An honorary consulate for Uzbekistan in Vietnam was officially opened in Hanoi on August 27.

The Vietnamese Government spares no effort to expand ties with Poland for the benefit of both sides, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at a reception for out-going Polish Ambassador Miroslaw Gajewski in Hanoi on August 27.

The Voice of America radio station (VOA) wants to help former US Army lieutenant William L. Calley broadcast his recent apology for the Vietnamese war atrocity at My Lai to the people of Vietnam.  

The Vietnamese Ambassador in Italy has met with the Vatican Deputy Secretary for foreign relations, Ettore Balestero, to discuss relations between Vietnam and the Vatican and recent issues regarding the Catholic Church in Vietnam.

Malaysian citizens living in Ho Chi Minh City are determined to strengthen cooperative relations between Malaysia and Vietnam for the benefit of a growing Southeast Asian community.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet has praised the Central Highland province of Lam Dong for its all-out effort to overcome economic fallout and ensure social welfare over the past 7 months

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Sydney, Australia, held a meeting on August 26 to mark the 64th anniversary of the August 1945 Revolution and National Day (September 2).

Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) capital for Vietnam in 2009 is expected to surpass the record figure of US$1.1 billion in 2007, according to the Japanese ambassador to Vietnam, Mitsuo Sakaba.

The Granma newspaper, official organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, ran a cover story on August 26 to mark Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap’s 99th birthday.

Construction of the new headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs started on August 27 and is expected to be completed in late 2012.

The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) always attaches importance to its relationship with the Communist Party of Sweden (SKP) and will continue to strengthen the ties of friendship and cooperation between the two nations. 

Ho Chi Minh City and the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong should have closer cooperation in the fields of health, education and culture for their mutual benefit, said the State President Nguyen Minh Triet. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on August 26 chaired an online teleconference with leaders from Bac Kan, Thai Binh, Quang Tri, Ninh Thuan and Soc Trang provinces to seek ways and means of achieving socio-economic targets. 

The 4th World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR 2009) opened in Hanoi on August 26, bringing together nearly 1,500 policymakers, scientists, experts and IT businesses from Vietnam and other countries around the world.

The Singaporean navy ship RSS Endeavour docked at Tien Sa port in the central province of Da Nang, beginning a five-day friendly visit to the city.

State Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan on August 26 inspected vocational training for prisoners at Thanh Phong detention camp in Nong Cong district, Thanh Hoa province, about 170km south of Hanoi.

The Vietnamese Party and people recognise that President Ho Chi Minh’s testament is a precious and invaluable property of the nation

Chilean Deputy Foreign Minister Alberto Van Klaveren and permanent Deputy FM of Vietnam, Pham Binh Minh, have held talks and political consultations between their two foreign ministries.

Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga on August 25 expressed her deep sympathy to the Vietnamese community in Wolka Kosowska, Poland, over the great loss of property and income caused by a huge blaze at the EACC trade centre.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called on the education sector to improve the quality of education and training services to generate high-quality human resources for national industrialisation and modernisation.

Vietnam supports APEC’s leading role in liberalising and facilitating trade and investment to fulfil the Bogor Goals and vision for a free trade area in the Asia-Pacific region, says State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

A national conference was held in Hanoi on August 25 to discuss the implementation of a Party Political Bureau directive guiding the organisation of grassroots-level Party Congresses in the lead-up to the National Party Congress scheduled for January 2011.

The Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan led a Vietnamese delegation to the first meeting of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council (ASCC) in Bangkok on August 24.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on August 24 praised the great contributions made by seven former government leaders and officials during the Party’s revolutionary cause and the country’s development and construction.

National Assembly Deputy Chairman Nguyen Duc Kien on August 24 received a delegation from the Lao National Assembly, which is currently on a visit to Vietnam from August 22-27.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet has confirmed that Vietnam resolutely opposes protectionism as it prevents economies from developing in a free and strong manner.

Chinese researchers and Vietnamese counterparts and officials from several provinces that border with China gathered in Hanoi on August 24 for a workshop on how to bolster confidence in Vietnamese-Chinese relations, from the point of view of the border provinces.

Although President Ho Chi Minh passed away 40 years ago, his body has been preserved in a mausoleum in Hanoi for those who want to visit and pay their respects to the great Vietnamese leader.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet paid a visit to a residential area in Danang city on August 24 as part of his working visit to the central city.

A delegation of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations of Vietnam has attended the 15th Meeting of the Sao Paulo Forum in Mexico City.