President welcomes Cuba's chief judge

President Truong Tan Sang has said that co-operation and experience sharing between the judicial sectors of Viet Nam and Cuba is crucial and significant.

President Sang made the remarks at a meeting with visiting President of the Cuban People's Supreme Court Ruben Remigio Ferro in Ha Noi yesterday (Sept 10), stressing the important role of the judicial sector to socio-economic management in each country.

President Truong Tan Sang receives President of the Cuban People’s Supreme Court Ruben Remigio Ferro. (Photo: VNA)

He also expressed his delight at the fruitful co-operation between the two countries in all fields, and affirmed that the Communist Party of Viet Nam and the Vietnamese State and people would always stand by the Communist Party of Cuba and the Cuban State and people during their cause of national construction and defence.

Despite the changing global situation, the friendship and co-operation between Viet Nam and Cuba would stay unchanged, the President said.

He also hoped that Cuba would successfully implement their resolution on national development.

Ruben Remigio Ferro said Cuba appreciated and was proud to have Viet Nam as a loyal friend during its national construction and defence process.

He briefed his host on the major developments in his country, especially the results of the implementation of the Resolution of the sixth Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba.

During his visit, leaders of the judicial sectors of both countries will swap their experiences in building and improving national legislative systems, contributing to the successful construction of a society with justice and equality for all citizens.

RoK President: HCM City is symbol of Vietnam-RoK cooperation

Ho Chi Minh City is a symbol of not only the spectacular development of Vietnam but also the sound economic cooperation between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK), visiting President Park Geun-hye has said.

During a working session with Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Le Thanh Hai, the RoK President cited that more than 1,800 RoK businesses are operating in the city and over 80,000 RoK nationals live in this southern economic hub of Vietnam.

Hai, who is also a politburo member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), described President Park’s visit as a significant contribution to consolidating the fine relations between Vietnam and the RoK.

He said that his city has enjoyed close ties with a lot of RoK partners, many of whom have operated effectively in the locality.

Ties between HCM City and RoK partners exist not only in trade, investment and tourism, but also in the expanding cultural and people-to-people exchanges, he said.

Hai expressed his hope that in the future President Park will pay more attention to support RoK enterprises invest in Vietnam and HCM City in particular.

President Park noted that at first, RoK businesses focused on the garment and textile sector and light industry, however, as the investment environment in HCM City improved and developed, RoK businesses have expanded their operations to various sectors with high added value like high technology, electricity and heavy industry.

She said she believes that in the future, more and more RoK businesses will invest in HCM City and Vietnam’s southern provinces, and hopes that municipal authorities will give more attention and support to the businesses, allowing them to make bigger contributions to the economic development of the city.

Sharing her impressions of Vietnam, President Park said through meetings with Vietnamese leaders and people, she can feel the in-depth friendship and mutual trust between the two countries that has existed for the last two decades.

In particular, the economic cooperation process between the two countries has significantly contributed to improving the living conditions of people of both countries, she added.

On the occasion, President Park visited Hansae Vietnam Company in Tay Bac-Cu Chi Industrial Park and had a meeting with the RoK business community in HCM City.

Viet Nam greets Aichi Governor

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc yesterday (Sept 10) welcomed the Governor of Aichi prefecture, Hideaki Ohmura,at a reception in the capital.

Deputy PM Phuc said Viet Nam wanted to intensify cooperation with Japan, especially in human resources, infrastructure and agriculture, adding that the Government would create the best conditions for Japanese businesses to invest.

Ohmura said that his working visit aimed to strengthen flight links between Aichi, Ha Noi and HCM City.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties, the Governor said his prefecture would hold a "Hello Vietnam" programme from September 20-23.

Public Security Minister receives outgoing Japanese ambassador

Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang has said that cooperation between his ministry and related Japanese agencies has been consolidated in a deep manner.

General Quang made the statement at a reception in Hanoi on September 10 for outgoing Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yasuaki Tanizaki.

He expressed his hope that in any position, Yasuaki Tanizaki will continue contributing to the development of the fine friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Japan and between the Ministry of Public Security and Japan’s law enforcement agencies.

The Japanese diplomat said he hopes the Vietnam-Japan relationship will be further developed, gaining more positive results in all cooperative fields, particularly in combating crimes and ensuring security and order in each nation.

Ha Noi tightens ties with Beijing

Politburo member from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Pham Quang Nghi is leading a delegation from Ha Noi to visit China until September 12 to foster relationships between the Vietnamese capital and Beijing, and between the two nations.

Nghi, who is also Secretary of the Ha Noi municipal Party Committee, said during a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli in Beijing yesterday (Sept 10) that his visit aimed to realise the important common perceptions of the two countries' Party and State leaders, contributing to consolidating the Viet Nam-China comprehensive strategic co-operative partnership and promoting links between the two capital cities.

Zhang Gaoli, who is a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, voiced his hope that Nghi's visit would contribute to enhancing political trust and promote new developments in the relations between the two Parties and States as well as the two capital cities.

HCM City marks Vietnam-UK diplomatic ties

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on September 10 held a ceremony to mark the 40 th anniversary of Vietnam-UK diplomatic ties (Sept. 11, 1973 – Sept. 11, 2013).

Speaking at the event, Chairman of the committee Le Hoang Quan hailed the strong development of the Vietnam-UK strategic partnership in many fields from politics-diplomacy, regional and global issues, security-defence to trade-investment, socio-economics, education-training, and people-to-people diplomacy.

The friendship and multi-faceted cooperation between Ho Chi Minh City and the European country have also enjoyed rapid and positive development, especially in trade, investment, education, culture, tourism and health care, Chairman Quan said.

The UK is one of the biggest European Union trade partners and investors in the city, with bilateral trade turnover topping 607 million USD in 2012. The city now counts 95 valid projects of UK investors worth a total of 682 million USD.

Ho Chi Minh City is also studying from UK’s experiences in new spheres like finance, banking and public-private partnership model and in building the Thu Thiem financial zone.

Douglas Anthony Barnes, UK Consul General in the city, said this ceremony reflected the special relationship between the UK and Vietnam in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular, which remains firm over the past 40 years, despite remarkable changes of the two countries.

Barnes noted that trade and investment between the UK and Vietnam have developed significantly in recent years. Vietnam’s exports to the UK surged 47 percent last year, making the European country more important to Vietnam.

The UK has also extended support to Vietnam in the fight against climate change and corruption, as well as in creating more jobs in the private sector and improving State management.

Officials of both sides agreed that with the gained achievements, a bright future is ahead for the strategic partnership of the two countries.

Vietnam, Laos boost cooperation in party inspection

Vietnam and Laos will continue enhancing cooperation and experience exchanges in Party inspection, both theoretically and practically for the sake of each country’s people.

Standing Vice Chairman of the Party Commission for Inspection Mai The Duong made the affirmation on September 10 in Vientiane while briefing Lao Vice President Bounnhang Volachit on the outcomes of the talks with his Lao counterpart.

Vice President Bounnhang Volachit spoke highly of the cooperation between the two commissions for inspection over the past time, saying it improves knowledge in party-building as well as the supervisory activities of both sides.

The Lao Vice President expressed his desire that the two agencies will strengthen cooperation, exchange professional experience and train human resources in the time to come, thus contributing to nurturing the special relationship between the two countries.

Ha Giang urged to sustain solutions for economic growth

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong has urged the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang to maintain solutions for economic growth while surmounting shortcomings and limitations in socio-economic development.

The Party leader announced the requirement while presiding over a working session between the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat and the Standing Board of the Ha Giang provincial Party Committee in Hanoi on September 10.

The meeting aims to review the province’s implementation of the 11th National Party Congress’s Resolution and the 15th provincial Party Congress’s Resolution as well as its 2020 socio-economic development plan.

While acknowledging the locality’s performance in deploying the two resolutions over the past two and a half years, General Secretary Trong asked Ha Giang to bring out its potential and advantages to fulfil set targets.

He commented on the province’s potential in a range of areas such as agro-forestry, services, border gate economy, tourism, herbal plants, husbandry, hydro-electricity and minerals.

The Party chief asked the locality to pay more attention to the infrastructure system, electricity, transport, schools, health clinics, markets, human resources development, education and training, especially vocational training and on-the-spot job generation.

Ha Giang needs to mobilise all resources and enhance its ties with other provinces, he said, highlighting the locality’s policies towards ethnic groups and the great national unity.

Referring to national defence and security, General Secretary Trong considered Ha Giang as geographically important and urged the province to closely combine socio-economic development with national security and defence.

The province should attach importance to border security while giving more care to ethnic minorities in remote and far-flung areas and those in special difficulty, he said.

Ha Giang was also requested to accelerate the building of the Party and the political system.

During the 2011-2013 period, Ha Giang maintained a good economic growth rate with gross domestic product (GDP) reaching 10.35 percent on average.

Apart from achievements in building new-style rural areas, the province’s socio-economic infrastructure has been improved significantly.

The province made primary school education universal in 2011 and the rate of poor households was cut from 41.8 percent in 2010 to 30.1 percent at the end of 2012.

The province has strived to escape from the position as the nation’s poorest locality to become a national tourism centre which houses Vietnam’s first geo-park Dong Van Stone Plateau.

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