency reporters at the site.
China’s illegal placement of its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou – 981 deep into Vietnam’s continental shelf and exclusive economic zone has raised indignation among domestic and international opinion, including many National Assembly deputies of Vietnam.
The nation’s sacred sovereignty, borders, seas and islands will form the core of a festival designed for ethnic groups of Vietnam at the Vietnamese Ethnic Group Village in Dong Mo, Hanoi, on June 28-29.