President Triet off to APEC's Japan meeting

President Nguyen Minh Triet will fly to Japan to attend the 18th Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) leaders meeting in Yokohama to begin on Thursday.

President Nguyen Minh Triet. (Photo: Vietnam+)


The President has been invited by Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

PM to attend G-20 Summit in S Korea

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will attend the G20 Summit in Seoul, South Korea, as chair of ASEAN 2010.

Korean President Lee Myung-Bak, who is the chair of the summit, will welcome Dung to the two-day event, which starts on Thursday.

Viet Nam, Palestine strengthen solidarity

Vietnamese and Palestinian leaders agreed to strengthen solidarity between the two sides yesterday, Nov 8.

Presidents of the Committee for Solidarity with the Palestinian People Ho Anh Dung and the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organisation Vu Xuan Hong underlined the consistent policy of the Party, Government and people of Viet Nam to stand side by side and support the Palestinians in their fight for justice and formation of an independent Palestinian state.

They made the declaration at a reception for the Palestinian President of the Palestine-Viet NamFriendship and Solidarity Association R S Saleh.

The two sides reached a consensus that the establishment of the Committee for Solidarity with the Palestinian People and the Palestine-Viet Nam Friendship and Solidarity Association was a proof of the positive development in the two countries' relations.

Saleh also affirmed that the relations between the two countries would continue to develop in the time to come.

Also on the occasion, Hong honoured Saleh with a Peace and Friendship Among Nations medal.

Fund to protect Vietnamese abroad approved

A newly-issued Finance Ministry circular will allow the director of a fund to protect Vietnamese nationals and legal entities abroad to approve payments of up to US$10,000.

The Foreign-Affairs-Ministry-managed fund will received VND20 billion (US$1 million) from the State budget each year.

Vietnamese diplomatic officers and authorised agencies will have access to it.

The fund will also be used to support Vietnamese nationals in difficult circumstances.

Vietnam attaches importance to agricultural and rural development

Vietnam considers agricultural and rural development as an important factor behind its sustainable growth, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at a meeting with president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Kanayo F.Nwanze.

PM Dung warmly welcomed Mr Kanayo to Vietnam to attend the third International Rice Congress which is being held in Hanoi. Mr Dung thanked IFAD’s effective assistance for Vietnam in past years. Vietnam’s agricultural development not only ensures food security, contributing to stabilizing politics and improving people’s living standards but also maintains world food security.

Despite positive achievements in agricultural development, Vietnam is still a poor country with a low income, due to the serious consequences of wars. Vietnam is also a country which is heavily affected by climate change and rising sea levels which will submerge more than 30 percent of agricultural land. Therefore, in addition to its own efforts, Vietnam needs international support, including IFAD.

PM Dung expressed his hope that the fund will discuss programmes to support Vietnam in the next five years and introduce an effective co-operative model between Vietnam and IFAD as well as Vietnam’s experience in agricultural development to the international community.

Vietnam is an example for other developing countries to follow because from a country which lacked food it became the world’s leading food exporter, contributing to ensuring world food security.

Mr Kanayo expressed his hope that Vietnam will further strengthen co-operative ties with IFAD and affirmed that the fund will invest US$150 million in agricultural development projects in Vietnam.

After meeting with Mr Kanayo, PM Dung received heads of international delegates who attended the 3rd International Rice Congress.

Former Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh visits Laos

Politburo member of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, Sisavat Keobunphan, received former State Vice President and President of the Vietnam Peace and Development Foundation, Nguyen Thi Binh, and her delegation during their visit to Laos from November 6-11.

Mr Sisavat praised the visit which is taking place at a time when the two countries are preparing for their National Party Congresses. He also applauded Mrs Binh’s great contribution to the Vietnamese revolutionary cause and the Vietnam-Laos time-honoured friendship.

Former State President Binh affirmed that being the two fraternal countries, Vietnam and Laos should foster their special friendship and wished the 450th anniversary of Vientiane great success.

Earlier, Mrs Binh met with Chairman of the Lao Committee for Peace and Solidarity, Khamphan Sinmalavon during which they briefed each other on the situation in their respective countries and underlined the need to promote cooperation and the exchange of experience in various field, particularly in human resources development.

Vietnamese, Japanese CPs discuss socialism theories

The Communist Parties of Vietnam and Japan held their third theoretical symposium to promote mutual understanding and work out theories and talks in the new situation.

At the symposium in Tokyo on Nov. 8, To Huy Rua, a politburo member and Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, delivered a speech on socialism in the context of globalization and international integration.

Mr Rua said that changes in the modern world have required changes in the understanding and shaping of new concepts on socialism.

He said the Communist Party of Vietnam has been clearly aware of new tendencies and characteristics of movement and changes of the modern world and their impacts and influences on the development of all nations.

Accordingly, the Party has paid attention to combining international factors with Vietnam’s specific characteristics, national power and strength to boost renewal in transition to socialism.

In his presentation, Tetsuzo Fuwa, former President of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) and Head of the JCP’s Social Science Institute, raised practical issues and challenges arising in theoretical, economic, political, social, and environmental fields in the period of transition to socialism.

Analysing the development process in several socialist countries, Fuwa noted that communist parties need to continue conducting theoretical studies on development through practical activities in order to build on the previous fruits of development in the face of challenges of the modern era. 

MoLISA Minister meets Cambodia Prime Minister

Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and her delegation paid a courtesy visit to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on November 8, as part of their six-day visit to Cambodia from November 5-10.

At the meeting, Mrs Ngan briefed Mr Hun Sen on the outcomes of talks between the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) delegation and their counterparts from the Cambodian Ministry of Labour and Training.

Vietnam and Cambodia shared working experiences and agreed to boost cooperation in human resources training.

The Cambodian PM praised the fine cooperation between the two ministries and Cambodia’s relevant agencies and also asked the two ministries to further promote bilateral cooperation in human resources training, particularly in human resources for agriculture.

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