Rear Admiral Pham Ngoc Minh, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, held a reception in Hanoi on May 19 for a delegation from the Disaster Relief Centre under the Royal Thai Army’s Directorate of Joint Civil Affairs.
The Vietnam-Australia Friendship Association and the Australia-Vietnam Friendship Association are willing to boost their relations and believe that their intensified ties will benefit both countries.
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and top leaders of the Vietnamese Party, National Assembly and Government on May 19 shared the view that the President’s visit will create a fresh driving force for the two countries’ relations.
A ceremony to mark President Ho Chi Minh’s birthday was held on May 18 by the Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria with the participation of the Vietnamese community and representatives from Vietnamese agencies there.
Vietnam plans to improve its legal framework to create a favourable investment environment and help the state better manage these activities, said an official from the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) at a recent seminar in Hanoi.
The police in central Ha Tinh province has launched legal proceedings against and arrested 16 people involved in a recent disturbance at the Vung Ang Economic Zone.
President of the France-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarian Group Christian Poncelet has critisised China ’s placement of the Haiyang Shiyou -981 oil rig in Vietnam ’s exclusive economic zone.
The Vietnamese people desire to live in peace and prosperity, with the respect of their neighbours, US Congressman Jason Chaffetz said in his statement released on May 16.
The first Game Fishing Association Championships is being held on May 17-18 at the Trang An Fishing Club in Hanoi.
President Truong Tan Sang on May 17 made a fact-finding tour of foreign-invested firms in the southern province of Binh Duong where workers were incited to violence by bad individuals, triggering social disorder and damage to investors’ assets.