Vietnam’s radio broadcasting started immediately after Vietnam wrested back its independence from the French in the autumn of 1945. Over the last 65 years, Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) has grown into a multimedia group.

The Cuban President has declared that the Vietnam-Cuba relationship founded by former presidents Ho Chi Minh and Fidel Castro will be further promoted by current and future generations.

ASEM countries should further promote bilateral and multilateral co-operation to cope with climate change, said deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Tran Hong Ha, at the closing ceremony of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) on Climate Change in Ha Long City on September 7.

VOVNews has confirmed its status as a prestigious online newspaper among the Vietnamese press.

“For Vietnam, Cuba would gladly shed its own blood,” said the Chairman of the Cuban National Assembly, Ricardo Alacon, repeating former Cuban President Fidel Castro’s saying while receiving his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Phu Trong on September 6.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and a government delegation held a working session with the authorities from the southern Vinh Long province on September 6 to review the results of the local socio-economic plan for the 2006-2010 period and discuss the solutions for socio-economic development from 2011 to 2015.

Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Phu Trong and his delegation arrived in Havana for their official friendship visit to Cuba on September 5 at the invitation of Chairman of the Cuba National Assembly Ricardo Alarcon.

Radio Voice of Vietnam (VOV) held a ceremony at its headquarters in Hanoi on September 6 to celebrate its 65th anniversary and receive the second Ho Chi Minh Order.

The fifth Vietnam-Thailand conference on drug trafficking prevention was held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 6, with participation of senior officials from both drug prevention agencies.  

Vietnam’s National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong held separate meetings with several foreign legislative leaders on the sidelines of a policy consultation of G20 parliamentary speakers in Canada on September 4.

On September 6, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended the new school year opening ceremony at Chau Van Liem High School in Can Tho City.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged Can Tho city to take drastic measures to accomplish this year’s targets and turn into a socio-economic centre of the whole Mekong Delta region.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will pay an official visit to Vietnam from September 8-10.

The Speaker of the Canadian Senate, Noel A.Kinsella, expressed his delight at the fine development of the relationship between Vietnam and Canada.

The meeting of parliamentary speakers from the G20 countries ended successfully on September 4 with agreements on ensuring food security and other common issues.

The 2010-2011 school year is the first year the Ministry of Education and Training will implement a pilot project for teaching foreign languages in Vietnam through 2020.

Vietnamese students should follow Professor Ngo Bao Chau’s example, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet while attending the ceremony to mark the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year at Thang Long high school in Hanoi on September 4.

The two Vietnamese naval ships HQ375 and HQ376 docked at a port in Sihanouk city, Preah Sihanouk province, Cambodia to begin an official friendship visit on September 3-6.

The Vietnam National Assembly (NA) and ASEAN member countries highly value the significance of the meeting of parliamentary speakers from the G20 countries and wish to share experience in dealing with matters of mutual concern, said NA Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong.

Cooperation on nuclear energy with Russia has a significant meaning, expressing the trust and strategic partnership defined between Vietnam and Russia.

Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and State President Nguyen Minh Triet separately received the visiting Mozambican Prime Minister, Aires Bonifacio Ali, in Hanoi on September 3.

A contest promoting Vietnam-China friendship has been launched in both countries to commemorate the 60th anniversary of their establishment of the diplomatic ties and Vietnam-China Friendship Year 2010.  

Vietnam is willing to share with Mozambique its experience in economic development, infrastructure, education, health care, agriculture and poverty reduction, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Russia’s Communist Party newspaper Pravda ran an article on September 2 praising General Vo Nguyen Giap as Vietnam celebrates National Day, the 65th anniversary of the August Revolution and General Giap’s 100th birthday.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong and his entourage arrived in Ottawa, Canada, on September 3 to attend a meeting of parliamentary speakers from the G20 countries.

On September 2, the Canberra Times based in Australia devoted two pages to Vietnam’s revolutionary achievements and its socio-economic progress since the country gained independence in 1945.

On Vietnam’s National Day, the Japanese press has run many articles highlighting the Japan-Vietnam strategic partnership.

The Vietnamese community in Laos, Cuba, India, Switzerland, Russia and France have all held various activities to celebrate Vietnam’s 65th National Day (September 2).

Typical foreign delegates of the friendship and solidarity movement during the two Vietnamese resistance wars met in Hanoi on Sept. 1 for a get-together to celebrate 65 years of Vietnam and international solidarity.

Lieutenant General Bui Van Huan, Deputy Director of the General Political Department in the Vietnam People’s Army, received a delegation from the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries in Hanoi on September 2.