PM meets outgoing Chinese Ambassador (11-11-2008) HA NOI — Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met yesterday with Chinese Ambassador Hu Qianwen, who has just wrapped up his working term in Viet Nam. The PM said he appreciated Ambassador Hu's contributions to the bilateral co-operation during his term in Viet Nam. A new milestone for Viet Nam and China was to boost the two countries' comprehensive strategic partnership, and lift bilateral commercial relations to US$15 billion this year and $20 billion in 2010, the PM said. The two sides also hoped to basically complete the border demarcation work. These joint efforts were partly thanks to Ambassador Hu's active contributions. The PM affirmed that the Party, State and people of Viet Nam always attached great importance to enhancing friendly relations with China and would do their best to build it further. Hu expressed his good impressions of Viet Nam and its people. The PM's recent official visit to China had helped raise relations … [Read more...] about PM meets outgoing Chinese Ambassador
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PM meets Buddhist, Christian leaders
PM meets Buddhist, Christian leaders (26-03-2005) PM Khai (right) meets with Bishop Ngo Quang Kiet at the Government Office yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Nhan Sang Prime Minister Phan Van Khai (right) meets with the Most Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh at the Government Office yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Nhan San HA NOI — The Party and State have always stressed the solidarity of the nation, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai said during meetings he had with two religious leaders yesterday. Meeting with Bishop Ngo Quang Kiet, newly-appointed Archbishop of the Ha Noi Archdiocese, and the Most Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist clergyman based in ...Lang Mai (Apricot Village) in France, he said religions in Viet Nam were intertwined with the national ethos. Speaking with Bishop Ngo Quang Kiet, whom he met first, the PM congratulated him on his appointment by the Vatican to the Ha Noi Archdiocese, and acknowledged his contributions to religion and the country. He was … [Read more...] about PM meets Buddhist, Christian leaders
PM meets world leaders at 62nd UN General Assembly
PM meets world leaders at 62nd UN General Assembly (27-09-2007) New York — Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met high-ranking representatives and officials from Nicaragua, Ecuador, Bosnia Herzegovina, Guinea, Italy, the Arab League and Slovakia in New York yesterday. The meetings coincided with the 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly. The Prime Minister congratulated Nicaragua's newly-elected President Daniel Ortega Saavedra and his Sandinista National Liberation Front for their general election last November. Ortega's presidency would help Nicaragua develop quicker, he said. Viet Nam and Nicaragua should also encourage more exchange visits to boost their mutual understanding, partnership and co-operation. Both should strengthen and support their co-ordination within international organisations and multilateral forums, the Prime Minister said. President Ortega responded by saying that he wanted greater co-operation with Viet Nam and for the two countries to establish … [Read more...] about PM meets world leaders at 62nd UN General Assembly
PM meets Viet kieu business leaders, intellectuals on US visit
PM meets Viet kieu business leaders, intellectuals on US visit (27-06-2008) Overseas Vietnamese business leaders and intellectuals receive Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at Houston International Airport in Texas. — VNA/VNS Photo Duc Tam Washington D.C. — Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his entourage met with overseas Vietnamese business-people and intellectuals in Houston, Texas after leaving Washington D.C on Wednesday afternoon. At the meeting, PM Dung reiterated the importance the Party and State placed on the national solidarity policy which aims is to turn Viet Nam into a just, democratic, civilised society and a country of wealthy people. "The overseas Vietnamese community is an inseparable part of the Vietnamese nation," the PM said, adding that the State always felt a responsibility towards them. According to PM Dung, almost all the 3.2 million overseas Vietnamese, of which half are said to reside in the US, have integrated well into their new countries … [Read more...] about PM meets Viet kieu business leaders, intellectuals on US visit
Vietnamese PM meets counterparts in Phnom Penh
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with his counterparts from China, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia on the sideline of the second Mekong - Lancang Cooperation Leaders' Meeting in Phnom Penh on January 10. PM meets Chinese counterpart Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to developing its comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with China, particularly in economy, trade and investment. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang During a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Phnom Penh on January 10 on the occasion of his trip to attend the second Mekong – Lancang Cooperation Leaders’ Meeting, PM Phuc asked both sides to facilitate high-level visits, direct ministries, agencies and localities to realise agreements and common perceptions reached by leaders. He suggested further strengthening economic trust, boosting two-way trade towards more balanced and healthy growth by … [Read more...] about Vietnamese PM meets counterparts in Phnom Penh