Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan on October 16 received gemologists from 23 countries attending the 33rd International Gemological Conference (IGC 33) in Hanoi. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on October 16 met voters in Haiphong city’s Vinh Bao district in preparation for the upcoming sixth National Assembly session. 

(VOV) - President Truong Tan Sang has hailed Vietnamese farmers’ enormous contributions to national construction and development, their innovations in labour and production, and their role in building new rural areas.

A majority of National Assembly Standing Committee deputies hailed the policy of stabilising the macro-economy and curbing inflation as appropriate at their 22nd session in Hanoi on October 11.

President Truong Tan Sang underscored the Party and State’s consistent policy of global economic integration, saying that only an open-door strategy can stimulate development.

The National Assembly needs to intensify supervision of the implementation of socio-economic tasks, the fight against corruption and the settlement of social problems.

The 22nd session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened in Hanoi on October 10 with a wide range of issues on its agenda.

The funeral committee for General Vo Nguyen Giap on October 9 issued an announcement on the schedule for delegations to pay last tribute to the General at the National Morgue on October 12.

The eighth conference of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee wrapped up in Hanoi on October 9.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee is scheduled to hold its 22nd session in Hanoi from October 10-15 to discuss a wide range of important issues. 

Foreign media and public opinions have affirmed that General Vo Nguyen Giap, who passed away on October 4 at the age of 103, will live forever in the hearts of foreign friends and peoples.

Many condolences over the death of General Vo Nguyen Giap have continued to be sent to Vietnam and his family, describing the death as a great loss to the Vietnamese nation.

(VOV) - A 10-day Party conference, which opened in Hanoi on September 30, is examining the implementation of three strategic tasks closely linked with economic restructuring and growth model renewal.

(VOV) -At present the number of deputy ministers at most ministries is higher than stipulated in Decree 36, said Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Vu Duc Dam.

The Party and State will do everything possible to prevent and fight corruption, stated Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at his meeting with voters in Ba Dinh district, Hanoi, on September 27. 

(VOV) - The National Assembly Standing Committee convened its 21st meeting in Hanoi on September 9, to prepare for the legislative body’s year-end session.

The Committee for Drafting Amendments to the 1992 Constitution met for the eighth time in Hanoi on September 7 to review the latest proposed changes to the nation’s constitution.

National Assembly (NA) deputies, United Nations Development Programme and International Labour Organisation experts and media representatives discussed ways to reform the pension system at a conference in Hanoi on September 6.

(VOV) - A Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) consultative conference on September 5 elected Deputy Prime Nguyen Thien Nhan president of the VFF to replace incumbent president Huynh Dam.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has appealed for stronger linkage between technological advances and farmers in the face of competition from advanced agricultural economies worldwide.

(VOV) - A delegation of the Party, State, National Assembly, Government and the Vietnam Fatherland Front, on August 30 laid a wreath at President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum to mark Vietnam’s 68th National Day.

Cabinet members have suggested priority to sustaining macro-economic stability and reining in inflation in tandem with accelerating economic growth at an appropriate rate. 

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has asked the northern mountainous northern province of Lai Chau to maintain its growth rate and prioritise infrastructure development, especially transport. 

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has asked the Mekong Delta province of An Giang to further promote the development of agriculture, farmers and rural areas by making full use of the linkage among the Government, businesses and farmers.

(VOV) - The Vietnamese State creates the best conditions for scientists to contribute to national development, President Truong Tan Sang told Meet Vietnam scientists in Hanoi on August 24.

A National Assembly delegation on August 23 visited General Vo Nguyen Giap on the occasion of his 102ndbirthday (August 25) at Central Military Hospital 108 in Hanoi. 

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong has called on Bac Ninh province to work harder and become an industrialised locality by 2015 and a centrally-governed city in the next decade.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has appealed to the armed forces of Military Zone 7 to fulfill all assigned tasks so as to deserve the trust of local leaders and people.

Bac Giang should make full use of its strength and mobilise all the resources to develop on a par with other neighbouring provinces. 

(VOV) - Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai has asked the local government, investors and contractors of the Lai Chau hydro-electric power plant project to speed up resettlement and construction work to ensure the project is completed on schedule.