• Defence Minister receives Russian guests
  Defence Minister receives Russian guests
  

  Minister of National Defence General Phung Quang Thanh welcomed a delegation from the Russia Division of the Russia-Vietnam Inter-governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation (RVIC) in Hanoi on March 17.
  18/03
• European Parliaments strengthens comprehensive relations with Vietnam
  European Parliaments strengthens comprehensive relations with Vietnam
  

  Honest information provided by Vietnam has helped the European Parliament delegation gain a better understanding of Vietnam in the fields of economics, politics and society.
  17/03
• Hanoi poised to ease traffic congestion
  Hanoi poised to ease traffic congestion
  

  

  Hanoi municipal authorities have asked the Prime Minister to add the city’s major traffic projects to the national target programme.
  17/03
• Donors for ASEAN year 2010 announced
  Donors for ASEAN year 2010 announced
  

  The National Committee for ASEAN 2010 has announced major donors for activities during the ASEAN year.
  17/03
• Gia Lai celebrates 35th Liberation Day
  Gia Lai celebrates 35th Liberation Day
  

  A meeting was held in Pleiku City on March 17 to celebrate the 35th Liberation Day of the Central Highland province of Gia Lai.
  17/03

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• President opens nation’s first branch of US college
  President opens nation’s first branch of US college
  

  President Nguyen Minh Triet on May 6 called for more partnerships between Vietnamese and US universities and colleges as he attended the opening ceremony of the first affiliate of Texas-based Houston Community College (HCC) in HCM City.
  07/05
• Vietnam supports Nepal’s peace and development process
  Vietnam supports Nepal’s peace and development process
  

  The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on May 5 had a meeting to discuss the situation in Nepal. Representing the General Secretary of the United Nations, Karin Landgren, reported on positive achievements as well as political developments in the country over the past three months.
  06/05
• Top legislative bodies of Vietnam and Laos strengthen ties
  Top legislative bodies of Vietnam and Laos strengthen ties
  

  The People’s Supreme Procuracy of Vietnam and Laos has held a meeting for people’s procuracies of provinces along the two countries’ common border line.
  06/05
• Austria’s Consulate General opens in HCM City
  Austria’s Consulate General opens in HCM City
  

  The Austrian Consulate General opened in Ho Chi Minh City at No. 8, Nguyen Hue Street, District 1, on May 5.
  06/05
• FM spokesperson rejects Human Rights Watch report
  FM spokesperson rejects Human Rights Watch report
  

  Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Dung has described a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report as biased, saying it does not reflect the truth in Vietnam.
  06/05