A high-ranking delegation of the Royal Thai Army led by General Prayut Chanocha ended their two-day working visit to Vietnam on December 16.

President Nguyen Minh Triet has signed into law the Law on National Assembly and People’s Council Elections (revised); the Law on Inspection and the Law on Administrative Litigation and the Resolution on the implementation of Administrative Litigation.

Head of the Vietnam Government Committee for Religious Affairs, Nguyen Thai Binh received a delegation of the Ministry of Cults and Religions of the Kingdom of Cambodia led by Minister Khin Min, in Hanoi on December 16.

On December 15, Ambassador Vu Dang Dung, Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to ASEAN handed over the Chairmanship of ASEAN’s Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) to Indonesian Ambassador, I Gede Ngurah Swajaya at the CPR’s final session in 2010.

Chairman of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) of Indonesia Taufik Kiemas will pay an official visit to Vietnam from December 19-21.

Denmark will provide US$150,000 to help repair and upgrade roads in Can Loc district in the central province of Ha Tinh where were severely damaged by floods in October.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Doan Xuan Hung, is attending the third Asia-Middle East Dialogue Ministerial Meeting (AMED III) in Bangkok on December 15-16.

Vietnam hopes to expand cooperation with Mongolia in all fields, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet at a meeting with Chairman of the Mongolian Parliament, Demberel Damdin, on December 15.

The State President Office on December 15 held a press briefing to announce new laws on Insurance Business, Securities, Environmental Protection Tax and a resolution on tax reduction or exemption of agricultural land use.

A delegation from the National Defence and Security Committee from the National Assembly of Vietnam, led by Director Le Quang Binh is visiting to Cambodia from December 13-17.

A Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) delegation led by Vuong Thua Phong, Deputy Head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations attended the 24th National Congress of the Communist Party of Chile (CPC) from December 10-12.

Russia is willing to share with Vietnam its experiences in managing public assets and making related legal documents, Vice President of the State Duma’s Public Asset Committee Germanovich Medvedev said.

The Vietnam visit by Chairman of the Mongolian Parliament Demberel Damdin will open up new prospects for boosting bilateral cooperation between two parliaments as well as traditional friendship between the two countries.

The State President’s Office held a press briefing in Hanoi on December 14 to announce three laws, including the Law on Minerals, the Law on Protection of Consumer Rights and the Law on Civil Servants.

Vietnam’s former Vice President, Nguyen Thi Binh, attended the International Conference on the 50th Anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples held from December 13-14 in Algeria.

The Lao Party, State and Government presented orders, medals and certificates of merit to 26 orgnisations and 72 individuals from the Vietnamese Army.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet praised history researchers and scientists for their contributions to the development of historical knowledge.

Vietnam-France relations have developed well in every field over the past few years, particularly with many important activities happening this year.

Parliamentary diplomacy will be strengthened and serve as a useful tool to promote cooperative relations between Vietnam and Tunisia, said the Tunisian Secretary of State in Foreign Affairs, Saida Chtioui.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAF) have agreed to strengthen friendship and cooperation through the exchange of delegations, seminars, talks and visits.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) attended the 27th national congress of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) party in El Salvador’s capital city of San Salvador.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on December 13 issued a diplomatic note requesting RoK authorised agencies to help search for three Vietnamese sailors who went missing after a RoK trawler sank off Antarctica.

The second session of the Vietnam-Tunisia Inter-governmental Committee opened in Hanoi on December 13 with the participation of Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Le Duong Quang and Tunisian Secretary of State in Foreign Affairs, Saida Chtioui.

The Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC), 10th tenure, opened its 14th meeting on December 13 with a focus on the discussion of draft documents for the coming 11th Party National Congress.

The awards ceremony for participants in a writing contest about the Party was held in Hanoi on December 12 by the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, the National Political Publishing House, Vietnam Television and Radio the Voice of Vietnam.

A “Vietnam-China friendship night” was held in Hanoi on December 12 as part of the Vietnam-China Friendship Festival.

A seminar on social policies was jointly held by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations, the Chinese People's External Friendship Association, the Vietnam-China Friendship Association, and the China- Vietnam Friendship Association in Hanoi on December 12.

The Central Steering Committee of the “Learning and following President Ho Chi Minh’s moral example” movement held a meeting on December 12 to review the four-year campaign.

A Germany-Vietnam Day was held in the southern province of Soc Trang on December 11 to mark the 35th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

The Vietnam-China Friendship Festival 2010 was held in Hanoi on December 11 by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations and the Vietnam-China Friendship Association.