• Japan-Vietnam Friendship Society celebrates 55th anniversary
  Japan-Vietnam Friendship Society celebrates 55th anniversary
  

  The Japan-Vietnam Friendship Society held a meeting in Tokyo on March 20 to mark its 55th anniversary.
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• NA delegation studies Japan’s experience in policy making
  NA delegation studies Japan’s experience in policy making
  

  A National Assembly delegation visited Japan from March 13-19 to gain its experience in formulating and implementing policies on social affairs.
  20/03
• Google Maps asked to correct mistake
  Google Maps asked to correct mistake
  

  

  Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nguyen Phuong Nga has asked Google Maps to correct its description of the land demarcation line between Vietnam and China.
  20/03
• PM meets with Palestinian, Sudanese ambassadors
  PM meets with Palestinian, Sudanese ambassadors
  

  

  Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received the newly appointed Palestinian and Sudanese ambassadors to Vietnam at separate meetings in Hanoi on March 19.
  20/03
• Int’l Francophone Day marked in Hanoi
  Int’l Francophone Day marked in Hanoi
  

  

  A ceremony was held at Van Mieu (the Temple of Literature) in Hanoi on March 19 to mark International Francophone Day (March 20).
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• Chief ASEAN, Chinese prosecutors vow to increase cooperation
  Chief ASEAN, Chinese prosecutors vow to increase cooperation
  

  

  Prosecutors general from ASEAN and China have agreed to promote cooperation in combating trans-national organised crime to maintain security, stability and harmonious development.
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• Argentina-Vietnam friendship parliamentarians group visits Hanoi
  Argentina-Vietnam friendship parliamentarians group visits Hanoi
  

  Tong Thi Phong, Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam National Assembly, received Julia Acgentina Perie, president of the Argentina-Vietnam friendship parliamentarians group, in Hanoi on November 25.
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• VFF president congratulates Vietnam’s Muslim community
  VFF president congratulates Vietnam’s Muslim community
  

  The President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)’s Central Committee, Huynh Dam, on November 25 sent a letter of congratulations to the dignitaries and followers of the Islamic community in Vietnam on the occasion of their Raya Eidil Adha festival.
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• Nuclear power project receives NA approval
  Nuclear power project receives NA approval
  

  

  The Vietnam National Assembly, on Nov. 25 passed a resolution on the building of two nuclear power plants in the south central province of Ninh Thuan and a hydro-electric power plant in the northwestern province of Lai Chau.
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• Vietnam raises concern over Middle-East unrest
  Vietnam raises concern over Middle-East unrest
  

  Israel must put an end to all actions that have been deteriorating the peace process in the Middle East, said Vietnam’s deputy representative to the UNSC, at a UN Security Council consultative session on November 24.
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