A spokesperson for the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry, Le Dung, expressed his belief on July 7 that China will soon stabilise the situation in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region following the recent unrest in Urumqi city.

Vietnam backs efforts for peace and stability in northeast Asia and the non-nuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, said a Vietnamese diplomat.

Vietnam needs to make a greater effort from now until the end of the year to weather the economic storm, achieve a 5-percent GDP growth rate, maintain economic stability, prevent a return of inflation and ensure social welfare.

Delegates to the 35th session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie (APF) have spoken highly of Vietnam’s policies and measures to deal with the global financial crisis, regarding them as useful models for other developing nations.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) wishes to further develop its reliable partnership with Vietnam into a strategic partnership, with a focus on cooperative relations between the two parliaments.

The movement to study and follow President Ho Chi Minh’s moral examples plays a vital role in building a spiritual basis for the whole society, said Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked Switzerland to provide assistance in human resource development, especially in vocational training and university faculty.

The 11th National Congress of the  Communist Party of Vietnam is scheduled to take place in Hanoi in the first half  of January 2011, the Party Central Committee announced at its 10th conference in Hanoi from June 29-July 4.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung sent congratulations to US President Barack H. Obama on the occasion of the 233rd US Independence Day.

The Vietnam-Belarus Friendship Association and the Belarussian Embassy in Vietnam jointly held a ceremony in Hanoi on July 3 to mark Belarus’s Independence Day and the 65th anniversary of its liberation from German fascist invaders.

A delegation from the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) is paying a visit to China from June 29-July 4 to boost ties with the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

Vietnam and Laos have agreed on a number of measures to speed up the planting of markers along their shared borderline, and build a plan for the task in 2010 at the fifth joint session of border experts from the two nations scheduled for June 28-July 3.

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva plans to pay an official visit to Vietnam on July 10 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung, according to the Thai PM Office.

The US Ambassador to Vietnam, Michael Michalak, hosted a reception in Hanoi on July 2 to celebrate the 233rd anniversary of his country’s Independence Day (July 4).

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received the Lord Mayor of the City of London, Ian Luder. He was accompanied by a delegation from the UK’s leading banking and finance firms, which arrived in Vietnam on July 1 for a week-long visit.

A delegation from the People’s Supreme Procuracy led by its deputy director Nguyen Thi Thuy Khiem began a working visit to Cambodia on July 1.

The chairman of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), Vu Xuan Hong, on July 1 awarded the insignia "For peace and friendship among nations" to Jesse Walter Radman Kivette, the Southeast Asia’s director of the Global Community Service Foundation (GCSF).

Mutual understanding and direct interaction between Vietnam and the US help to strengthen the two countries’ relationship, officials said on July 1.  

The armies of Vietnam and Thailand should increase their joint sea patrols, information exchange, cooperation in crime prevention and personnel training, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Vietnam has reiterated its commitment to contributing its experience and expertise in post-war recovery and development to the reconstruction process in Afghanistan.

Two-way trade between the European Union and Vietnam is growing and flourishing and the EU wants to boost its trade ties with Vietnam, said the Swedish ambassador to Vietnam, Rolf Bergman.

A high-level delegation from the Lao Front for National Construction, headed by its Vice Chairman Kenta Kongbounmy, met with the Vietnamese Government’s Committee for Religious Affairs in Hanoi on July 1.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) and the Youth Association of Cambodia (YAC) will get together and take part in a number of activities and send delegations to each other’s countries to attend important events in 2009 and 2010.

Vietnam is moving towards a legal framework for the hi-tech sector with the new Law on High Technology taking effect on July 1.

The Party and State have always paid special attention to social policy families and those who rendered great services to the nation, said Vice NA Chairman Nguyen Duc Kien.

The Foreign Ministry has received a document proving that the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago belongs to Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh City will host the 13th Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific (CCJAP13) on November 8-12, Deputy PM Truong Vinh Trong reaffirmed at a meeting in HCM City on June 29.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has cooperated with Vietnam Customs and the ASEAN Secretariat to organize a seminar that aims to help Vietnam launch a national single window system and join the similar regional network.

The 10th conference of the Party Central Committee opened in Hanoi on June 29 to discuss preparations for the 11th National Party Congress scheduled for the first quarter of 2011.

A delegation of the Vietnam National Assembly Committee for External Relations, led by Deputy Head Ngo Duc Manh, visited Russia from June 22-25 and Lithuania from June 25-27.