President Meets Returnees for Tet Reunion

Fri, 02/09/2007 - 13:53

President Nguyen Minh Triet affirmed that the overseas Vietnamese community has played a decisive factor in the country's successes in the past decades at a get-together held in Ha Noi on Feb. 9 for over 1,000 Vietnamese expats who have returned home for family reunions during the traditional new year festival (Tet).0209TRIET.jpg

US Diplomat Affirms No Mistreat of Returnees From Cambodia

Mon, 02/05/2007 - 17:53

No punishment or mistreatment were imposed on ethnic minority people from the Central Highlands who have previously fled illegally to Cambodia, said an US diplomat on Feb. 5.

Ellen Sauerbrey, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration, made the remarks during a meeting with the press in Ha Noi regarding her 6-day visit to Viet Nam which began on Jan. 31.

Sauerbrey said all the seven people she has met and talked to, without government officials' presence, affirmed they were not mistreated or punished when they returned to Viet Nam.

Vietnam Affirms Consistent Policy on Religion: White Paper

Fri, 02/02/2007 - 13:00

Viet Nam on Feb. 1 released a white paper on religion, affirming that it has consistently implemented an unswerving policy of great national unity without any discrimination on the basis of belief or religion.03L.jpg

Vietnam Joins ILO Convention on Forced Labor

Tue, 01/30/2007 - 12:57

Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet signed Monday a document for the country's accession to an International Labor Organization (ILO) convention on eliminating forced and compulsory labor.

The convention, adopted by the ILO General Conference in 1930, stipulates that each member ratifying this convention has to adopt measures to eradicate forced or compulsory labor in all forms in the shortest possible period.

Vatican Pleased with Possibility of Bi-Lateral Relations With Vietnam

Mon, 01/29/2007 - 10:53

The Vatican has expressed its satisfaction with the outcome of the first ever meeting between a Pope and a Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. 03_Linh_muc.jpg

PM Dung meets Pope, Vatican PM

Thu, 01/25/2007 - 14:38

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met with Pope Benedict XVI and held talks with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone on Jan. 25. 0125_dung_GHoang.jpg

It was the Vietnamese PM's first meeting with both leaders, reflecting the goodwill and desire of Viet Nam and the Vatican to promote dialogue and mutual understanding.

Vietnam PM Hold Online Dialogue With People on Various Issues

Tue, 01/23/2007 - 11:25

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is scheduled to hold an on-line dialogue with the public through the websites of the government and the Communist Party of Vietnam as well as the electronic newspaper VietnamNet on 9 February. PM.jpg

Vietnam, Japan "Successfully" Concluded Bilateral Economic Partnership Talks

Tue, 01/23/2007 - 11:18

The first session of the talks on Vietnam-Japan bilateral economic partnership agreement (EPA) wrapped up in Tokyo, Japan, on 18 January after three-day sitting.

Vietnamese chief negotiator Deputy Foreign Minister Phan The Rue told a Vietnamese News Agency correspondent that the session was a success as both sides achieved their objectives.

Rue said that the two sides understood each other's proposals and agreed on an approach to the agreement, especially negotiation principles which will be the basis for the second session, scheduled to take place in Hanoi on 26 March.

VIETNAM - US HUMANITARIAN COOPERATION ON WAR LEGACIES

Thu, 01/18/2007 - 12:12

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VIETNAM - U.S. JOINT STATEMENT

Hanoi - November 2006

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