• President sends Tet greetings to former Party and State leaders
  President sends Tet greetings to former Party and State leaders
  

  State President Nguyen Minh Triet on February 9 paid Tet visit to families of late Party General Secretary Le Duan, late Party General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh and late Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet.
  09/02
• Vietnam and Cambodia border provinces boost cooperation
  Vietnam and Cambodia border provinces boost cooperation
  

  The Tay Ninh provincial People’s Committee on February 9 held an exchange meeting with Cambodia’s border provinces of Kongpong Cham, Prayveng and Svayrieng.
  09/02
• 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

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• Gov’t to prioritise economic recovery, prevent high inflation
  Gov’t to prioritise economic recovery, prevent high inflation
  

  

  The government will introduce more policies to stimulate the economy, support recovery efforts and boost economic restructuring, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at the National Assembly question time in Hanoi on November 19.
  19/11
• Major accords end Vietnam-China land border negotiations
  Major accords end Vietnam-China land border negotiations
  

  

  Vietnam and China signed three accords on land border demarcation and marker planting as well as border gate management, in Beijing, China on November 18, ending 35 years of negotiations.
  19/11
• State President receives US ex-president Carter
  State President receives US ex-president Carter
  

  

  State President Nguyen Minh Triet on November 18 received former US President Jimmy Carter and his wife who were in Vietnam to launch a campaign in which volunteers build houses for the poor.
  19/11
• Press develops both in terms of quantity and quality
  Press develops both in terms of quantity and quality
  

  

  Minister of Information and Communications Le Doan Hop praised the rapid development of the press both in terms of quantity and quality and its important role in ideology and in orienting the society in recent years.
  19/11
• Vietnam welcomes UN’s Code of Ethics for its personnel
  Vietnam welcomes UN’s Code of Ethics for its personnel
  

  Vietnam has congratulated the United Nations Ethics Committee for developing a wide ranging Code of Ethics for UN personnel, said a Vietnamese representative to the UN.
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