Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged the northern midland province of Phu Tho to focus on training human resources who are capable of spurring local growth when it still remains one of poor localities in the country.

Vietnam’s representative at the United Nations has spoken highly of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC)’s efforts in implementing missions stipulated by the relevant Resolutions of the UN General Assembly and the UN Security Council.

On November 21, deputies at the sixth session of the 12th National Assembly (NA) chaired by Vice NA Chairman Nguyen Duc Kien gave opinions on the draft Law on House and Land Tax.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet has called on the Vietnamese community at home and abroad to uphold the spirit of patriotism and national unity and combine efforts to build Vietnam into a prosperous country.

The Vietnamese State encourages Italian and other foreign businesses to invest and conduct business in Vietnam, and stands ready to supply all needed assistance, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the planning and investment sector to weigh up the pros and cons of the domestic and global situation to formulate appropriate plans for socio-economic development in 2010.

The Vietnam National Assembly highly appreciates the guidelines of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie (APF), including protection and promotion of democracy, law-governed state, human rights and cultural diversity, said Vietnam NA Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong.

The campaign to encourage Vietnamese people to use locally-made goods has received positive response from the whole society and helped raise Vietnamese businesses’ competitiveness and production capacity.

The UK Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing, David Hanson, met with leaders from Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security in Hanoi on November 19 to discuss ways of stepping up bilateral cooperation in security, anti-terrorism and migration.

Vice President of the Czech Senate Jiri Liska and his entourage visited the central province of Quang Binh on November 18-19 as part of their nine-day trip to Vietnam through November 23. 

Vietnam attaches importance to developing friendship and cooperation with Brazil, affirmed National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong.

Vietnam is keen to cooperate with France in tackling energy issues from France as it is striving to become an industrialised country in 2020, a government leader said.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet said he looks forward to meeting with the King and other leaders of Spain on his visit there in December to discuss further tightening of bilateral ties in every field.

A Vietnamese Party delegation led by Le Hong Liem, deputy head of the Party’s Inspection Commission attended the 8th congress of the Workers’ Party of Bangladesh in Dacca from November 14-18.

The government will introduce more policies to stimulate the economy, support recovery efforts and boost economic restructuring, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at the National Assembly question time in Hanoi on November 19.

Vietnam and China signed three accords on land border demarcation and marker planting as well as border gate management, in Beijing, China on November 18, ending 35 years of negotiations. 

State President Nguyen Minh Triet on November 18 received former US President Jimmy Carter and his wife who were in Vietnam to launch a campaign in which volunteers build houses for the poor. 

Vietnam has congratulated the United Nations Ethics Committee for developing a wide ranging Code of Ethics for UN personnel, said a Vietnamese representative to the UN. 

Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang on November 18 took the floor, answering the National Assembly deputies’ questions about his ministry’s responsibility for the rice and milk price management, the development of power projects and the competitiveness of Vietnamese products.

Truong Tan Sang, Politburo member and permanent member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee received Mozambique's FRELIMO ruling party delegation led by Anlindo Chilundo, FRELIMO Party member and director of the FRELIMO Central Party School in Hanoi on November 18.

Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Phuoc and Cambodia’s province Kampongcham held a groundbreaking ceremony on November 18 to build landmark No 78 on the Vietnam-Camboida border.

The Speaker of the Republic of Korea’s (RoK) National Assembly Kim Hyong-O and his delegation left Hanoi on November 18, concluding their five-day visit to Vietnam.

A Vietnamese diplomat has called upon all parties in Iraq to give the utmost priority to the country’s national interests, renounce the destabilising acts, and work together for the nation’s peace, stability and development. 

The Cambodian and Vietnamese news agencies have agreed to implement a technical assistance project as soon as it is approved by the Vietnam-Cambodia Inter-Governmental Committee at its meeting in Preah Sihanouk early next month.

A get-together was held by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations and the Vietnam-Mongolia Friendship Organisation (VMFO) in Hanoi on Nov. 17 to mark the 55th anniversary of Vietnam-Mongolia diplomatic ties.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has told the newly-assigned Vietnamese ambassador to his country to consider the signing of new treaties, especially on economics and trade.

Parliament Speaker Kim Hyong O of the Republic of Korea visited the Hanoi-based Vietnam National University (VNU) on November 17 as part of his five-day visit to Vietnam, showing his interest in the younger generation. 

Central bank governor Nguyen Van Giau on November 17 answered National Assembly deputies’ questions about the government’s interest subsidy programme and the banks’ management of the monetary policy, the exchange and foreign currency market.

Vietnam wants to promote the long-standing friendship and comprehensive cooperation with Singapore, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet at a political and business forum in Singapore on November 17.

The Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said at a Vietnam-Finland business conference on November 17 that he hoped the two countries will give priority to the cooperation in developing clean industry to ensure a balanced development in economics, society and the environment.