The first-ever Nuclear Security Summit in the US has adopted a joint statement, showing the international community’s strong commitment to ensuring nuclear safety and taking a further step towards a nuclear weapon-free world.

Fifteen years after joining ASEAN, Vietnam has made many significant contributions to the development of the most important organization in the region. Assuming the 2010 ASEAN Chair is a great honour but also an uphill task for Vietnam.

The campaign for voluntary blood donations has received a positive response from all sections of people. However, there remains a lot to be done before it becomes a nationwide movement.

Farmers across the country are faced with increasing pressures as the prices of several categories of farm produce, such as rice, coffee, cashew nuts, salt and water melons, continue dropping sharply.

The “Vietnamese use Vietnamese goods” campaign, not only appeals to people’s patriotism and national pride to build a Vietnam-focused consumer culture, but also encourages businesses to produce higher quality products to suit domestic consumer tastes.

Keeping the inflation rate at seven percent this year is a goal set by the Vietnam National Assembly but this is not easy at all in the face of growing pressures from different factors.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong will pay official visits to India and Indonesia, starting on February 23, to promote friendship and cooperation in economics, trade and investment between Vietnam and these countries.

People say that time is infinite. No one knows when time began or when it will end. Even if the world comes to an end as written in the Bible or books of prophecies, it will only be the extermination of humankind. Life in the rest of the universe will exist in one form or another. Human life is finite while nature is infinite.

Over the past 80 years, the Vietnamese revolution, under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), has stood the test of time and advanced steadily towards building socialism in the country.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s attendance at the 2010 World Economic Forum (WEF) has not only affirmed Vietnam’s determination to boost multifaceted cooperation but also indicated its increasing role and prestige in the international arena.