Vietnam and the US agreed upon a number
of measures to lift bilateral defence cooperation to a new level, said
Minister of Defence General Phung Quang Thanh.
A senior Vietnamese party official
hailed China’s achievements over the past 30 years in its renewal and
in coping with the current global financial crisis.
President Nguyen Minh Triet will pay
State visits to Italy, Spain and Slovakia from Dec. 9-18 to seek ways
of boosting friendly and cooperative relations with the European
countries.
Chinese President Hu Jintao said on
Dec. 3 that he believed Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s visit
to China would push bilateral relationship to a new level, Xinhua news
agency reported.
A senior Laotian diplomat has expressed
his thanks to the Vietnamese people and government on behalf of his
country, for their valuable support to Laos during its struggle for
national liberation and its current development process.
Vietnam regards Poland as a gateway for
exporting its products to other European countries, said an official
from the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) on Nov. 17.
Vietnam attaches importance to
developing its strategic cooperative partnership with the Republic of
Korea for the benefits and prosperity of each country, said the Party
chief and the Prime Minister as they met with the RoK top legislator
Kim Hyong-O in Hanoi on Nov. 16.
Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh
on Nov. 9 received New South Wales Governor Marie Bashir and a
delegation from Australia’s Hoc Mai Foundation who are on a working
visit to Vietnam
Vietnam expects to join efforts with
Cambodia to develop bilateral relations in a bid to bring practical
benefits to both sides, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
State President Nguyen Minh Triet on
November 2 held a reception for Danish Queen Margrethe II who is
leading a royal delegation including 70 business leaders on an official
visit to Vietnam.
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa
left Ho Chi Minh City on Oct. 24, wrapping up a three-day official
visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart,
Nguyen Minh Triet.
State President Nguyen Minh Triet arrived in the Chilean
capital of Santiago on Sept. 29 at the beginning of his state visit to
Chile as the guest of President Michelle Bachelet.
Leaders of the Vietnamese government and the Party have
extended congratulations to their Chinese counterparts on China ’s 60th
National Day (October 1, 1949-2009).
Vietnam and Australia have released a
joint statement as Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh
concluded an official visit from September 6-9 at the invitation of
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
State President Nguyen Minh Triet on
Sept. 4 received the newly accredited ambassadors from New Zealand and
Norway , following the presentation of their credentials.
On the eve of the coming official visit to Australia by General
Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nong Duc Manh,
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has affirmed that Vietnam is a
highly valued partner for Australia in Asia-Pacific region.
Ambassador to the US talks about former Lt. William Calley’s public apology on the mass
killings in My Lai and the
level of cooperation that both countries have had.