The Seventh International Ministerial Conference on Animal and Pandemic Influenza – 2010 (IMCAPI) opened in Hanoi on April 20.

The people’s friendship organisations, together with the Party and State’s diplomacy, have made important contributions to the maintenance of peace and stability, said a Party senior official. 

A Russian reporter, Sergey Afonin, has written an article praising the 35th anniversary of the Liberation of South Vietnam (April 30), a historic moment that led to national reunification.

Vietnam-Hungary bilateral relations, especially in national defence, will be further promoted after the latest visit to Hungary by a delegation of Vietnam’s defence ministry from April 15-17.

A 29-year-old of US nationality, Le John (or Le Dung), wanted by US police under an international red alert, has been arrested by Vietnamese police. 

The National Assembly’s 12th Standing Committee discussed nine new bills at its 30th session which lasted from April 12-19 in Hanoi.

Cuba’s victory at Giron and Vietnam’s victory on April 30, 1975 were significant milestones in both nations’ history.

Participants in a conference held by the Central Commission for External Relations in Hanoi on April 19 emphasized the importance of people-to-people diplomacy in relation to State diplomacy and Party external relations.

The Charge d’affaires of the Chinese embassy in Vietnam, Zhuo Leining, has expressed gratitude to the Vietnamese Party, Government and people for sympathizing with Chinese people over the recent quake and expressing condolences for their losses.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung left Mendoza on the afternoon of April 17 (local time) to wrap up his official visit to Argentina made at the invitation of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

Vietnam always respects ASEAN’s principles of consensus and will not interfere with its members’ internal affairs, said Nguyen Phuong Nga, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 18.  

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung visited the Largade vineyard and IMPSA metallurgy group and met with the Acting Governor of the Argentine state of Mendoza before flying back to Vietnam.

Ambassador Bui The Giang, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam at the United Nations has affirmed Vietnam’s support for UN efforts to boost system-wide coherence.

The State and people of Vietnam from generation to generation always show their great gratitude to soldiers who have fallen for the national liberation and unification, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

The ASEAN-China Joint Working Group on April 16 convened a meeting on implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) in Hanoi.

The Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association (VCFA) and the Cuban Embassy in Vietnam held a meeting in the northern province of Bac Ninh on April 17 to celebrate the 49th anniversary of the Giron Victory (April 19, 1961).

The Argentinean government recognizes that Vietnam has a market economy, which is in line with its agreements signed at the World Trade Organization (WTO), Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner told Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung during their talk on April 16.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung paid a three-day official visit to Argentina from April 15-17 at the invitation of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Vietnam and Argentina have released the following joint statement.

The 35th anniversary of the liberation of the Truong Sa (Spratly Islands) was celebrated on Truong Sa island on April 16 in the presence of Senior Major-General Bui Van Huan, Director of the Political General Department along with representatives from different ministries, sectors and local people.

Party Politburo member Truong Tan Sang on April 16 received Japan-Vietnam Special Ambassador Sugi Ryotaro, who is on a working visit to Vietnam. 

Vietnam has condemned the bomb attacks that took place in Myanmar’s largest city of Yangon on April 15. 

President Patrick Dewael of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives and his delegation left HCM City on April 16 to successfully conclude an official three-day friendship visit to Vietnam. 

Vietnam’s Deputy Defence Minister and his Cuban counterpart exchanged experiences in building the army in the new period and discussed bilateral cooperation opportunities. 

Vietnam and Argentina agreed upon specific measures to enhance political relations and all-round cooperation, particularly in economics, trade, investment and culture.

On April 16, President Nguyen Minh Triet returned to Hanoi, concluding a tour of Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Algeria. Deputy Foreign Minister Doan Xuan Hung granted an interview to a Radio Voice of Vietnam (VOV) reporter about the outcomes of this trip.

The Vietnamese people have always admired Cuba’s revolutionary heroism, President Nguyen Minh Triet said at a reception for Lt. Gen. Alvaro Lopez Miera, in Hanoi on April 16.

Many daily and e-newspapers in Argentina on April 15 applauded Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s official visit to the South American country from April 15-17. 

A ceremony was held in Ninh Thuan on April 16 to mark the 35th anniversary of the province’s liberation day (April 16, 1975 - April 16, 2010).

The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Administration held a workshop in Hanoi on April 16 to publicize the immortal values of V. I. Lenin’s spiritual heritage and find out ways to effectively apply it during the country’s Doi Moi (renovation) process.

USNS Mercy, a US hospital ship, will leave the Sandiego naval base in California on May 1 for Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and Timor Leste (East Timor) as part of the Pacific Partnership programme.