Nam Dinh needs to tap into its available potential to ensure sustainable economic development, said State Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan during her working visit to the northern province on February 5.

Thai Binh should promote democracy and closely work with the State to create new steps of development aiming to improve local people’s living standards, said State President Truong Tan Sang.

Since the US ended its embargo against Vietnam on February 3, 1994, and normalized relations a year later, the bilateral relationship between the two countries has developed in all fields for the benefit of both sides.

The central province of Ha Tinh has fulfilled its assigned tasks for 2011, says Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Sinh Hung.

Security and social order were maintained during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival and the number of traffic accidents, injuries and fatalities decreased.

The Party and State always considers culture as the spiritual foundation of the society, which can boost national socio-economic development, says President Truong Tan Sang.

The Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh presented the Friendship Order to outgoing Brazilian ambassador to Vietnam, Mendonca Lima Neto, in Hanoi on February 3.

The Central Committees of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and the Cambodian People’s Party have sent messages of congratulation to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on the 82nd founding anniversary.

The Party and State would guide the implementation of the Politburo’s Resolution No9 on promoting the role of entrepreneurs in Vietnam in the period of industrialization, modernization and international integration.

A variety of activities have been organised across the country, marking the 82nd anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

State President Truong Tan Sang will pay a friendship official visit to Laos from February 9-11.

The eighth Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM-8) and the third Inter-Ministerial Meeting (IMM-3) of the Mekong sub-regional countries on fighting human trafficking will take place in Hanoi on February 14-15 and February 16, respectively.

The US wants to promote relations with Vietnam towards a strategic partnership, said Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt M Campbell, now on a visit to Vietnam.

Vietnam is keen to boost multifaceted cooperation with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in line with the expectations of the two governments and peoples, said Vietnamese ambassador to the UAE Tran Ngoc Thach.

On February 2, the Nghe An provincial Party Committee, the provincial People’s Committee and the Fatherland Front chapter burnt incense in commemoration of President Ho Chi Minh at the Kim Lien historical and cultural relic site.  

A meeting to mark the 82nd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3) was held in Ho Chi Minh City on February 1.

President Truong Tan Sang has praised the Central Theoretical Council for its role in enlightening the Party’s theoretical and practical issues while reaffirming the inevitable objective on the path towards socialism of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

Binh Dinh province needs to tap its internal strength and take full advantage of sea ports, airports, food processing, forestry and tourism to boost sustainable socio-economic development.

Journalists have enhanced their political role in reflecting the country’s actual situation, joining hands with the people to gain significant socio-economic achievements last year.

President Truong Tan Sang paid a New Year visit to Hanoi Municipal Police on January 30, the first working day of the New Year of the Dragon.

State President Truong Tan Sang stressed the importance of tree planting and protection in addressing climate change at a festival in Ninh Binh province on January 29.

The success of the current national industrialization and modernization process largely relies on agricultural production, says State President Truong Tan Sang.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on January 27 visited Infantry Battalion 207 under Kien Giang province military command.

VietNamNet’s Huynh Phan talked with former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan about Vietnam’s foreign affairs in 2011, a year with remarkable events in foreign relations.

Vietnam's top leaders congratulated their Indian counterparts on the occasion of India’s 62nd Republic Day (January 26, 1950 - January 26, 2012).

Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) relations have grown and flourished in recent years and 2012 will represent a landmark in the 20-year diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Vietnamese ambassador to Russia Pham Xuan Son on January 24 visited the Moscow World Trade Centre where thousands of Vietnamese people do business.

Since the Doi Moi (Renewal) process was initiated in 1986, the entire Vietnamese nation has joined hands to build a socialist-oriented market economy and achieved initial results.

Improved diplomacy to serve economic development is one of five major tasks of Vietnam’s national foreign affairs this year and in its new period of development.

On the occasion of the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet), State President Truong Tan Sang extended his New Year's greetings to people throughout the country. VOV presents the full text of President Truong Tan Sang’s 2012 Tet message below: