HA NOI (VNS) — National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and visiting Vice President Koshiishi Azuma of Japan's House of Councillors have shared their contentment toward the growing Viet Nam-Japan relationship since it was elevated to extensive strategic partnership. The talks brought up the subject of strengthening affiliations between the two nations and parliaments. As such, major cooperation fields included building the legal system, infrastructure, human resources training, and mine clearance. Boosting exchanges of legislative delegations and liaison among friendship associations and youth was also focus of Viet Nam-Japan engagements moving forwards. Vice President of the House of Councillors Koshiishi Azuma is on a working visit to Viet Nam from yesterday to Wednesday. — VNS … [Read more...] about NA Vice Chairwoman, Japan’s Upper House VP hold talks
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VFF President Nguyen Thien Nhan meets Chinese VP
Nhan Dan Online - President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan met with Vice President of the People's Republic of China Li Yuanchao on November 25. At the meeting, VFF Chairman Nhan, currently leading a Vietnamese delegation to the ongoing Vietnam-China Youth Festival in China, highlighted the achievements made by the Chinese people over the past 64 years, especially in the 35 years of implementing reforms and an open-door policy. Expressing his pleasure with recent developments in Vietnam-China relations, the VFF Chairman emphasised that the Vietnamese Party, State and Government always attach importance to the neighbourly relationship and comprehensive co-operation with China, the development of which is consistently considered a top long-term priority of the nation's foreign policy. For his part, Vice President Li Yuanchao called the Vietnam-China friendship a valuable common asset, adding that the Chinese Party and Government pay special … [Read more...] about VFF President Nguyen Thien Nhan meets Chinese VP
VP Telecom cooperation yields next-generation VoIP services
Vietnam Power Telecom (VP Telecom), under cooperation with major global telecom companies announced Wednesday its successful deployment of next generation IP based voice and multimedia services. VP Telecom, under support from Siemens, and Swiss-based Nexus Telecom AG, now offers Siemens Next-Generation IP-based Voice and Multimedia services and Nexus Telecom's Billing Solution, NexusDBS 5.0. The system has been deployed on the latest Siemens SURPASS NGN (Next Generation Network) Soft Switch HiE9200. The highly sophisticated and flexible NGN billing solution from Nexus Telecom enables VP Telecom to provide single end user bills for any combination of its services including fixed telephony, VoIP, leased line, WLL, voice/videoconferencing, PC to PC calls, PC to phone calls, VPN, internet access and internet exchange services. The strategic 'three party' partnership allowed VP Telecom to quickly achieve its immediate business goals while ensuring a long term flexible business … [Read more...] about VP Telecom cooperation yields next-generation VoIP services
Viet Nam, Indonesia Agree on Culture, Anti-corruption
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's first official visit to Indonesia on Wednesday produced memorandums of understanding on cultural cooperation and anti-corruption. Vietnamese and Indonesian leaders also vowed to get to work on the joint Declaration on the Framework of Friendly and Comprehensive Partnership Entering the 21st Century, which was signed in June 2003. Prime Minister Dung and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made the commitment during their talks after PM Dung arrived in Jakarta for his two-day official visit. The two leaders spoke highly of the signing of the 2003 border demarcation agreement that was later approved by their respective National Assemblies. They also heaped praise on government ministries and branches for their implementation of agreements on security, defense, social and cultural affairs, and economics. The creation of a more attractive environment for bilateral trade and investment after recording a record US$1.7 billion trade turnover in 2006 … [Read more...] about Viet Nam, Indonesia Agree on Culture, Anti-corruption
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 18/6
MoIT and UNIDO launch industrial development initiative The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) in concert with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) ceremoniously launched a three-year US$1 million project on June 17 in Hanoi. The Republic of Korea is also a stakeholder in the project and has agreed to provide US$980,000 of official development assistance for it, said Le Huu Phuc, director general of the MoIT's International Cooperation Department at the launch. The overriding goal of the project, said Mr Phuc, is to advance responsible and sustainable business practices, and to bring greater coherence and integration to the nation's industrial development. He said the collaboration marks the first initiative to address corporate sustainability in the context of specific segments of the economy in Vietnam in an overarching initiative to capture existing best practices and scale up sustainability while simultaneously addressing the UN broader goals of human … [Read more...] about BUSINESS IN BRIEF 18/6