In spite of overcoming the toughest times of the global economic crisis, the country still faces numerous challenges that require the whole nation’s efforts. 

The second meeting of the Vietnam-Vatican Joint Working Group was held in the Vatican on June 23-24.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong has asked detoxification centres across the country to pay due attention to vocational training to help drug addicts reintegrate into the community.

Mongolia attaches great importance to developing ties with Vietnam – a an important partner in Southeast Asia, says Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbergdorj.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Toronto, Canada, on Tuesday evening (local time) to attend G20 summit at the invitation of Canadian PM Stephan Harper.

Nguyen Quang Khai, Vietnamese ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), recently visited the bonded warehouse of GAEP International in Dubai to explore its operations.

Ho Duc Viet, a Party Politburo member and Secretary of the Party Central Committee paid a working visit to Germany from June 23-26.

A conference to promote investment in the key central economic region took place in Hoi An city, Quang Nam province, on June 25-26.

As ASEAN Chair, Vietnam has introduced a number of initiatives to realise an ASEAN Programme of Action to build a drug free region by 2015.

The fifth Vietnam-India dialogue on national defense strategy took place in New Delhi, from June 23-25, attended by the Vietnamese and Indian Deputy Ministers of National Defense.  

“Studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s moral example “campaign is receiving a positive response and support from the Party, all strata of society, and overseas Vietnamese, says Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh.  

Vietnam’s Quang Binh province and Laos’ Kham Muon province plan to complete the planting of border markers by the end of 2011.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, as President of ASEAN, left Hanoi for Toronto, Canada on June 25 to attend the fourth summit of the 20 major economies (G20) at the invitation of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

The National Assembly (NA) has always listened to voters’ opinions and worked with a high sense of responsibility before making any decisions, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

Vietnam has decried a Chinese plan to build and develop the Hainan international tourism island, covering the Truong Sa and Hoang Sa archipelagos, and reaffirmed its indisputable sovereignty over the two archipelagos.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung left Hanoi on June 24 for Toronto, Canada, to attend the fourth summit of the 20 major economies (G 20) at the invitation of Prime Minister Stephen Harper – the co-chair of the summit.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem will attend the fourth meeting of the Steering Committee for Vietnam-China Bilateral Cooperation in Beijing and visit China from June 29 to July 3, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The central city of Da Nang has approved a project on conserving bio-diversity of the Son Tra natural reserve, the sanctuary of the Indochinese endemic species of Douc langur (Vooc Va).

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong has pledged the top legislative body’s greater efforts in collecting voters’ viewpoints to address their concerns no matter how much time it will take.

Vietnamese Party and State have paid special attention to preventing and combating corruption, placing it high in their instruction and execution work.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a plan to build eight nuclear power stations by 2030 as the country is striving to meet its growing demand for energy.

Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh has described Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni’s visit to Vietnam as a rare and particularly important event.

Vietnam treasures the profound sentiments, great support and assistance that former King Norodom Sihanouk and the people of Cambodia have extended to Vietnam in the past and at present, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet while receiving the visiting Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni in Hanoi on June 23.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) has paid its official visit to the United Kingdom and the German Democratic Republic at the invitation of the Friedrich Elbert Stiftung (FES) and the UK Department of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.

Governor Chris Gregoire of the US’s Washington state will lead a trade mission to Vietnam and China in September in an effort to increase the state's exports. 

Ho Duc Viet, a Politbureau member and Secretary of the Party Central Committee, visited Italy from June 20-23.

The President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, Huynh Dam, has sent best wishes to the Hoa Hao Buddhist sect’s Executive Committee, dignitaries and followers on the occasion of the sect’s 71st anniversary.

President Nguyen Minh Triet has welcomed the visit to Vietnam by the royal court of Cambodia as a special event in the traditional friendly neighbourliness and cooperation between the two countries.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will lead a Vietnamese government delegation to attend the 4th summit of the group of 20 major economies (G 20) in Toronto, Canada, on June 25-28.

The government of Vietnam considers anti-corruption a key long-term task which will require a great deal of concerted effort, said Mai Quoc Binh, deputy chief of the Government Inspectorate at a meeting in Hanoi on June 22.