• PM praises Quang Binh’s high economic growth
  PM praises Quang Binh’s high economic growth
  

  

  Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has praised the central province of Quang Binh for its efforts to ride out the economic downturn and achieve a high GDP growth rate of more than 10 percent in 2009.
  09/02
• NA Standing Committee opens its 28th session
  NA Standing Committee opens its 28th session
  

  The 28th session of the 12th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened in Hanoi on February 9 with Nguyen Phu Trong in the chair.
  09/02
• Vietnam marks ties with central European nations
  Vietnam marks ties with central European nations
  

  

  A ceremony was held in Hanoi on February 8 to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and six Central European nations: Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.
  09/02
• US diplomat visits Vietnam
  US diplomat visits Vietnam
  

  The US’s Deputy Assistance Secretary for East Asia and Pacific-cum-Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel paid a working visit to Vietnam from February 4-8.
  09/02
• Peruvian communists hail Vietnam’s achievements
  Peruvian communists hail Vietnam’s achievements
  

  A delegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has attended the eighth congress of the Communist Party of Peru-Red Fatherland (PCdelP), which reiterated that socialism is the ideal of the party and Marxism-Leninism its ideological foundation.
  08/02

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• Rwanda, Vietnam strengthen relations
  Rwanda, Vietnam strengthen relations
  

  Rwandan President Paul Kagame has told the newly-assigned Vietnamese ambassador to his country to consider the signing of new treaties, especially on economics and trade.
  18/11
• RoK legislative chief cares for Vietnam’s youth
  RoK legislative chief cares for Vietnam’s youth
  

  Parliament Speaker Kim Hyong O of the Republic of Korea visited the Hanoi-based Vietnam National University (VNU) on November 17 as part of his five-day visit to Vietnam, showing his interest in the younger generation.
  18/11
• Central bank urged to sharpen its performance
  Central bank urged to sharpen its performance
  

  

  Central bank governor Nguyen Van Giau on November 17 answered National Assembly deputies’ questions about the government’s interest subsidy programme and the banks’ management of the monetary policy, the exchange and foreign currency market.
  17/11
• President Triet affirms close bonds with Singapore
  President Triet affirms close bonds with Singapore
  

  

  Vietnam wants to promote the long-standing friendship and comprehensive cooperation with Singapore, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet at a political and business forum in Singapore on November 17.
  17/11
• Finland to promote cooperation with Vietnam in clean industry
  Finland to promote cooperation with Vietnam in clean industry
  

  The Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said at a Vietnam-Finland business conference on November 17 that he hoped the two countries will give priority to the cooperation in developing clean industry to ensure a balanced development in economics, society and the environment.
  17/11