The Vietnam War Veterans Association (VWVA) should continue to work closely with the Government, Party organizations, and administrations to successfully implement the socio-economic targets set for this year and in the future, said PM Nguyen Tan Dung.

The State should provide women with more care to help them surmount difficulties and fulfil duties in society and at home.

Vietnam and Belgium should fully tap their huge potential for trade and investment development, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung while receiving Belgian Crown Prince Philippe in Hanoi on March 12.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh started his official visit to Myanmar on March 12 at the invitation of his Myanmar counterpart Wunna Maung Lwin.

State Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan has reaffirmed Vietnam’s policies of strengthening multifaceted cooperation with Belgium.

Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh on March 12 worked with Major General Douang Chai,  the Lao Minister of Defence cum Deputy Prime Minister, in Hanoi.

Vietnamese women have made great contributions to the nation’s construction and defence, says Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Over the past four years, the central province of Nghe An has surveyed 94 of 115 locations for planting border markers and erected 73 of them.

The 11th National Women’s Congress is taking place in Hanoi from March 12-14 with the participation of nearly 800 delegates from different parts of the country.

Belgian Crown Prince Philippe, accompanied by executives from 200 businesses, arrived in Vietnam on March 11 for a weekly visit to promote trade and economic linkages between the two countries. 

Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien and Interior Minister Nguyen Thai Binh will be questioned over pressing social issues at the upcoming session of the National Assembly Standing Committee.

Three warships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force carrying 600 officers and crewmembers docked at Chua Ve port in Haiphong city on March 10.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), led by Hoang Binh Quan, Head of the CPV’s External Affairs Commission, has paid a working visit to the Philippines from March 6-10.

Vietnam’s Farmers Union, in association with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, hosted the Asia-Pacific Regional Civil Society Consultation meeting in Hanoi on March 10.

President Truong Tan Sang on March 9 sent a message of condolence to East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta on the death of Francisco Xavier do Amaral, the country's first President.

Vietnam is ready to share its experience in hosting ASEAN national defence summits with Cambodia.  

Vietnamese border guards in the central province of Quang Tri and Lao police in Savannakhet province have discovered an illegal drug trafficking network from Laos to Vietnam.  

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a requiem in Hanoi on March 9 for the victims of the severe tsunami and earthquake that hit Japan one year ago.  

Both countries have agreed to accelerate the border delineation and land border marker planting to boost border trade and facilitate the exchange of goods.

The Chairman of Cambodia’s Phnom Penh municipal People’s Committee, Mop Sarin, has received a delegation from Ho Chi Minh City’s People’s Committee led by Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam on a working visit to Cambodia from March 8-9.

Lao Prime Minister Thoongsinh Thammavong has affirmed his government’s intention to facilitate Vietnamese businesses and localities’ effective investment in Laos.

Vietnam welcomes the participation of Japan, Canada, and Mexico in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement negotiations.

Senior Vietnamese and Cambodian officials gathered in HCM City on March 8 to prepare for the 7th Meeting on Cooperation and Development between their border provinces.  

Vietnam wants to cooperate with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in building policies to develop industries meeting criteria for environmental protection, chemical management and human resources training.

The Algerian Embassy in Hanoi on March 8 laid a wreath at a memorial to 15 reporters and technicians who died in an air crash accident in Hanoi’s outlying Soc Son district nearly four decades ago.

Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has reaffirmed Vietnam’s policy of strengthening ties with Cambodia, especially when the neighbouring country takes over the ASEAN chair in 2012.

Vietnam has succeeded in ensuring human rights for ethnic minority people, said a senior expert from the European Centre in Vietnam.

The so-called Human Rights Act provides completely inaccurate and biased information about Vietnam’s implementation of human rights issues.

Defence Minister, General Phung Quang Thanh has proposed Vietnamese and Italian defence ministries to further strengthen friendship and cooperation for mutual benefit.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has received Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry and Textiles Anand Sharman who is on a working visit to Vietnam.