Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a national action programme to deal with unexploded bombs and mines (UXO) in the 2010-2025 period.

Ba Ria -Vung Tau needs to fully tap human and land resources to foster its socio-economic development.

Vietnam has condemned bomb blasts in Bangkok on April 22, causing heavy casualties, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nguyen Phuong Nga.

Delegates to the ASEAN Inter-parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) Fact-Finding Committee (AIFOCOM) opened their 7th meeting in HCM City on April 23.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called on the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang to uphold the banner of the Chuong Thien victory 37 years ago and tap its potential for rapid and sustainable development.

A high-level delegation from the Vietnam People’s Army, headed by Minister Phung Quang Thanh, was received at the headquarters of the Chinese Defence Ministry on April 22.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet, and many other Party and State officials burned incense to commemorate Hung Kings – the founders of the Vietnamese nation – at a solemn ceremony in Phu Tho province on April 23.

The European Union (EU), along with its partners, Denmark and Sweden, in the Justice Partnership Programme (JPP), attaches special importance to beefing up its judicial reforms, said the EU mission chief in Vietnam.

The Chinese province of Sichuan wants to develop the friendly and cooperative ties with Vietnamese localities, says Sichuan governor Jiang Jufeng.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet has called on individuals and organisations to join hands with the Party and State to reduce the poverty rate in the country.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will attend the opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo 2010 and visit the coastal Chinese provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang from April 26 to May 1.

The Vietnamese Government will grant relief aid worth US$100,000 to earthquake victims in northwest China's Qinghai province.

Minister of National Defence and General Phung Quang Thanh is on an official friendship visit to China from April 21-28 at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Liang Guang Lie.

The 35th anniversary of the liberation of south Vietnam was celebrated in Havana, Cuba on April 21 by the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and the Cuba-Vietnam Friendship Association in collaboration with the Vietnamese Embassy in Cuba.

A delegation from the central province of Nghe An, headed by Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Tran Van Hang recently made a visit to Xieng Khouang in northern Laos.

The Vietnam Military History Institute and the Ho Chi Minh Museum co-organised a talk on the “Great Spring Victory 1975” on April 21 with ten people who witnessed the event.

The Lao Phatthana (Lao development) daily carried an article on April 21 praising the Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA) for its role and contributions to Vietnam’s national construction.

The current visit by a delegation of the Chinese National People’s Congress (NPC) will deepen the fine relations between the two countries, said a senior official from the National Assembly of Vietnam.

Lao Vice State President Bounnhang Volachit welcomed Nong Van Kinh, Deputy Chairman of the Bac Kan provincial People’s Council, and his delegation on April 21.

The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) will try its best to tighten its traditional friendship with the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) to contribute to boosting friendship and cooperation between the two nations, said a KKE official.

A meeting to mark V.I. Lenin’s 140th birthday (April 22) was held in Hanoi on April 21, to stress the everlasting value of his thoughts and cause as well as his significance to revolutionaries around the world and in Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to continue implementing flexible monetary policies in order to fulfill its set targets.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong received the newly appointed Russian, Polish and Singaporean ambassadors to Vietnam in Hanoi on April 20.

A seminar discussing the military offensive that ended the Vietnam War and reunified the country 35 years ago was held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 20.

The NA Committee for External Relations began its 19th session in Hanoi on April 20 to hear reports on external activities and discuss issues of importance to voters.

The President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste, Jose Ramos Horta, will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 26-29.

Promoting relations between Vietnamese and Japanese localities will help both countries to enhance their special partnership, said Deputy PM Pham Gia Khiem at a reception on April 20 for a delegation from Japan’s Sakai City Administration led by mayor Takeyama Osami.

On April 20, the President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, Huynh Dam, visited General Vo Nguyen Giap to mark the 35th anniversary of the liberation of south Vietnam.

On April 20, State President Nguyen Minh Triet received Alexandre Tschaeppaet, the Mayor of Bern in Switzerland, who is visiting Vietnam at the invitation of the Chairman of the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee, Nguyen The Thao.

The southern province of Binh Thuan organized a solemn meeting on April 19 to celebrate 35 years of its liberation.