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Hanoi (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh-based Hoa Sen University is set to launch an American Studies course this year, the first of its kind at a Vietnamese university. Vietnam and the US are preparing to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the normalisation of bilateral ties in 2020. Over the past 25 years, two-way trade has surged nearly 120 times, from 450 million USD in 1994 to more than 60 billion USD in 2018. The US has been Vietnam’s largest export market for several consecutive years. Vietnam-US relations are at their peak, as evidenced by Vietnam’s successful organisation of the US-DPRK Summit in Hanoi in February 2019 and the two trips to Vietnam by US President Donald Trump. The relations have been reinforced via US aircraft carriers’ visits to Vietnam in 2018, cooperation on treating Agent Orange/Dioxin at Da Nang and Bien Hoa airports, and support for Vietnam on UN peacekeeping activities. People-to-people exchanges have also been boosted with over 30,000 … [Read more...] about First American Studies programme launched at Vietnamese university

HCM City (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on January 19 offered incenses and paid tribute to late Party and State leaders when visiting their private residencies in Ho Chi Minh City. The visits were made on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) (February 3, 1930 – 2020) and the traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) festival. Homage was paid to late CPV General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh (1914 – 1998); late Acting President, Chairman of the National Assembly and Vice Chairman of the Council of State Lawyer Nguyen Huu Tho (1910 – 1996); late Chairman of the Council of State, Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Advisor to the CPV’s Central Committee Vo Chi Cong (1912 – 2011); late President and Advisor to the CPV’s Central Committee General Le Duc Anh (1920 – 2019); late Prime Minister and Advisor to the CPV’s Central Committee Vo Van Kiet (1922 … [Read more...] about PM pays tribute to late Party, State leaders ahead of Tet

On January 19, HCMC Party Committee Secretary Nguyen Thien Nhan had a working session with the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People’s Committee, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee in Hoi An and handed over VND500 million to the local authorities to help the poor enjoy Tet holidays. … [Read more...] about HCMC’s leaders offer Tet gifts to needy people in Quang Nam, Da Nang

Cao Thanh Bình, deputy head of the Budget Department, HCM City People’s Council, said that the State-run HCM City House Trade Management Ltd Co, in charge of managing businesses concerning State real estate, has cheaply rented several land lots to private businesses. Then, there is the risk of private businesses buying up the State companies that rent land at a depreciated price, only to jack up their shares later, making the State-owned companies minority shareholders, depriving the State of due benefits from managing public property. … [Read more...] about The truth about the lie of the land

Da Nang (VNA) – The People’s Committee of Hoang Sa district in the central city of Da Nang has received documents, maps, artifacts and research works on Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago presented by organisations and individuals. At a ceremony on January 18, General Director of the State Records and Achieves Department of Vietnam Dang Thanh Tung handed over 19 chau ban (official administrative papers) on the establishment and exercise of the sovereignty of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes, including a paper published for the first time. Meanwhile, Director of the Institute of Sino-Nom Studies Nguyen Tuan Cuong presented a map named “Hoang Le Canh Hung ban do”, which depicts a golden sand beach (Hoang Sa archipelago) stretching out to sea, corresponding to the area from the Cua Dai sea to the middle of Sa Huynh mountain in the mainland. Other documents are the … [Read more...] about Da Nang gets documents on Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa