Lao Party and State leaders visited Vietnamese representative offices in Laos to convey greetings to Vietnamese officials and staff for the traditional Lunar New Year Festival.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet has praised progress made by the Party Committee and people of the southern Dong Nai province with an average yearly GDP growth of 13.2 percent, which is 1.9 times greater than the country’s average, resulting in per capita GDP of VND29.6 million in 2010.

A meeting was held in Ho Chi Minh City on February 1 to celebrate the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) 81st founding day (Feb. 3).

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has visited the authorities and people of Hanoi, offering incense to the Statue of King Ly Thai To.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, representing his Government, sent wishes to the Vietnamese people on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Vietnam’s top leaders paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on January 31 on the occasion of the 81st anniversary (February 3) of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV). 

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong visited the Ben Tre provincial leaders for the occasion of the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) on January 31.  

The Party General Secretary and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong held a meeting with Party, State and VFF leaders and former leaders and representatives from ministries and organisations in Hanoi on January 31.

The Vietnamese embassy in Japan held a banquet to celebrate the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) on January 30.

We should pay special attention to building a strong and transparent Party, building a law-governed socialist country owned by the people, and relate developing the economy with improving people’s living conditions, said Pham Quang Nghi, Secretary of the Hanoi Municipal Party Committee.

Vietnam will organise an artistic exhibition at the next World Economic Forum (WEF) to provide other countries with more information about its economic, political, cultural and artistic activities.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a Vietnam-Egypt visa exemption agreement applied to diplomatic, special and official passport holders. 

Newly-elected Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong sent best wishes to army units during his New Year visit to the Defence Ministry headquarters on January 30. 

Vietnam has taken an active part in the freshly-ended 41st World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan.

Party General Secretary and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong has expressed the hope that with resilient revolutionary tradition, the HCM City Party Committee will lead the implementation of the 11th National Party Congress’s Resolution.

Vietnam and the US pledged to step up cooperation in order to elevate bilateral relations to strategic partnership in the near future, said a senior diplomat. 

On the occasion of the traditional Lunar New Year festival (Tet), Party, State and Government leaders paid Tet visits to various localities across the country.

Vietnam’s significant achievements in 2010 were attributed to the strengthening of the national unity bloc through great contributions made by the Vietnamese people, both at home and abroad, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

Revolutionary tradition is a valuable resource which has been maintained and upheld by the northern province of Tuyen Quang, said Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

An umbrella delegation of Ho Chi Minh City led by its Party Committee’s Secretary Le Thanh Hai visited the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s southern office and the city chapter on January 28 as Lunar New Year approaches. 

The Prime Minister has requested cabinet members and localities intensify management over the market to ensure prices are stable, especially during the traditional New Year (Tet) festival.

Vietnam always places top priority on developing friendly neighbourliness and comprehensive cooperation with China while implementing its foreign policy, said a senior diplomat.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan had separate meetings with a Russian Deputy PM, the Duke of York and the Swiss Minister of Economics on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos.

Indonesian Vice President Boediono has underlined the fine relations between Vietnam and Indonesia with a number of issues in the bilateral ties now solved. 

Pham Quang Nghi, Politburo member, Secretary of the Hanoi’s Party Committee paid Tet visits to the northern province of Ha Nam on January 28.

An incense offering ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the late President Ho Chi Minh’s return to Vietnam was held in the northern province of Cao Bang on January 28.  

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem met with ambassadors and representatives of international organisations in Hanoi on January 27.

The 11th National Party Congress ended successfully not only because it was well prepared according to plan but it adopted a number of important documents concerning the long-term strategy for national construction and development in the new period.

The Human Rights Watch’s remarks on the situation in Vietnam in 2010 are totally wrong, a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry has said.

The newly elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, Nguyen Phu Trong has received more congratulatory messages from around the world.