Vietnamese worldwide celebrate Tet
Ambassador Tho
reviewed the Vietnam-China Friendship Year 2010 as the two countries
celebrated the 60 th anniversary of their diplomatic ties. He
highlighted Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit to China, Chinese
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao’s visit to Vietnam and the Friendship Youth
Festival in China’s Guangxi province during last year, as well as
the figure of 30 billion USD in bilateral trade.
Regarding Vietnam’s socio-economic situation, the diplomat said
Vietnam was amongst countries that have made early recovery from the
global economic crisis with GDP growth of 6.8 percent last year.
The ambassador also briefed the press on the outcome of the 11 th
National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and answered
Chinese reporters’ questions on Vietnam’s external policies, the
ASEAN-China relationship and other issues.
The same day, the Vientianed-based Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) Association held a reception in Laos to welcome Tet.
Several government leaders of Laos joined the overseas Vietnamese
at the celebration, including Deputy Prime Minister Somsavad Lengsavath,
Minister of Planning and Investment Sinlavong Khoutphaythoune and
Minister of Industry and Trade Nam Vinhaketh.
Deputy
Prime Minister Somsavad Lengsavath extended his congratulations for Tet
to the Vietnamese people community and thanked them for contributing to
the Lao construction.
The Vietnamese embassy in
Indonesia also held a reception for the staff of the embassy,
representative offices and OVs on Jan. 26./.