The Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly, Tong Thi Phong, received a visiting delegation from the Lao National Assembly Office, led by its Deputy Chief, Khampheng Vilaphan, in Hanoi on May 5.

The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh received 21 pieces of coral from the navy and the people on the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago on May 5. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has requested ministries, agencies and localities to continue with drastic measures to ensure the macroeconomic stability, prevent high inflation and attain a GDP growth rate of 6.5 percent. 

The Vietnam National Assembly (NA) will join hands with the government to create better conditions for investors from the Republic of Korea (RoK), said NA Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong. 

The Party Central Committee’s Politburo member Truong Tan Sang has urged the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) of Germany to increase cooperation and for the benefit of sustainable development in Vietnam. 

The Vietnam-Russia Friendship Association chapter in Ho Chi Minh City hosted a meeting on May 5 to mark the 65th anniversary of victory over German fascist (May 9).

A joint resolution between the government and the Vietnam War Veterans Association was signed in Hanoi on May 5 to strengthen bilateral ties of cooperation.

The 31st session of the National Assembly’s (NA) Standing Committee will be held in Hanoi from May 6-13 to prepare for the 7th NA meeting, also scheduled for this month.

On May 4, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung met with voters in Can Loc districts in the central province of Ha Tinh.

A seminar was held in the central province of Nghe An on May 4 to raise people’s awareness of Lenin’s and Ho Chi Minh’s ideological heritage. 

Vietnam and Cuba will do their utmost to further promote the two countries’ traditional relationship, stated their senior Party officials. 

President Nguyen Minh Triet welcomed voters of HCM City’s precincts 1 and 2 for their opinions given to law building during his meeting on May 4 to prepare for the 7th session of the 12th legislature scheduled to begin on May 20. 

The Japanese government attaches importance to developing multifaceted relations with Vietnam, said Japanese Minister of State for National Policy Sengoku Yoshito.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet will attend the 65th anniversary of the victory over fascism in Moscow and visit the Republic of Kalmykia of the Russian Federation from May 8-12. 

The 4th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM-4) will be held in Hanoi from May 10-13 under the chairmanship of Vietnamese Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh.

Over the past 45 years, Vietnam’s maritime sector has developed strongly, making a worthy contribution to the cause of national construction and defence.  

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) is putting into action the national target programme to develop new rural areas following the Prime Minister’s direction.

On May 3, a National Assembly (NA) delegation led by Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong met voters in Ba Dinh district to inform them of the content of the 7th session of the 12th NA and collect their opinions.

Ho Chi Minh City has achieved sustainable growth despite numerous difficulties and challenges in the past 35 years since the Southern Liberation in 1975, said the city’s major Hoang Binh Quan.

A series of get-togethers have been held by Vietnamese embassies worldwide to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the April 30 Victory.

Russia welcomes Vietnam’s participation in the global initiative to combat nuclear terrorism, said the Russian Foreign Ministry’s statement on April 30.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit to China has deepened the ties of friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and China and created an important legal framework for making comprehensive strategic partnership more substantive and effective.

On April 30, Granma newspaper, an official organ of the Communist Party of Cuba ran an article praising Vietnam’s combative spirit against US invaders to liberate southern Vietnam and unify the nation.

The 35th anniversary of the liberation of south Vietnam was covered by Japanese media while Japan’s NHK television said that the celebration highlighted the correct and clear-sighted leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in economic development.

The 2010 World Expo opened in the city of Shanghai on April 30 with the attendance of Chinese Party General Secretary and President Hu Jintao, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung together with heads of state and government leaders from other countries.

Looking from all sides of the sea, Vietnam’s national gold-starred red flag flutters as a symbol of assurance in the sky.

The Shanghai Communist Party of China Municipal Committee Secretary, Yu Zhengsheng, has expressed his belief that Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit to Shanghai will help tighten the co-operative partnership between Vietnam and China in general and with Shanghai in particular.

A solemn flag raising ceremony was held at the Hien Luong-Ben Hai historic site in the central province of Quang Tri on April 30 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Quang Tri provincial People’s Committee.

The great victory in April 30, 1975 was considered one of the country’s greatest and most brilliant historical events, completing the people’s national democratic revolution and opening a new era of development for Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem has urged relevant ministries and agencies to speed up preparations for upcoming events of the year.