The State-run Vietnam News Agency's Television Centre (VNews) hosted a ceremony in Hanoi on August 24 celebrating its fifth founding anniversary (August 25). Addressing the event, President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan expressed his hope that VNews will further improve its broadcast contents in the coming time, especially those regarding the country's external relations and socio-economic progresses, the Party and State laws and policies. The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and Vnews in particular should launch more columns or programmes in foreign languages, thus popularising the images of country and its people to international friends, he said. On the occasion, he presented a flag to Vnews, with content coinciding with its motto "Accurate, Timely, Everywhere, Every time and Humanity". In his speech, VNA General Director Nguyen Duc Loi affirmed that the entire staff and officials will do their best to fulfill tasks entrusted by the Party, State … [Read more...] about Bản in : Vietnam News Agency’s television marks fifth anniversary
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Lao TV broadcasts news in Vietnamese
On the occasion of the 70th celebration of the Vietnamese National Day, Lao National Television on September 2nd broadcast the news for the first time in Vietnamese, with an aim to strengthen the special relationship between the two countries. The Vietnam News Agency reported that the Department for Vietnamese news from Lao National Television had just been established. Accordingly, news in Vietnamese is broadcast live from 6-6:15 p.m from Monday to Friday. The news will comprehensively cover domestic and international events in the Vietnamese language, in order to disseminate the guidelines and policies of the Lao Party and State for the Vietnamese community in Laos as well as for Laotians and those who can speak Vietnamese. Speaking during the first news broadcast ceremony, Lao Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Savankhone Razmontry said that the news played a crucial role in the context that Vietnam and Laos were celebrating the two nations’ big … [Read more...] about Lao TV broadcasts news in Vietnamese
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More flyovers needed to keep Hanoi moving On May 3 the Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Van Khoi instructed all departments and branches to build more flyovers to help ease traffic congestion. Khoi urged the Transport Department to complete the flyover at Nam Hong junction on the Mai Dich – Noi Bai road before the Lunar New Year in 2013. Work on the flyover started on April 6 this year. He also asked for the construction of two flyovers at Le Van Luong-Lang Road and Nguyen Chi Thanh-Lang Road junctions to get underway in May. He expects work to be finished by October 10, long before the Lunar New Year in 2013. The official has asked the Transport Department to start work on a number of flyovers at Dai Co Viet-Tran Khat Chan, Chua Boc-Pham Ngoc Thach and Bach Mai-Le Thanh Nghi junctions by the end of June this year. Khoi also instructed the Department of Planning and Investment to submit the investors’ documents for a project to upgrade Road 70 … [Read more...] about SOCIAL NEWS IN BRIEF 5/5
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PM welcomes Lao health, post-telecoms ministers Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung separately received in Hanoi on December 15 Lao Health Minister Eksavang Vongvichit and Minister of Post and Telecommunications Hiem Phommachanh. PM Dung highly valued outcomes of the talks between the Vongvichit and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, saying that it will help both sides cooperate more effectively in human resource training, disease control and provision of medical check-ups for people along the common border. Minister Vongvichit said his current visit to Vietnam aims to strengthen Vietnam-Laos special relations and ties between the two health sectors in particular. He thanked Vietnam for its help in training medical workers for Laos. At the reception for Minister of Post and Telecommunications Hiem Phommachanh, PM Dung highly valued cooperative agreements between the two ministries, affirming his support for their plan on sharing experiences in State management, human … [Read more...] about GOVERNMENT NEWS IN BRIEF
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NA leader hosts reception for NZ ambassadorNational Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan received New Zealand Ambassador to Vietnam Heather Mhairi Riddell in Hanoi on Friday. Ngan expressed her wish that the Vietnamese and New Zealand parliaments will enhance cooperation in training and improving capacity of NA deputies, especially full-time deputies. The NA leader also affirmed that Vietnam always creates favorable conditions for businesses of the two countries to promote trade and investment cooperation. For her part, Ambassador Heather Mhairi Riddell praised Vietnam's efforts to control inflation, ensure social security and stable growth. The NZ diplomat pledged to do her utmost to promote all-round cooperation between the two countries and create favorable conditions for NZ and Vietnamese businesses to cooperate. New Zealand has granted 30 scholarships to Vietnamese students and is implementing an initiative for young Vietnamese entrepreneurs to study and exchange … [Read more...] about POLITICAL NEWS IN BRIEF