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Hospital pharmacies must post their retail price list of drugs and these prices must not exceed those in the market.
In addition, foreign-invested medical clinics are prohibited to open pharmacies or to set up joint venture drug stores except in some hospitals that have received government permission.
MOH is encouraging the use of domestic-made drugs. The ministry also issued a general document for bidding and drug price structures of Vietnamese-made drugs, medications made in developed countries and in Asian countries.
Asia media summit closes
The Eighth Asia Media Summit (AMS 8) closed in Hanoi Wednesday after two days of discussions, agreeing that the competition among broadcasters is becoming fiercer than ever.
Addressing the closing ceremony, Yang Binyan, Director of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD), said that AMS 8 served as a platform for a multisectoral and multidimensional dialogue on the challenges and opportunities in the digital world for broadcasters.
He spoke of the summit’s outcomes, particularly in raising awareness and understanding among broadcasters of opportunities offered by technological advances and multiple delivery platforms such as the web, mobile, and social media that will expand their audience reach, address strong competition and improve their products and services as well as business returns.
Delegates to the summit reached a consensus that it was no longer business as usual for broadcasters in the battle for attention that has become more intense than ever in the digital world. They showed how news and social media have contributed towards addressing crisis and development needs in the region.
The summit helped AIBD and its partners to foster a more meaningful relationship with broadcasters, expand cooperation and contribute to an exchange of knowledge.
Through the summit Vietnam showcased its efforts in international integration and helped participants to better understand and speak of the country’s strong development dynamism, especially in the broadcasting industry.
The next summit will be held in May next year in Bangkok, Thailand.
Helmets, lifejackets mandatory for students
The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training ordered its departments and schools across the country to reinforce road and river safety regulations following some serious riverboat accidents.
Under guidelines set by the ministry, schools must inform students to follow rigid regulations on road and river safety.
They must wear mandatory helmets on motorcycles and those living in river regions must wear life jackets when on a boat crossing rivers.
Reporter’s murder still under investigation
Le Hoang Hung, a former reporter of Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper, was allegedly killed by his wife. The high-profile murder is currently under investigation.
Police in the southern province of Long An have confirmed that the headline-grabbing murder of a former reporter is still under investigation, and not abandoned as rumored, Phap Luat TPHCM reported Tuesday.
However, police didn’t confirm if the deadline for investigations into the death of Le Hoang Hung, a former 51-year-old reporter of Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper, will be extended or not, according to the newspaper.
Hung was found on fire while he was sleeping at home in Tan An Town on January 19, and died ten days later from severe burns.
Currently his wife, 41-year-old Tran Thi Lieu, is in custody for investigations after admitting to killing him in February. Lieu claimed that she acted alone and that she killed Hung in an attempt to sell their family home to cover her gambling losses.
Hung’s family accused that Lieu had an affair with Nguyen Van Tam, a market management official in the provincial Thanh Hoa District. Tam was suspended from his post during the investigations.
According to newswire Nguoi dua tin, Duong Ngoc An, an official from Long An’s Party Unit’s inspectorate, said they have asked investigators of the murder to provide them with evidence of the alleged extramarital affair.
During the first months of this year the case has drawn a great deal of public attention, as local newspapers conducted their own investigations, revealing details and complications, including the allegations of the affair.
Lieu’s admittance also caused a stir among the press and public alike, because previously Lieu insisted on her innocence, repeatedly denying all suspicions that had centered around her.
African Day celebrated in Vietnam
A solemn ceremony was held in Hanoi on May 26 to mark the 48th African Day (May 25, 1963) and the establishment of the African Union (AU).
Speaking at the ceremony, co-organised by the diplomatic corps of African countries in Vietnam and the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), South African Ambassador to Vietnam Ratubatsi Super Moloi vowed to abide by all decisions made during the 2010 Vietnam-Africa International Workshop, especially measures to strengthen mutual understanding, expand foreign relations and complete legal frameworks and cooperation mechanisms for trade and investment ties between Vietnam and African countries.
The AU is building and consolidating its mechanisms in order to ensure peace, democracy and development on the continent, he said.
Vietnamese Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan spoke highly of recent encouraging developments in Vietnam-Africa relations, through the exchange of visits by leaders of Vietnam and African countries.
He said the two sides should carry out overall assessments of economic trade and cultural relations and formulate plans for cooperation in agriculture, energy, education and health, in order to build a partnership that matched the potential and expectations of the Vietnamese and African people.
The minister expressed his belief that the Vietnam-Africa relationship will further develop in the future for the benefit of both Vietnamese and African people, as well as for peace, stability and development in the region and the world at large.
On the occasion, the South African Ambassador to Vietnam congratulated Vietnam on the success of the 11th National Party Congress and the elections of deputies to the 13th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels.
Seminar discusses solutions to ensure growth and sustainability
The fifth session entitled “Approaches for Growth and Sustainability” was held in Hanoi on May 25 under the framework of the eighth Asia Media Summit (AMS8).
Delegates heard presentations on new ways to ensure growth and sustainability for the broadcasting industry, and how the presence of personal video recorders, fixed and mobile broadband as well as multiple media platforms have an impact on TV advertising revenues.
Prof. Li Ruigang President of Shanghai Media Group (SMG) from China introduced strategies to tap into the digital era and changes in TV viewer demand. He emphasized that it is important to build up the audience community, so people can use the Internet on their mobile phones and there will be more interaction among people, especially young people.
Discussions also focused on how traditional revenue streams can be depended upon significantly in the context of digital transformation and how a hydrid combination of advertising and subscription approaches can be viable.
Delegates also put forth solutions on pay TV and “smart TV” in the future and new technologies such as television on the internet and mobile internet will be the future trend.
Toshiyuki Sato from the General Broadcasting Department of Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK), Japan emphasized the role of media in the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, adding that media still have a strong presence and play an ultimate role in saving lives, seeking missing people and serving the people.
Russian University hourned with Vietnam’s insignia
Vietnamese ambassador to Russia Bui Dinh Dinh has presented a certificate of merit to Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation (MSTUCA) and an insignia “For the Cause of Education” to MSTUCA Rector, Boris Eliseev in recognition of his contributions to Vietnam’s educational cause.
In his speech delivered at the May 26 awards ceremony, Mr Dinh congratulated all professors, lecturers and students from MSTUCA on their achievements and contributions to Vietnam’s educational development.
Ambassador Dinh thanked the former Soviet Union and present-day Russia for having assisted Vietnam in personnel training.
Over the past 60 years, Russia has helped train 52,000 engineers and experts involved in different areas. Since 1993, more than 100 Vietnamese students have studied at MSTUCA, Mr Dinh said.
Chinese students learn more about President Ho
Vietnamese embassy envoy to China Nguyen Vinh Quang met with students from Beijing Normal University (BNU) to talk about President Ho Chi Minh’s biography and career.
The meeting marked the 100th anniversary of the day President Ho left the country to seek a pathway for national liberation and the 90th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China.
Quang briefed participants on relations between President Ho and Chinese communists and development in the two countries’ relations during the past, as well as Vietnam-China friendship in the current context.
He answered questions from students, to help them understand more about Vietnam’s national hero Ho Chi Minh and the traditional friendship between the two Communist Parties.
Coordinated efforts needed to cope with climate change
Increasing adaptation capacity, mitigating the impact of climate change and building a model for sustainable economic development are major concerns for every nation and region.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai was speaking at the 16th International Conference on the Future of Asia in Japan on May 26.
In his speech, Mr Hai called on the countries around the world to share joint responsibility for protecting the earth and reach a high consensus on international agreements to cope with climate change.
Over the years, Vietnam has adopted a score of policies and response measures for the benefit of its sustainable development and asked businesses to join hands with other localities throughout the country to protect the environment and adapt to climate change, Mr Hai said.
Germany provides credit for Vietnam’s vocational training
The Prime Minister has agreed on the content of the credit agreement for a 10 million euro vocational training project granted by the German bank, KfW.
This is part of a joint Vietnam-Germany cooperation programme on vocational training reform to help Vietnam improve labourers’ working skills as well as the capacity of teachers and managers.
The Viet Bac-Vinacomin vocational training school, and four others in Bac Ninh, Ninh Thuan, An Giang and Long An provinces will benefit from the project.
Special visits for needy children
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong visited children in need at Ha Noi's Bo De and Ngoc Lam Pagodas yesterday on the occasion of International Children's Day, to be celebrated on June 1.
Trong praised the work of monks taking care of the children when he and several ministry and agency representatives visited and gave gifts to children at the two pagodas in Long Bien District.
Bo De pagoda, home to hundreds of destitute children since 1989, currently houses 115 children, 17 of whom are HIV positive.
Monks at Ngoc Lam Pagoda are taking care of an additional 100 children, including a number of children undergoing HIV treatment.
According to the monks, while with individual and State sponsorship, both pagodas can provide children with proper health care and education, the pagodas still need additional support in developing areas for children to play and projects for reintroducing children back into society.
Trong urged both monks and sponsors to continue supporting the children while calling on local authorities and the Ministry of Health to create better conditions for education, health care and the re-introduction of children into their communities.
Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan yesterday led a delegation to the northern province of Hoa Binh's Ky Son District to present gifts worth VND49 million (US$2,300) to 49 children ahead of International Children's Day on June 1.
The delegation included former Politburo member and honorary chairwoman of the Association for the Support of Vietnamese Handicapped Orphans Nguyen Thi Xuan My, Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Dien and Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Doan Mau Diep
At the meeting, Doan praised teachers and pupils from kindergartens and primary schools in the district's Phuc Tien Commune for their achievements over the past year.
Many of the children had performed excellently, despite 18.6 per cent of the commune's households being classed as poor.
Doan advised the children to continue to try hard to become excellent students and help each other to develop for the good of the country.
Doan also presented VND20 million ($970) to the provincial Social Support Centre that is home to elderly people and disadvantaged children.
She said she hoped that the centre would promote mutual affection and bring smiles to those less fortunate than others.
City shuts restaurant with bikini waitresses
Ho Chi Minh City authorities shut down My Trinh restaurant in District 5 last Thursday following a raid during which inspectors found waitresses in bikinis.
The women were mostly from the Mekong Delta and did not have contracts.
They had been ordered to wear skimpy clothes while serving, sing along with customers, and coax then to spend as much as possible.
It also had two unlicensed karaoke rooms.
The authorities are investigating.
Students need ethical education
It is important to train teachers in soft skills for them to educate their students in ethics and other values to become good citizens, experts told a workshop in HCM City yesterday.
Dr Phung Khac Binh, former head of the Ministry of Education and Training's Department of Student Affairs, said soft skills include listening and sharing to help students resolve their problems and conflicts.
Teacher should understand students' psychology to adopt suitable methods for teaching them ethics, he said.
Bui Ngoc Diep of the Viet Nam Institute of Educational Science said teachers should be taught communication skills and how to resolve conflicts between students.
Ta Thuy Hanh of Save the Children Sweden said teachers should not scold or hit students who make mistakes. Instead, they should study the causes and help those students understand and correct their mistakes.
A study in HCM City and the provinces of Tien Giang, Vinh Phuc, and Thua Thien-Hue found that students were afraid of corporal punishment and scolding by their teachers.
Hanh warned that if teachers resort to violence to punish their students, the latter would imitate such behaviour when they have conflicts.
A report by the Ministry of Public Security showed that students commit around 2,500 crimes every year.
In 2009 and 2010 there were 1,598 instances of violence inside and outside schools.
Some participants blamed the deviant behaviour on factors like the changes wrought by the market economy, lack of wholesome entertainment for young people, and others.
"Ethics for students are not taught effectively in schools," they added.
Nguyen Thi Huong of the Department of Teachers and Management Staff Affairs, said the syllabus for subjects like ethics, civics, and law should be appropriately set.
Some delegates suggested that students should be given a role in making class rules.
Man crashes into cop while speeding
Police arrested a man Thursday in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai after he hit a police officer while attempting to flee when he was spotted driving over the speed limit.
Dang Hoai Nam, 18, crashed into Lieutenant Colonel Pham Cong Thien as he tried to escape when police attempted to stop him for speeding on Highway 19 in Dak Doa District.
Thien received serious injuries to his forehead, legs and neck and was taken to the hospital after the accident.
Japanese plant caught discharging untreated waste
The environmental crime police yesterday caught a Japanese company manufacturing lamp sockets and other auto parts in the Noi Bai Industrial Park in Hanoi discharging untreated wastewater into the environment.
Toyoda Giken Vietnam Co Ltd’s plating factory released waste into a secret underground pipeline that was connected to the IP’s drainage system, they said following an inspection May 19.
The effluents contained sulfuric acid, paint, oil, sludge, and Crom 6+, a substance that can cause cancer, they said.
Yamanochi Fumitaka, deputy general director of the company, admitted that his company had laid the pipes.
Toyoda Giken has a wastewater treatment system, but resorts to discharging untreated waste to cut costs, the police said.
Fumitaka, who promised to stop the discharge, had the pipeline dismantled Tuesday.
Seized fishermen in good health
All ten crew members from the fishing boat PY 90260 TS which was seized by Brunei authorities on May 21 were in good health, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).
The MoFA sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy of Brunei in Vietnam and instructed officials at the Vietnamese Embassy in Brunei to work with relevant agencies in the country to verify the information and learn all the facts of the situation. The Ministry has asked Brunei to quickly release the boat owned by Do Van Phung and its crew.
Vietnamese embassy officials in Brunei have visited the fishermen and will continue to monitor the situation and provide support to protect the fishermen's legitimate rights and interests.
Lobsters die en mass in Cam Ranh
Over 3,000 lobsters reared for meat died during the past two days in Dinh Ba Island in Cam Ranh coastal central city, causing a total loss of more than VND2 billion (US$1 million).
Dinh Van Tuong, who is the first person finding the dead lobsters, told local authorities and local residents shortly after he witnessed the scene.
“The huge loses have caused many traders to cry out to faint because they became penniless overnight,” he added.
According to locals, they had found workers from Lung Lo construction joint-stock company washed chemical tanks in the shrimp hatching zone.
Police have conducted an investigation into the case by taking samples from water, dead shrimps, and the chemical tanks for analysis.
Tractor trailer flips, causes severely road block
A tractor-trailer truck whose one wheel was thrown out overturned at the roundabout under Binh Phuoc over-bridge in Ho Chi Minh City’s Thu Duc district, blocking the road for three hours.
There were no human casualties while the driver reportedly suffered from minor injuries.
After being informed, traffic police arrived on the scene to handle the gridlock.
Two crane-trucks were mobilized to the scene to retrieve the vehicle.
“US$200” call-girl ring busted in HCMC
Following tip-off from the public, Ho Chi Minh City policemen yesterday smashed a deluxe prostitution ring, arresting 8 people.
The ring provided young and beautiful girls to wealthy men staying at hotels in the city.
Prostitutes recruited to work for the ring were mostly attendants at a number of restaurants, dancing halls, and bars.
At 15 pm May 25, policemen from the Social Order Crime Investigation Police Department conducted a raid on Viet Hong Hotel and caught three hotel guests having sex with three prostitutes.
From the call girls’ testimonies, the police arrested 5 more people involved in the ring.
Investigators later tracked down and detained Nguyen Hoang Thuy Vy, 25, residing on Nguyen Thien Thuat Street, District 3, who was the pimp of the call-girl ring.
Vy confessed she had worked for years at many karaoke bars and dancing halls in the city downtown, and had a lot of contacts with well-off men as well as girls who wanted to prostitute themselves.
In early 2010, Vy organized the ring to provide prostitutes to playboys who would receive the girls at hotels they were staying.
Vy gathered and selected girls from bars, restaurants or dancing halls who wanted to sell their body for money.
Vy fixed the price for having sex with a girl at US$200. The girls then had to pay Vy VND800,000 ($39) each time they went out with their guests.
According to investigators, Vy was not only a sex broker but also a prostitute herself.
The department police handed over the arrested to District 3 police, who are investigating the case to discover others involved in the ring.
One day earlier, the department also cracked down on another prostitution ring and arrested 10 people. The ring was headed by a homosexual man, Phan Hoai Son, 31.
Son’s price, however, was far lower, at just VND1 million ($48.5).
‘Evil’ truck spreads panic in HCMC nursery
A truck driver carrying tons of stone lost control and and crashed onto the pavement of the National Highway 1A in Ho Chi Minh City's Thu Duc district, narrowly slamming into a private nursery this morning.
However, a large amount of stone was reported of dropping into the school, bringing students inside to panic.
The incident also badly damaged a motorcycle nearby.
X, whose full name was not given, said there three children were inside the school prior to the incident.
One child was slightly hit by a stone and another was thrown underneath the cupboard, she said.
However, fortunately there were not any human casualties.
Eyewitnesses said the driver suddenly swerved into the right side to avoid a motorbike in front of him before rushing into the school.
The driver immediately fled the scene while his assistant suffered a minor injury. Police are investigating.
In related news, another truck carrying soil crushed and killed a man on Ba Trieu street, Xuan Phu ward in the central city of Hue also this morning.
The deceased was identified as 52-year-old Nguyen Van Y, a local resident.
Man sues hospital for causing amputation
A civil servant in southern Ca Mau province has taken legal action against Ca Mau General Hospital, claiming the hospital’s carelessness caused a part of his left leg to be amputated.
Nguyen Hai Trieu, 27, an official at the Civil Sentence Execution Sub-Department of Cai Nuoc District, Ca Mau province, said Wednesday he had suffered from the avoidable loss of part of his leg due to the faults of the hospital.
On April 30, Trieu suffered injuries in his left leg in a traffic accident in Ca Mau. He was taken to the hospital for treatment. After taking an X-ray of his leg, doctors said his knee joint was dislocated and the ligament could be broken.
They then transferred him to the Trauma and Orthopedics Department for resetting the knee joint and putting his leg in plaster cast.
Two days later, his leg was so numb he could not move it. Another X-ray was taken and doctors removed part of the plaster.
One day later he felt serious pain in the knee and his foot became black and blue. He asked doctors to be transferred to another hospital that could treat it.
Doctors assured him that everything would eventually go well and he could be discharged in a week and would be re-examined 10 day later. They also said 20 days after being discharged he could walk.
However, his leg condition did not improve, but got worse and worse. Therefore, Trieu, with the help of his relative, fled the hospital and was taken to Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.
After hospitalization on May 3, doctors told him that the lower part of his left leg was in necrosis and needed to be amputated.
He was discharged on May 10.
Dr. Luu Anh Tai, director of the Ca Mau General Hospital, said he had received the complaint from Trieu and would establish an expertise council to review what doctors did to his leg before making a conclusion about the case.
Nguyen Hoang Vu, Chief of the Ca Mau Province Health Department Office, said the agency would set up an expert team to investigate the case.
Russian police raid on illegal VN garment factory
Russian police have detained 320 illegal Vietnamese immigrants following a raid on an illegal garment factory in Lesnoy Town on the outskirts of Moscow, the Federal Migration Services (FMS) has said.
Most of the detainees had no personal papers and visas. They also could not speak Russian, police said.
According to the workers, their boss visits the factory once a month to pay them.
Interfax news agency quoted a FMS spokesman as saying that recently the Russian government has carried out unexpected inspections at many Vietnamese-owned garment factories in Moscow and found the working environment in most of these so-called “ghost” factories completely unsanitary and seriously violating fire safety regulations.
The factories often manufacture garment products, which mimic famous brand-names, police said.
The Russian government has arrested hundreds of illegal Vietnamese immigrants this month.
On May 5, Russian police detained more than 500 illegal Vietnamese immigrants in the Malakhovka town on the outskirts of Moscow.
Two weeks later, police continued to arrest more than 60 illegal Vietnamese immigrants after a raid at an illegal garment factory in the Novodmitrov town of Moscow.
In most cases, Vietnamese workers are released after paying a fine of 5,000 Russian rubles (US$180).
However, according to local police, the owners of such illegal factories will be fined up to 800,000 Russian rubles each. They could even be sentenced to some years in prison for hiring undocumented workers.
All of the detained workers have been released after paying the fine.
City urban planning open to adjustment
The HCM City People's Committee has issued regulations on urban planning adjustment that include plans for construction of districts, towns, new urban areas and functional urban areas.
Under the plan, local and foreign individuals or organisations are allowed to adjust urban zoning plans when there is an adjustment in strategy, overall planning for socio-economic development, and planning for industrial development, defence and security.
In addition, they are also allowed to adjust urban planning when the orientation of planning of a national urban system, regional development planning, urban planning at a higher level and administrative boundary affect the nature, function and size of the urban or planned region.
Individuals and organisations are permitted to adjust urban planning if construction of the national key projects greatly affect land use, environment and the layout of urban architecture.
Urban planning can be adjusted when there are changes in climate conditions, geology and hydrology.
People's Committees look to youth
Recruiting young people to work as vice chairmen of communal People's Committees in poor districts would be implemented fairly, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Nguyen Tien Dinh said yesterday.
Dinh said at an online meeting yesterday the project of recruiting 600 young people for 62 districts was launched on May 6.
Committee chairmen would set up recruitment councils with the participation of directors of home affairs departments, secretaries of province groups and representatives from labour, invalids and social affairs, finance, planning and investment sectors, Dinh said.
"The recruitment results will be sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs for assessing."
The recruitment procedures would be based on Government Decree 24/2010/ND-CP. Examiners would consider study history, graduation results and interviews.
Deputy director of the Dien Bien Department of Home Affairs Le Thi Mai said that so far his province had received eight applications from young people.
"I believe that when the youth understand the project correctly, the number of applications will increase," she said.
Bac Giang Department of Home Affairs deputy director Nguyen Trong Nam said the province would focus on interviews when recruiting.
"The interviews will help us define clearly who meets the requirements," he said.
However, some representatives have raised concerns about how to manage the young people and what they would do if the young vice chairmen could not fulfil their responsibilities.
Dinh said leaders would check their work regularly and advise them on how to improve. Thao Ga Nenh, vice chairman in Sop Cop District, Son La Province, said authorities should encourage the young people, share their difficulties and help them resolve their problems.
Nguyen Van Bao, 67, from Lai Chau Province, was worried that three years working in localities was not enough for someone to be familiar with commune customs.
Dinh said leaders believed the young people would do well because they had trained for four or five years at university and would receive a three-month course on management.
Examiners would allocate the youth to communes with which they were familiar, he said.
"The project reflects the Party and State's concern for poor districts and communes, thus it is the responsibility of local authorities and people to support and help the youth fulfil their work."
NAM plays vital role ‘in fostering peace'
Viet Nam vowed to make practical contributions to pursuing the lofty goals of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) which were aimed at building a peaceful and prosperous world, Permanent Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh affirmed at NAM's 16th Ministerial Conference in Indonesia.
Speaking at the four-day meeting which started on Tuesday, Minh said that Viet Nam had actively participated in NAM activities for more than 25 years during its struggle for national independence as well as during the current renewal, industrialisation and modernisation period.
Minh highlighted NAM's role over the past 50 years as it gathered the indispensable political forces of developing countries to protect the United Nations Charter, the basic principles of international laws, strived for fair and equal international relations as well as strengthened friendship and co-operation among member countries.
Minh said that NAM should maintain its existing basic principles which had been its guidelines during the past 50 years, especially the principle of respecting the independence and sovereignty of nations.
The movement should enhance its role and its solidarity to actively deal with global challenges, boost the UN reshuffle, implement Millennium Development Goals and participate in settling burning issues through peaceful solutions to contribute to the maintenance of world peace and security for sustainable development and prosperity among nations, he said.
NAM needed to have a stronger, more united standpoint on fighting interventions in countries' internal affairs under the mask of democracy and human rights, or the unilateral imposition of embargo measures on several NAM countries, Minh said.
More than 130 member countries representatives, observers and international organisations attended the meeting. Viet Nam was elected as one of the deputy chairs for the conference.
Delegates approved the conference document, the declaration of celebration of NAM's 50th anniversary, the declaration of Palestinian refugees, and the admittance of Fiji and Azerbaijan as members, which brings the number of NAM members to 120.
On the sidelines of the meeting, Deputy Minister Minh had talks with leaders of delegations from Cuba, Venezuela, Laos, Cambodia, India, Belarus, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Bhutan and Slovenia to discuss measures to boost bilateral co-operation.
Source: VNE/Dan Tri/Tuoi Tre/VNS/VNA/VOV/SGT
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