Angola’s Vice President praises Vietnam’s past struggle

The Vice President of Angola, Fernando Dias dos Santos, and his entourage visited Ho Chi Minh City on February 13.

During his meeting with the city leaders, the Angolan leader said Vietnam’s past struggle for national liberation has inspired the Angolan people in their own struggle for liberation as well as in the African country’s construction and development process.

Mr Santos said Vietnam’s socio-economic development is a model for other poor nations that want to escape poverty.

The Angolan vice president added that his visit demonstrates Angola’s determination to strengthen and expand its cooperative ties with Vietnam, both politically and economically.

In his speech, the Chairman of the HCMC People’s Committee, Le Hoang Quan, expressed hope that the political and economic relations between the two countries will continue to grow to a higher level after Mr Santos’s visit.

Party leader praises senior retired cadres’ contributions

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Speaking at a February 13 meeting in HCM City, which was attended by Party Politburo members Le Hong Anh and Dinh The Huynh, former State President Nguyen Minh Triet, former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, and other former senior cadres, Mr Trong wished the retired leaders good health and happiness on the occasion of the New Year.

The Party chief said the meeting aimed to provide the retired cadres with official information about the country’s situation, the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, as well as achievements and shortcomings in national construction and defence.

He also pointed to challenges and difficulties facing Vietnam in 2012 and expressed his wish that the entire people and all generations of Party and State leaders and officials will join efforts to fulfil the targets and tasks set by the 11^th National Party Congress.

Participants in the meeting heard four reports on the Party and State leadership, the socio-economic situation, the Party and State’s external affairs in 2011, and the security situation in recent times.

Lao military officer welcomed in Hanoi

Lieut. Gen. Luong Cuong, on February 13 received a delegation from the Lao People’s Army, led by Major General Subun Hunnachampa, Chief of the General Political Department.

At the reception, Lieut. Gen. Cuong, Vice Director of the General Politics Department of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), reviewed the effective cooperation between Vietnam and Laos in the fields of national defence and in party and political work. He said he believes the visit will contribute to strengthening the long-lasting traditional friendship between the two people and armies.

The General expressed the Vietnamese army and people’s gratefulness for the valuable sentiments of the Lao Party, State and people for Vietnam during the wartime and in the present national construction and defence.

Subun Hunnachampa said the visit is a good chance for the Lao delegation to share experience in military training, army logistics and party and political work with agencies of VPA.

On the same day, the delegation also met with Sen. Lieut. Gen Do Ba Ty, Party Politburo Member and Chief of the General Staff of VPA and visited Hanoi High Command.

Ambassador presents credentials to Monaco's Prince Albert II

Vietnamese ambassador Duong Chi Dung has presented his credentials to Monaco’s Prince Albert II and conveyed State President Truong Tan Sang’s invitation to him to visit Vietnam.

Ambassador Dung said Vietnamese leaders and people were delighted at the fine development of relations between Vietnam and Monaco since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 2007 and wished to expand cooperation with Monaco for mutual benefits.

For his part, Prince Albert said he was very impressed by Vietnam’s land and people and could never forget his visit to the country for the Seventh Francophonie Summit held in Hanoi in 1997.

He praised Vietnam’s achievements in the cause of national construction and development and expressed full support for bilateral cooperation in culture, tourism, oceanography and environmental protection as well as multilateral cooperation among the Francophone community.

On the occasion, ambassador Dung also met with Monaco’s Foreign Minister Jose Badia and other senior officials to discuss measures to strengthen the ties of friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Monaco in the future.

Cambodia, Vietnam strengthen inspection cooperation

A Vietnamese government inspection delegation, headed by Inspector General Huynh Phong Tranh, is visiting the Kingdom of Cambodia from February 13-16 at the invitation of Cambodia’s permanent deputy prime minister Men Sam On.

At a working session on February 13, the Vietnamese and Cambodian inspectors signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation between the two countries’ inspection sectors.

The two sides exchanged experience in inspection work to deal with complaints about corruption and discussed measures to step up bilateral cooperation.

Under the MoU, Vietnam will send its experts to Cambodia to help train human resources in the field.

On the occasion, Cambodian deputy PM Men Sam On presented the Royal Cambodian Government’s Friendship Orders to Inspector General Huynh Phong Tranh and Vietnam’s inspection professional training school.

From 2006-2011, the Vietnamese inspection sector held six training courses for Cambodian inspectors.

Southern Liberation Radio's 50th birthday

The 50th anniversary of the Southern Liberation Radio, now called the Voice of HCM City People, was marked on Saturday.

Established by the Southern Central Party Committee at Ma Da base in the D Resistance Zone in Dong Nai Province, the radio station broadcast its first programme on February 1, 1962, marking a milestone in the struggle for national liberation by appealing to people to support the liberation effort led by President Ho Chi Minh, the Party Central Committee, and the National Front for the Liberation of South Viet Nam.

VOH now also has an FM channel (99.9 MHz) for business and entertainment and a channel for urban transport (95.6 MHz), broadcasting for a total of 62 hours a day.

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