VN earns massive export turnover in five months

Fri, 05/27/2011 - 09:46

(VNA) Vietnam’s export turnover in the first five months of this year reached more than 34.7 billion USD, representing a year-on-year rise of 32.8 percent, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said on May 26.

During this period, garment exports topped the list of hard currency earners with over 5.1 billion USD, a rise of 35.6 percent year-on-year. The United States remained Vietnam’s largest importer, followed by the European Union and Japan.

US firm to develop hotel-casino in Vietnam

Fri, 05/27/2011 - 09:45

(VNA) Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. has announced it would invest 95 million USD to acquire a 26 percent stake in a resort development project in Vietnam where it would build a hotel-casino.

Pinnacle's May 26 statement wrote, the Ho Tram Strip project, being developed by a Canadian company, Asian Coast Development, is beachfront complex of destination resorts and residential developments in southern Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, approximately 80 miles southeast of Ho Chi Minh City.

UN recognises Vietnam’s productive expansion

Fri, 05/27/2011 - 09:44

(VNA) The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has recognised Vietnam ’s successful expansion of productive capacity as going beyond global average levels.

ESCAP said at an annual meeting in Bangkok , Thailand , from May 19-25, that Vietnam was one of the four regional countries most successful in diversifying export-oriented products and expanding market share for a number of products during the past two decades.

Vietnam explains MIA work to foreign attaches

Thu, 05/26/2011 - 10:49

(VNA) Vietnam’s experiences and the results of searching for the remains of missing foreign servicemen during the war in Vietnam were introduced to foreign military attaches in the country at a meeting in Hanoi on May 25.

At the meeting, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Persons (VNOSMP) Colonel Dao Xuan Kinh briefed the participants on a number of measures taken by Vietnam and the US in the search for servicemen missing in action (MIA).

General elections wind up in success

Wed, 05/25/2011 - 10:16

(VNA) The elections of deputies to the 13th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2011-2016 term had finished in all cities and provinces nationwide by the midnight of May 22.

Preliminary statistics showed that the northern mountainous provinces of Lai Chau, Ha Giang, Hoa Binh and Lang Son have led the country in terms of the rates of voters going to the polls, with 99.99 percent, said the Election Council.

General elections open nationwide

Wed, 05/25/2011 - 10:13

(VNA) Official ceremonies were held at 7 am on May 22 at 91,438 polling stations throughout the country to start the voting to elect deputies to the 13 th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2011-2016 term.

This is the first time the elections for deputies to the National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels have taken place at the same time, during which over 63 million voters will elect 500 NA deputies and 301,954 People’s Council members.

Appointed ambassador vows more support to OVs in US

Mon, 05/16/2011 - 10:13

(VNA) The newly-appointed Vietnamese ambassador to the US, Nguyen Quoc Cuong, pledged to provide more support for the Vietnamese community in the US and create favourable conditions for businesses of Vietnamese Americans to invest in Vietnam.

Situation in Muong Nhe district stabilized

Thu, 05/12/2011 - 15:29

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nguyen Phuong Nga briefed the media on the current situation in Muong Nhe District, Dien Bien Province at the Regular Press Conference May 12, 2011:

East Sea sovereignty in spotlight

Wed, 04/27/2011 - 15:53

(VNA) As many as 80 scholars, independent researchers and representatives from relevant agencies nationwide gathered in Hanoi on April 26 for the second national workshop on the East Sea.

The workshop on disputes over sovereignty on the East Sea : history, geopolitics and international law aimed at sharing Vietnam ’s view on legal bases and history relating to national sovereignty in the East Sea area.

Nuanced debate over religion continues despite call for Vietnam sanctions

Thu, 12/30/2010 - 13:23

(This article appeared in The Hill, Dec ,2010)

The annual debate over the State Department’s human rights report brings with it a series of resolutions and bills trying to punish – or at least spotlight – certain countries for violations of U.S. standards. Vietnam regularly receives attention for religious rights violations. This year, on top of sanctions bills, the Congressional Human Rights Commission held a hearing on a dispute in the central Vietnamese village of Con Dau that pitted Catholic villagers against riot police.

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