Russia to begin construction on 6th submarine for Vietnam St Petersburg-based Admiralty Verfi shipyard will commence work on its 6th submarine for Vietnam on May 28, according to Russian media sources. This is the final submarine the Russian shipbuilder is providing to Vietnam pursuant to a contract signed in 2009. The first submarine, dubbed HQ-182 Hanoi successfully made its first maiden voyage on January 8, 2014. The second vessel named HQ-183 Ho Chi Minh City docked at Vietnam's Cam Ranh Bay on March 19, 2014. … [Read more...] about Social News Headlines 1/5
39th anniversary gifts
OVs’ sentiments to troops in Truong Sa
PANO - Nearly 50 overseas Vietnamese (OVs) representing 4.5 million of Vietnamese living abroad have joined the trip to Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago and DK1 platform. The visit is more significant as the whole nation is celebrating the 39th anniversary of the liberation of South Vietnam and National Reunification (April 30th 1975-2014). Visiting Truong Sa for the first time, Mr. Nguyen The Sang, an OV in Germany, was moved to tears to see the national flag fluttering on the Song Tu Tay island. The flag saluting ceremony and the parade on the island reminded him of the day 40 years ago when he joined the army and became a Uncle Ho's soldier. Sang said until now he still remembered exactly all the oaths of the Vietnam People's Army and then fluently repeated them all. Ms. Phung Tue Chau, a Vietnamese resident in the US, had another way of expressing her feeling. After an officer finished the oaths, she put up her hand and loudly shouted "I swear! I swear!". It is … [Read more...] about OVs’ sentiments to troops in Truong Sa
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IPU organising board meets The Steering and Organisation Boards of the 132nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU -132) convened a plenary session in Ha Noi on Saturday to prepare for the global event. Slated for March 2015, the assembly will gather lawmakers from around the world. National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong, who is also head of the IPU -132 Organisation Board, thanked board members for fulfilling their assigned duties, especially when it came to completing the procedure for signing an agreement between the Vietnamese NA and the IPU regarding the preparations for the IPU Assembly. With regard to financial and logistical work, Phong also urged members of subcommittees to complete the necessary preparations quickly. She asked the IPU -132 Sub-Secretariat and relevant sub-committees to create training content for the NA delegation and members, volunteers and press agencies ahead of the event. Agencies in charge of information and … [Read more...] about Political News Headlines 28/4
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VN women feature in film festival The filmmakers including veterans Viet Linh, Siu Pham and Nguyen Trinh Thi, and emerging ones such as Truong Que Chi and Nguyen Hoang Diep. The 77-minute film Homostratus by Siu Pham and Jean-Luc Mello is a joint submission by Viet Nam and Switzerland in the long fiction feature category. Film screenings and discussions are being held on the sidelines of the festival. Prominent Vietnamese film director Viet Linh will bring her film Chung Cu (Living Quarter). The film was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival in 1999. Linh's films have been screened in France, the United States and Australia. Established in 1979, the Creteil International Women's Film Festival is an annual event held in Creteil, Paris, which showcases the talents of female directors. Author reprints inspiring book The 204-page book recounts the writer's challenges during his four years of studying literature at Ha Noi General University from 1968 … [Read more...] about Art & Entertainment News Headlines 22/3
Ho Chi Minh City marks Cambodia’s victory over genocidal regime
Cambodian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Im Hen expressed his deep gratitude to the Party, Government, ex-volunteer soldiers and experts of Vietnam for their valuable support for Cambodian people to escape from the Pol Pot genocidal regime (January 7, 1979).He said the progressive development that Cambodia gained in all aspects over the past 39 years was attributed to the close collaboration between the two countries’ Parties, Governments and people, particularly the assistance of Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City, in the difficult periods in the 1980s and 1990s. Cambodian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Im Hen speaks at the event to mark the 39th anniversary of Cambodia’s victory over the Pol Pot genocidal regime. The two sides have been actively nurturing and reinforcing their sound neighborliness, traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation to bring practical benefits for people in the respective nations. Chairman of the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City marks Cambodia’s victory over genocidal regime