Libya wants to boost bilateral co-operation in economics, trade and investment with Vietnam.

Vietnamese youth support Cuba in the country’s struggle for the freedom of five patriotic Cubans who are being detained in US prisons. 

The President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, Huynh Dam, has sent best wishes to Buddhist dignitaries, monks and nuns and followers in and outside of the country on the Buddha’s 2554th birthday which falls on the 15th of the fourth lunar month. 

Vietnam will exert its utmost to bring its friendly and cooperative ties with India to a new height on par with the two countries’ strategic partnership, affirmed Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

President Nguyen Minh Triet left Switzerland on the afternoon of May 19 (local time), beginning his first official four-day visit to Finland at the invitation of President Tarja Halonen.

Vietnam and Laos will spare no effort to foster their traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation.

A wreath laying ceremony was held in Hanoi on May 19 in commemoration of the 115th anniversary of the death of Cuban national hero Jose Marti. 

The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) opened an annual security policy conference (ASPC) in the central city of Da Nang on May 19, with the Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh in the chair. 

The border marker No. 790 at the Bo Y-Phu Cua border gate that links Vietnam’s central highlands province of Kon Tum with Laos’ Attpeu province was inaugurated on May 19. 

Every Party member and Government official is required to thoroughly understand and remember Ho Chi Minh’s teachings to become a real servant of the people.

On May 18 the Commission for Information and Training under the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party’s (LPRP) Central Committee invited the Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Ta Minh Chau, to give a talk on President Ho Chi Minh on the 120th anniversary of his birthday.

The General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), Nong Duc Manh, received the visiting leader of Mexico’s Labour Party (LP) Alberto Anaya and his delegation in Hanoi on May 18.

Vietnamese and Swiss presidents praised the dynamic growth of economic, trade and investment relations between their countries, saying this helped make Switzerland the top European economic partner of Vietnam .

President Ho Chi Minh was a great national hero who had glorified our nation and people, said Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh at a ceremony to celebrate the anniversary of Uncle Ho’s 120th birthday in Hanoi on May 18.

The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Defence Officials ‘Dialogue officially opened in the Central City of Da Nang on May 18.

President Ho Chi Minh has been praised as a great hero of national liberation and an outstanding cultural activist who has bequeathed the world a valuable asset – Ho Chi Minh’s Thought.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has been in Tokyo to attend the 2010 Future of Asia Conference from May 18-22 at the invitation of the Nikkei daily newspaper’s president Kita Tsuneo. 

The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has ascertained the records of three Vietnamese seafarers who are working under contracts on Taiwanese fishing vessel “Tai Yuan 227”.

The 7th session of the 12th National Assembly will open in Hanoi on May 20, focusing on law building and other important issues during 30 days’ sitting.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong on May 17 received the newly-accredited ambassadors from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and New Zealand.

Vietnam has become an attractive destination for Swiss investors. Switzerland attaches great importance to expanding economic relation with Vietnam, which is one of the seven prioritised countries receiving Switzerland’s development assistance.

A grand meeting has been held in Pleiku city in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai to celebrate Uncle Ho’s 120th birth anniversary (May 19) and the 20th anniversary of UNESCO’s decision to recognise Ho Chi Minh as a national liberation hero and an outstanding cultural activist of Vietnam.

A delegation from the People’s Liberation Army (China), headed by its Deputy Chief of General Staff, Ma Xiaotian, visited the headquarters of the Vietnamese Ministry of Defence on May 17.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet paid an official visit to Belarus from May 12-15. In the current economic climate both countries have good reason to strengthen their economic ties and increase bilateral trade value.

Vietnam and Egypt have agreed to boost co-operation between their two parliaments as well as bilateral co-operation in every field for the mutual benefit of both countries.

Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong has finished a week-long working visit to the United States to learn about the US experience in codification, consolidation and legal reform.

Vietnamese State President Nguyen Minh Triet began an official visit to Switzerland on May 16 at the invitation of Swiss President Doris Leuthard, after his successful official visit to Belarus from May 13-16.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged Son La province, relevant ministries, agencies, as well as investors and contractors of the Son La Hydroelectric power Plant to put its first turbine into operation safely by December 2010, two years ahead of schedule.

Vietnam, as the chair of ASEAN, is concerned about the worsening situation in Thailand and calls on relevant parties to refrain from violence and seek peace talks, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).

State President Nguyen Minh Triet visited a number of localities in Belarus on May 15, the last day of his official visit to the country.