The year of 2005 ended with numerous events and great national celebrations, such as the 60 th anniversary of August Revolution and National Day (Sept. 9), the 30 th anniversary of the Liberation of South Vietnam and National Reunification, etc. Despite tremendous difficulties and challenges, Vietnam 's economy recorded the ever-highest growth rate in the past five years and many external activities have been continually expanded. However, in 2005, Vietnam was hit by consecutive calamities that caused losses in human lives and property. Vietnam News Agency ed Vietnam 's top remarkable events in 2005. The parade at Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi, on the 60th anniversary of August Revolution and National Day (Sept. 2).1 Vietnam successfully organized such grand anniversaries as the Hung King's Death Anniversary, the 75th Founding Anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam; the 30th Anniversary of the South Liberation and National Reunification; the 115th Birthday of President Ho Chi Minh; … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s top remarkable events in 2005 (Selected by Vietnam News Agency)
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Uncle Ball Works for Vietnam News
Foreigners working for newspapers in Vietnam, especially newspapers published in foreign languages, are no longer a rarity. That is because they not only have advantages in terms of language but also have love and respect for the country and people of Vietnam. That is the story of John Robert Ball, an experienced editor of Vietnam News, a leading English-language daily in Vietnam. Ball is a veteran journalist with 50 years of experience in working at major newspapers in Australia and Hong Kong. Four years ago, before working for Vietnam News, he worked for News Limited, an Australian newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch, a media tycoon in Australia. In the 1960s, starting his career as a young journalist in Hong Kong, Ball paid attention to Vietnam. At that time Vietnam was in a war. Hong Kong, particularly the well-known bar street of Wanchai was a stop-over for American naval troops as well as war correspondents during their trips to and from Vietnam. Ball remembers at that time … [Read more...] about Uncle Ball Works for Vietnam News
Vietnam News Agency signs cooperation agreement with telecom group
At the signing ceremony (Photo VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Vietnam Postsand Telecommunications Group (VNPT) have signed an agreement to reinforce theircooperation and look towards building a strategic partnership in fields oftheir strengths.Speaking at the signing ceremony in Hanoi on January 4, VNA GeneralDirector Nguyen Duc Loi expressed his pleasure to establish cooperative tieswith VNPT, one of the leading telecom companies and economic groups in Vietnam.He said VNA is a governmental agency and the official State newsprovider of Vietnam. It is responsible for publishing official information anddocuments of the Party and State, providing information in service of the Partyleadership and State management and collecting and providing news throughvarious forms to mass media agencies, the public and readers at home andabroad.VNA boasts a network of 63 representative offices in all cities and provincesnationwide, and 30 overseas representative offices.With … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency signs cooperation agreement with telecom group
Vietnam News Agency enhances relations with European partners
At the working session between delegates from the Vietnam News Agency and Spain's EFE news agency (Photo VNA)London (VNA) – General Director of the State-ownedVietnam News Agency (VNA) Nguyen Duc Loi met with officials of several majorpress agencies in Spain and the UK during his Europe trip from December 12-18to step up cooperative relations with European partners.During his working sessions with the executive of Spain’sEFE news agency, and the UK’s Thomson Reuters and BBC, General Director NguyenDuc Loi, who is also a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) CentralCommittee, compared notes about the role and operation of the press in theworld’s current situation. [Vietnam News Agency targets better foreign news services]The sides shared positive assessment on theirbilateral cooperation in information exchange over the past time, stressingthat the sharing of information among press agencies, especially major ones, isan urgent need at present, in … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency enhances relations with European partners
Vietnam news agency apologizes over false report on prosecutions
Vietnam’s state-run news agency apologized on Saturday for issuing what it said was a false report that two more officials of state energy firm PetroVietnam were to be prosecuted over financial losses. The original report had also been carried on the government’s official website. Vietnam News Agency said in a statement that it had apologized to Phung Dinh Thuc and Do Van Hau over the false report. It also apologized to their families and to police. The news agency said it had failed to verify its information “carefully enough” before publication. Thuc served as PetroVietnam's general director between 2008 and 2010 and as its chairman from 2011 to 2014, while Hau was the general director of the group from 2011 to 2014. PetroVietnam is at the heart of a sweeping high-level corruption crackdown . Former PetroVietnam chairman Dinh La Thang, 56, was arrested on Friday. The former member of Vietnam’s politburo is the most senior executive arrested so … [Read more...] about Vietnam news agency apologizes over false report on prosecutions