Foreign Ministry spokesman Nguyen Phuong Nga said on June 10 that the Vietnamese embassy in Norway will be inaugurated during the Norway visit of Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai from June 12-16.

Japan’s new Prime Minister Naoto Kan will visit Vietnam for the ASEAN Summit and other related meetings due to take place in Hanoi this October.

National Assembly (NA) deputies have raised concerns over the Ministry of Finance’s role and responsibility over price controls, capital mobilisation and use for key national projects as well as building trademarks of agricultural products.

On June 10, Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan held talks with Turkish President Abdullah Gul on the sideline of Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA).

A delegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Dam Huu Dac, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, is visiting China from June 6-20 under the experience sharing plans between the CPV and the Communist Party of China (CPC).

Supervision is one of the National Assembly (NA)’s key functions but ensuring the quality of questioning sessions is always an issue of major public concern.

Three breakthroughs include completing market economy institution with socialist orientation, quickly developing human resources and developing a comprehensive and modern infrastructure system.

The launch ceremony for the Vietnam-Cambodia border marker No. 241 was jointly held on June 9 by the An Giang Provincial People’s Committee and Cambodian authorities from Kandal province.

Vietnam pledged on June 8 to do its utmost as the ASEAN chair to promote cooperation between the bloc and regional partners as well as organizations, including the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA).

As many as 29 ministries, sectors and central agencies and 55 provinces and cities have declared their assets and incomes in 2009, according to the Anti-corruption Central Steering Committee Office.

The Party General Secretary and State President of Laos, Chummaly Sayasone, on June 8 received a delegation from the Office of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC), led by its Head Ngo Van Du.

Vietnam and the US concluded the third strategic dialogue on politics, security and national defence in Hanoi on June 8.

A delegation from the Party Central Committee Office led by Ngo Van Du, a Party Central Committee Secretary and head of the Office, has been in Laos for a visit from June 6-12.

Vietnam and Cambodia have vowed to complete border demarcation and landmark planting along their common border by late 2012 as agreed previously by their top leaders.

At a working session in Hanoi on June 8, many National Assembly (NA) deputies raised concern about financial sources, implementation duration and resettlement for the project to build the Hanoi-HCM City express railway.

Standing Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung and Ministers of Finance, Transportation, Agriculture and Rural Development, and Culture, Sports and Tourism are expected to answer National Assembly’s deputies’ questions from June 10-12.

Vietnam and China should further promote exchanges and cooperation between ministries and localities along with high-level visits and meetings to enhance mutual trust and foster development of bilateral relations, said a top legislator. 

Finance ministers, central bank governors from the Group of 20 and major developing economies applauded contributions by Vietnam, in its capacity as ASEAN representative, to the success of their meeting in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on June 4-5. 

The 2010 World Economic Forum on East Asia was successfully wrapped up in Ho Chi Minh City on June 7 after two days’ sitting, said WEF leaders. 

Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Khac Nghien, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of Defence received Admiral Robert F. Willard, Commander of the US Pacific Command, in Hanoi on June 7. 

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai on June 7 received the President of the Council for Future and Vision of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Kwak Seung-Jun, who attended the World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia 2010. 

The National Assembly (NA) should raise the educational grade or suspend the operation of universities and colleges that cannot ensure education quality, said a number of NA deputies.

Three years after its entry to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Vietnam has made drastic changes in economic development. The country has coped with the global financial economic downturn better than other regional countries.

Sustainable development and green growth are key issues in economic growth models in the world, including East Asia.

Vietnamese and Lao officials met in Nghe An province from June 2-6 to inspect progress on the upgrading of the network of border markers along the Vietnam-Laos border and the planting of new markers.

An exhibition featuring the Vietnam National Assembly and the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) opened in Hanoi on June 7 to acknowledge Vietnam’s hosting of the 31st AIPA General Assembly.

The 2010 World Economic Forum on East Asia gives Vietnam a chance to draw lessons for its development through speeches by international experts and scholars, said President Nguyen Minh Triet while hosting a banquet in honour of leaders and delegates to the forum.

ASEAN countries need to increase their regional integration and raise the capacity of national financial institutions, delegates said at bilateral sessions within the framework of the 19th World Economic Forum on East Asia in Ho Chi Minh City on June 6.

Countries in the Mekong sub-region need to undertake new initiatives and enhance their leadership for the sake of regional development, leaders of five Mekong River countries agreed at the 19th World Economic Forum on East Asia in HCM City on June 6.

Vietnam is pursuing a growth model based on the competitive capacity, said Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai at a seminar on the sidelines of the 19th World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia which is taking place in HCM City from June 6-7.