A Foreign Ministry spokesperson has criticised the US 2010 report on international religion released by the US Department of State on November 18, saying it was based on misinformation about Vietnam.

Secretary of the Hanoi City Party Committee, Pham Quang Nghi, has congratulated the Lao leaders and people on the 35th anniversary of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Vientiane’s 450th anniversary.

Ho Chi Minh City needs support and cooperation with Russia and its localities in science, technology, energy, oil and gas and other fields.

State Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan has called on Bulgarian enterprises, including Nove Holding Group, to promote business and investment in Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem received the Director of Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD), Stephan Husy in Hanoi on November 18.

The Consulate of Vietnam has officially been inaugurated in Nagoya city, Aichi prefecture with the Chairman of the Central Japan International Airport Co. Ltd. (Centrair), Yukihisa Hirano, being appointed as the honorary consul.

More than 300 domestic and international delegates are gathering at Hanoi’s Bach Mai Hospital for the 9th Asia-Pacific Medical Toxicology Scientific Congress.

Vietnam and the challenges facing socialism in the 21st century were discussed at a workshop in Buenos Aires , Argentina , on November 16.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his counterparts from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand participated at the 4th Aeyawaday-Chao Phraya and Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy Summit (ACMECS) in Phnom Penh on November 17.

The national unity bloc should be built and strengthened to ensure the nation’s best interests and each person’s basic rights and legitimate aspirations, said Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh.

Vietnam is ready to share its experience with Cuba in various fields such as construction industry, tax reform, State budget allocation and foreign investment attraction.

Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam should worker closer together on the principle of equality and mutual benefit to promote internal strengths and international assistance and intensify scientific and technological application and investment attraction.

Vietnam and Russia should take practical measures and create favourable conditions for their ministries, agencies and businesses to boost cooperation, said a legislative leader.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung had a bilateral meeting with his Lao counterpart, Buasone Bouphavanh in Phnom Penh on November 16 on the sidelines of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) summits.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended the sixth CLV (Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam) Summit at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on November 16.

Major Cambodian newspapers, such as the Cambodia Daily, Phnom Penh Post and News Cambodia Daily, are covering Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s activities in Cambodia on their first front pages.

Traditional relations and comprehensive cooperation topped all meetings between Cambodian top leaders and Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Phnom Penh on November 15. 

Vietnam on November 15 voiced its support for national reconciliation and concord in Myanmar and said it wants parties concerned in the country to carry out the process successfully.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet urged Vietnamese and Japanese business circles to strive for a breakthrough in their cooperation to match the two countries’ strategic partnership.

The Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence, Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Khac Nghien, died of serious illness at military hospital No. 108 on November 13. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his entourage began an official visit to Cambodia on November 15 to attend the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) summits at the invitation of Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen.

The National Assembly (NA) adopted a resolution on November 15 for the central and local budget allocation plan for 2011 with an 78.3 percent of approval.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet joined the Vietnam-Japan Trade, Investment and Tourism Promotion Forum in Nagoya, Japan on November 15 along with 300 entrepreneurs from the two countries.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet has announced that Vietnam will participate in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement negotiations as an official member.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung begins an official visit to Cambodia on November 15 at the invitation of the Cambodian counterpart, Hun Sen.

Vietnam has made many remarkable changes in recent years, said the former US President Bill Clinton on the occasion of his visit to Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and four ministers will directly answer NA deputies’ queries at the 8th session of the 12th National Assembly.

APEC needs to continue efforts to solve aftermaths from the global economic-financial crisis and put the world economy into a new stage of growth, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

The Border Guard Command of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province and the provincial concerned agencies handed over 26 Chinese crewmen to the Chinese Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City on Nov. 12.

President Nguyen Minh Triet and other leaders of the 21 APEC economies gathered on November 13 in Yokohama city of Japan for the opening of the 18th Asian-Pacific Economic Conference.