Ha Tinh should make greater efforts to bring the province out of the poverty status and to develop its agriculture comprehensively by 2015, said Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Sinh Hung.

 Vietnam and Russia have agreed to speed up cooperation, especially in the fields of trade, education and training, and nuclear power, in an effort to tighten the existing ties of friendship and cooperation between the two peoples. 

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court sentenced Pham Minh Hoang to three years imprisonment for “activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration” under clause 2, Article 79 in the Penal Code at the first trial on August 10.

Vietnamese and Cambodian naval forces will cooperate closely in all fields of mutual concern to promote the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries’ people. 

Party, National Assembly and State leaders met with voters on August 10 to report the results of the first session of the 13th NA and listen to their opinions and concern.

The Vice Director of the General Politics Department of the Vietnam People’s Army, Lieutenant General Luong Cuong, on August 10 received Colonel Suliphone Khamphachan, Chief of the office of the General Politics Department of the Lao People’s Army on his working visit to Vietnam. 

A farewell ceremony for Lao Party General Secretary and State President Choummaly Sayasone was held at Danang International airport on August 10 in the presence of senior Vietnamese leaders and representatives from the Lao Consulate General in Danang.

Lao Party General Secretary and State President Choummaly Sayasone visited Hoa Tho Garment Corporation in Danang City on August 10.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on August 9 sent a message of congratulations to Yingluck Shinawatra after she had received royal approval to become the 28th Prime Minister of Thailand.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam led by Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Vuong Thua Phong, has attended the 14th congress of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV).

Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son and his Indian counterpart Sanjay Singh held the second strategic dialogue and the fifth political consultation in Hanoi on August 8-9.

Vietnam rejects foreign interventions into its internal affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Nguyen Phuong Nga said yesterday following comments by the US and EU regarding last week's affirmation of the verdict against anti-State agitator Cu Huy Ha Vu by the Court of Appeals of the Supreme People's Court.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung received Vice Chairman of Russian State Duma Melnikov Ivan Ivanovich in Hanoi on August 9. 

The country’s defence diplomacy will continue to be implemented comprehensively in the future, Defence Minister Gen. Phung Quang Thanh said in Hanoi on August 9.

Lao Party General Secretary and State President Choummaly Sayasone has expressed his hope that cooperation between the central city of Da Nang and Lao localities will develop further in the future. 

On August 9, Lao Party General Secretary and State President Choummaly Sayasone visited the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Public Administration (HCMA) as part of his official visit to Vietnam from August 8-10.

Lao State President Chummaly Xaynhaxon and his entourage paid a courtesy visit to former Party General Secretary Do Muoi in Hanoi on August 9.  

Radio Voice of Vietnam (VOV) and Thailand will boost the exchange of radio and television programmes, cross-promotion via the internet and cooperation in training human resources.

State President Truong Tan Sang sent a telegram to Mr S. R. Nathan, President of the Republic of Singapore, on August 9 to congratulate him on the 46th anniversary of the country’s Independence Day (August 9).

The Embassies of Vietnam in Japan, Thailand and China hosted ceremonies on August 8 to hoist the flag of ASEAN in celebration of the bloc’s 44th founding anniversary.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh has presented Lao Ambassador to Vietnam, Sounthne Sayachak, with an insignia for the Vietnam’s diplomatic cause.

Drafting amendments and supplements to the 1992 Constitution must ensure the science and follow the Party’s policy and line as well as practical realities.

Vietnam has protested against China’s acts of violating the sovereignty and jurisdictional rights of Vietnam and demanded that it immediately cease and refrain from repeating similar acts.

Vietnam and India have agreed to further strengthen their bilateral cooperative ties, increase high-ranking visits and exchanges and enhance their cooperation at regional and international forums. 

The two countries attach great importance to promoting their special solidarity and raising comprehensive cooperation to a new height.

The two sides agreed to maintain and promote the traditional ties of friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

The Vietnamese and Indonesian embassies in Australia jointly held the first flag raising ceremony for the ASEAN flag in Canberra on August 8.  

On the 44th founding anniversary of ASEAN, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh wrote an article, highlighting the bloc’s formation and development over the past four decades as well as Vietnam’s positive contribution to its development.

Vietnam has joined other ASEAN member countries in raising their national flags and the ASEAN flag to demonstrate their determination and awareness of building an ASEAN community by 2015.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked members of the 13th government to uphold the tradition, heighten their sense of responsibility and join efforts to accomplish important tasks assigned by the Party and people.