Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung returned to Hanoi on November 13, after participating the G20 Summit in Seoul, the Republic of Korea.

All East Sea issues have been analysed and discussed at the second international workshop on cooperation on the East Sea that closed in Ho Chi Minh City on November 12.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet has described ASEAN as an important partner of countries and organizations in the region and the world as a whole.

Vietnam ’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Nov. 12 met with his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong and ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan prior to the plenary session of the G20 Summit.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has proposed initiatives to deal with economic and global development issues, helping to build G20 institutions and global governance mechanisms, in line with the interests of the newly emerging and developing economies.

The G20 agenda should be focused not only on underdeveloped and low-income countries but also on developed countries, including ASEAN member countries.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Seoul on November 11 to discuss measures to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.

During the agenda of the 18th APEC forum, State President Nguyen Minh Triet held a reception for representatives from the Japan- Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarian Federation (JVFPF) in Yokohama, Japan on November 12.

Ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum have affirmed the need to take “concrete steps” toward the goal of creating a region-wide free trade area, and to resist protectionism.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Republic of Korea (RoK) counterpart Kim Huwang-sik have agreed to intensify cooperation and coordination between the two countries at international forums such as the United Nations, the WTO, APEC, G20, and the ASEAN+ Summit.

The United Nations and member countries, especially G20 countries, should make a greater effort to maintain the stability of the economic environment, prevent economic crisis, and achieve the MDGs, said Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

More than 60 scholars from ASEAN countries and China, Taipei-China, the US, the Republic of Korea, the UK, Germany, Canada, Australia, Russia, France, Japan, India, Belgium, and Sweden are attending the second international seminar on the East Sea opening in Ho Chi Minh City on November 11.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his delegation attended round-table discussions on the Vietnam- Korea economic cooperation in Seoul on November 11 on the sidelines of the G20 Summit.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong received an Austrian delegation, led by Walter Nettig, Member of Vienna Cabinet and Special Representative for External Economic Affairs, during his working visit to the country on November 10.

The Vietnamese delegation led by State President Nguyen Minh Triet attended the 18th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Meeting in Yokohama, Japan on November 11, at the invitation of Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

The National Assembly (NA) has adopted State budget estimates for 2011 by an 80.53 percent vote, with VND605 trillion in total revenues, VND10 trillion of which comes from 2010 incomings, VND725.6 trillion in total spending, and VND120.6 trillion in overspending.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs presented Italian Ambassador to Vietnam, Andrea Perugini, with the friendship order on November 10 for his contribution to strengthening the traditional friendship ties between the two countries.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet received Phongsavath Boupha, Head of the Lao Presidential Office, in Hanoi on November 11.

Vietnam’s high-ranking delegation, led by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his wife, will pay an official visit to Cambodia on November 15.

Project 30, introduced in 2007 to simplify administrative procedures, has been a breakthrough, Deputy Tran Du Lich of HCM City told the National Assembly November 9.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung who is also ASEAN Chair, has proposed close coordination between both sides with ASEAN’s participation in the G20 policy-formulation and the G20’s participation in ASEAN Summit.

President Nguyen Minh Triet emphasised that the southcentral province of Ninh Thuan should take appropriate measures to improve the lives of ex-prisoners who were detained in imperialist regime’s cells. 

Japan is a very important partner of Vietnam and the current strategic partnership is opening prospects for bilateral cooperation, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet. 

The maintainance of national unity bloc would help the country overcome all difficulties, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

Vietnam considers agricultural and rural development as an important factor behind its sustainable growth, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at a meeting with president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Kanayo F.Nwanze.

The 3rd International Rice Festival was held at the Vietnam National convention Centre in Hanoi on November 9.

Politburo member of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, Sisavat Keobunphan, received former State Vice President and President of the Vietnam Peace and Development Foundation, Nguyen Thi Binh, and her delegation during their visit to Laos from November 6-11.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is leading a delegation of small and medium enterprises to Vietnam to promote investment cooperation, in Hanoi on November 8.

The Communist Parties of Vietnam and Japan held their third theoretical symposium to promote mutual understanding and work out theories and talks in the new situation.

As ASEAN chair, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will attend the G20 Summit in Seoul, the capital city of the Republic of Korea on Nov.11-12.