Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met with Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Hainan province on April 18 on the sidelines of the 8th Boao Forum for Asia.

New Zealand wants to increase cooperation in education and training with Ho Chi Minh City, said NZ  Speaker of the House of Representatives Lockwood Smith.

Vietnam hails Iraq’s further achievements in the socio-political and economic fields as well as the significant improvement in its relations with neighboring countries and in international reintegration.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao have shown their resolve to meet the goal of raising two-way trade to US$25 billion in 2010, alongside keeping trade balance and increasing cooperation between their border localities.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet on April 17 welcomed delegates to the 16th General Assembly of the French-Speaking Radio and Television International Council (CIRTEF) in Hanoi and expressed his hope that they would draw up effective cooperation plans for regional broadcasters.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao in the Chinese province of Hainan on April 17 on the sidelines of the Boao Forum for Asia.

Deputy Minister of Justice Dinh Trung Tung and State Secretary of the German Justice Ministry Lutz Diwell signed a legal and judicial cooperation agreement in Hanoi on April 16.

The Prime Minister has agreed to a steering committee being form to help him direct and coordinate anti-money laundering measures across the country.

General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos, Choummaly Sayasone, will soon pay an official visit to Vietnam.

After attending the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), PM Nguyen Tan Dung and his wife will visit Guangdong province, as well as Hong Kong and Macau special administrative regions.

New Zealand will continue to support and expand cooperation with Vietnam, especially in the fields in which the country shows its strengths, affirmed New Zealand’s Parliament Speaker Lockwood Smith while meeting with State President Nguyen Minh Triet in Hanoi on April 16.

A delegation from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security led by Minister General Le Hong Anh is on a working visit to the US from April 12-21 at the invitation of a number of US government agencies.

Hanoi will host the 16th General Assembly of the French-Speaking Radio and Television International Council (CIRTEF) from April 17-19, which is expected to raise Vietnam’s status within the International Organization of Francophone Countries in general and the CIRTEF in particular.

The Indonesian embassy in Hanoi held a friendship meeting on April 15, inviting former Vietnamese ambassadors, students and workers who had come to Indonesia to work and study.

Vietnam considers New Zealand as one of its important partners and wants to promote friendship and multifaceted cooperation with New Zealand bilaterally and multilaterally, said National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong.

Prime Minister appreciated Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew’s contributions to strengthening friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Singapore, during a meeting in Hanoi on April 15.

The Vietnamese government will create the best possible conditions for Australian businesses to boost trade and investment cooperation with their Vietnamese partners, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

A delegation from New Zealand’s Parliament, led by its Speaker, Lockwood Smith, will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 15-19 at the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong.  

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will attend the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) 2009, which will be held in Hainan, China, at the invitation of the Chinese Government and the BFA organising board.

The National Assembly Standing Committee began its 19th meeting in Hanoi on April 14 to examine a report on the building of resettlement areas for displaced residents at the Son La hydro-electric power plant project.

Khanh Hoa needs to tap into its full potential to prevent further economic slowdown and achieve an economic growth rate of 10 percent in 2009, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung.

Vietnam wants to promote friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Iran, Deputy Foreign Minister Doan Xuan Hung has said.

The Vietnam National Assembly is willing to share experience and boost cooperation with its Lao counterpart, said NA Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong.

Singaporean Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew arrived in HCM City on April 13, beginning an official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Many young entrepreneurs gathered in Nha Trang, central province of Khanh Hoa to participate in a talk entitled “Vietnamese young entrepreneurs help prevent economic downturn” on April 13.

A delegation of the Steering Committee for Judicial Reform, led by its First Vice Chairman Truong Vinh Trong, who is also Politburo member of the party Central Committee and Deputy Prime Minister, paid a working visit to Italy from April 7-11.

A New Zealand parliamentary delegation, led by Speaker Lockwood Smith, will pay an official visit to Vietnam soon, according to a communiqué released by the Vietnam National Assembly Committee for External Relations.

Nong Duc Manh, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, will pay an official visit to Japan soon, the Party Commission for External Affairs has announced.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai asked the coal sector to conserve and exploit coal in a sustainable manner to ensure national energy security, during a working session with Khe Cham Coal Company in Quang Ninh province on April 11.