General Phung Quang Thanh on June 19 warmly received a Belarussian delegation of war veterans led by Vejanov I.V currently on a visit to Vietnam.

The 15th Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Ministerial Conference was held in Thailand on June 19 to establishing closer links amongst the six nations of Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and China and Vietnam.

On June 18, Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) held a ceremony to celebrate the 84th anniversary of Vietnam’s Revolutionary Press Day.

The Vietnam Federation of Lawyers has been urged to become exemplars in ensuring justice and building a law-governed State.

The Investigation Security Agency under the Ministry of Public Security has prosecuted and arrested two more Vietnamese citizens on a charge of carrying out anti-State activities, according to the General Department of Police at press briefings in Hanoi and HCM City on June 18.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai arrived in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, on June 18 to attend the East Asia Economic Summit within the framework of the World Economic Forum.

Deputies at the current National Assembly session on June 18 approved the revised bills on cinematography, cultural heritage housing and land, and the bills on Vietnamese representative offices abroad and State responsibility toward compensation.

On June 17, with National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Kien in the chair, the NA voted in favour of a resolution on the Law and Ordinance Making Programme for 2010, the Public Debt Management Law, the Law on Urban Planning and the Law on Judicial Records.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet has praised the important contributions made by the Vietnam Diplomatic Academy in training diplomats to serve the struggle for national independence, and the cause of national construction and development.

The Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh and Cambodia’s Minister of Culture and Arts, Him Chhem, have shared experiences in managing cultural and artistic activities.

The press must serve as the reliable vanguard force for the Party, State and people on the political and ideological front, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in his message delivered to media workers on Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21).

The arrest of Le Cong Dinh was made following existing orders and procedures and according to the Vietnamese law, said Foreign Minister spokesperson Le Dung on June 17.

An exchange entitled “Youth with journalism today” took place in the theatre of Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) in Hanoi on June 16 to mark the 84th anniversary of Vietnam’s Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 1924 - June 21, 2009).

A delegation of Lao government officials arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on June 16 for a 4-day visit to boost agriculture cooperation and learn how to develop agricultural products and the food processing industry.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai received the visiting Polish State Secretary for the Economy Adam Szejnfeld in Hanoi on June 16.

General Le Van Dung, head of the General Political Department of the Vietnam People’s Army, on June 16 held talks with General Nieng Phat, Minister of State of the Cambodian Ministry of National Defence, who is in Hanoi for an official visit to Vietnam.

It is time to make good on Richard Nixon's promise and remedy the terrible wrong the US government perpetrated on the people of Vietnam, said Marjorie Cohn, a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in the US.

A meeting was held in Hanoi on June 16 between Deputy PM Truong Vinh Trong and Pastor Nguyen Huu Mac, a senior cleric from the Protestant Church, Northern Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on June 15 received the Panamanian Ambassador to Vietnam, Lizia Zenaida Lu, who came and said farewell to the PM before ending her working term in the country.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem has asked ministries, provinces and cities to fulfil their all-round diplomatic tasks in terms of planning, networking and staff training.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung on June 14 pressed a button to kick-start the construction of the Ngan Truoi Reservoir project in Huong Dai commune in the central province of Ha Tinh.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called on fellow Vietnamese countrymen and soldiers to participate in a special exemplary role model movement in anticipation of Hanoi’s 1,000th anniversary in 2010.

Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Thanh Son met with representatives of the overseas Vietnamese community at the Vietnamese Embassy headquarters in Tokyo on June 13 to identify their needs and wishes.

Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov has highly appreciated Vietnam’s achievements in the national renewal process and its role in international relations.

Vietnam supports peace, stability and denuclearisation on the Korean Peninsula as well as the efforts to achieve these objectives, said Vietnam’s foreign ministry spokesperson Le Dung.

The Investigation Security Agency under the Ministry of Public Security on June 13 arrested Le Cong Dinh on a charge of ‘colluding with domestic and foreign reactionaries to sabotage the Vietnamese State.’

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung delivered a report at the National Assembly on June 13, highlighting the initial results of the government’s economic stimulus packages, issues related to agriculture and rural development, the implementation of bauxite projects and solutions for the post-crisis period.

The Party, State and people of Vietnam will do their best to maintain and develop the traditional friendship and cooperation with China , said Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai on June 12 praised investors, contractors and other construction units for a successful trial run of the Dung Quat Oil Refinery in the central province of Quang Ngai.

Vietnam strongly supports a comprehensive political solution to the Darfur conflict and the question of Sudan to meet the legitimate interests of the people of Sudan and Darfur, as well as maintaining peace and stability in the region.