Ukraine, Viet Nam sign joint audit agreement

National Assembly chairman Nguyen Phu Trong yesterday, Oct 25, applauded the signing of a co-operation agreement between the State audit agencies of Viet Nam and Ukraine.

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Trong was speaking at a reception for the chairman of the Ukraine Accounting Chamber, Dr Valentyn Symonenko, in the capital city.

Earlier, the State auditing offices of Viet Nam and Ukraine signed a co-operation agreement, under which the two sides will hold regular meetings to discuss how to audit and jointly carry out State financial controls.

The two agencies will carry out joint audits of various programmes and compare legislation and methodologies on state auditing.

Both parties have also agreed to increase co-operation in human-resources training and the exchange of senior officials and specialists to increase their professional skills.

Trong agreed to strengthen the long, traditional ties with Ukraine, saying that he expected bilateral co-operation in trade and investment would be further promoted.

Symonenko spoke highly of the achievements of the State Audit of Viet Nam, wishing that co-operation between the two agencies would help increase co-operation between the two legislative bodies.

Vietnam, Japan elevate ties to a higher level

Vietnam wants to further promote cooperation with Japan, the country’s top partner, in the spirit of strategic partnership for mutual benefit, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

At a reception for former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and the Japanese parliamentarian delegation in Hanoi on Oct. 25, PM Dung suggested that both countries should join efforts to expand trade and investment to match with their potential.

He also proposed the Japanese parliament soon recognise Vietnam as a nation with a market economy and facilitate Vietnam’s agricultural products entering Japan’s market.

The PM said he hoped Japan would increase its official development assistance (ODA) capital for Vietnam’s infrastructure projects.

Vietnam is ready to cooperate with Japan in the form of public-private partnership (PPP) model to implement the Lach Huyen port construction project in the northern port city of Hai Phong, the North-South highway project, the Long Thanh airport project and others, said PM Dung.

He also hoped that the Japanese Government would help Vietnam build a high-quality university in the Mekong delta region.

The visit by Hatoyama and the Japanese parliamentarians delegation and the upcoming visit by PM Naoto Kan for the East Asia Summit in Vietnam would bring the two countries’ relationship to a new development level, he said.

Hatoyama sent his sympathy to the families of the victims in Vietnam’s central flood-hit region.
He said Japan is willing to support Vietnam in human resource training, finance, and atomic nuclear technology transfer and promote defence cooperation with Vietnam to increase security and maintain peace in Asia.

Japan is ready to receive Vietnamese nurses to work in the country, Mr. Hatoyama said.
He also expressed his interest in the Lach Huyen port construction project in Hai Phong and the North-South highway project.

The same day, at a meeting with Truong Tan Sang, Politburo member and member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s Secretariat, Mr. Hatoyama said he was happy to witness Vietnam’s renewal achievements over the past 25 years.

He praised the comprehensive development of the Japan-Vietnam relationship.

Japan attaches importance to developing the strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia and deep and sustainable relationship with Vietnam, especially through the implementation of large cooperation projects, said Hatoyama.

The Politburo member hailed the current working visit to Vietnam by the Japanese parliamentarian delegation and highlighted the effective support and assistance of the Japanese Government, National Assembly and people to Vietnam over the past year.

Deputy PM at West China fairs

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong has attended the seventh China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning and the 11th Western China International Fair in Chengdu.

The delegation also visited Guangxi, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in a week-long visit that concluded yesterday.

Trong said he appreciated Chinese efforts in holding the fair.

He said the two sides needed to work on measures to overcome the negative impacts of global economic crisis and create favourable conditions to speed up co-operation in trade, investment and tourism between Viet Nam and western China.

Vietnam-Laos history book compiled

Vietnam and Laos are speeding up the compilation of a collection on their special history in an effort to hand down this valuable asset to their next generations.

To Huy Rua, Politburo member and Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) clarified the goal at a meeting which opened in Vietnam’s Vinh Phuc province on October 25.

Mr Rua, who is also Head of the CPV Central Committee’s Information and Education Commission, emphasized that the work has drawn a number of specialists, witnesses of history and top experts who have worked hard in researching and collecting documents on special relations between the two countries to meet the deadline of late 2010 and produce a valuable book.
He insisted that the steering boards of the two countries make a greater effort to have high quality publications. He reminded them of draft editing, accuracy and true reflection of history as the most important aims of the project.

Mr Hua’s view was shared by Samane Vinhaket, Politburo member of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee, and Head of the Steering Commission on Ideology, Theory and Culture of the LPRP Central Committee.

Over the past four years the boards have compiled 820 pages of main documents and 2,570 pages of diaries by Vietnamese and Lao leaders. The Vietnam Central Documentary and Scientific Films Studio has finished the shooting of four movies.

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