Viet Nam rejects fabricated information at UN session

Fri, 05/20/2005 - 16:29

NEW YORK — A Vietnamese permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) has refuted fabricated information on Viet Nam’s situation provided by the Transnational Radical Party (TRP).

Nguyen Tat Thanh, the Minister Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the UN, said the TRP, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) with consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), has allowed the Ksor Kok’s Montagnard Foundation Inc (MFI) to take advantage of UN forums to distribute fabricated information regarding Viet Nam.

Viet Nam vows to strive for nuclear weapons-free world

Thu, 05/05/2005 - 14:41

MEXICO CITY — Along with other peace-loving nations, Viet Nam is committed to striving for a world free from nuclear weapons, Vietnamese Ambassador Le Luong Minh told a Nuclear-Free Conference in Mexico City last week.

As a member of the Non-Aligned Movement, the Disarmament Conference, the Southeast Asian nuclear weapon-free zone, and a non-nuclear weapon state, Viet Nam supports disarmament and the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, he said.

UN should end Security Council veto power

Tue, 04/12/2005 - 23:20

NEW YORK — Vietnamese representative to the United Nations, Nguyen Duy Chien, has called for limiting and eventually abolishing the veto power of the Security Council of United Nations as part of reforming the organisation.

Vietnamese community in US instrumental to VN- US relationship

Mon, 01/10/2005 - 23:04

The Vietnamese community in America is a vital bridge between Vietnam and the United States, asserted Ambassador Ton Nu Thi Ninh in an interview with Thanh Nien newspaper about her recent trip to the U.S.

Q: What was special about your latest diplomatic mission to the United States?

A: This trip was quite different from others because I visited 8 states and 12 cities across the United States. Also, I held extensive meetings with people at universities, research institutes, foundations, and the US media rather than just high-ranking U.S. officials and politicians.

Vietnam asks China not to place oil rig in its waters

Fri, 11/19/2004 - 10:59

(VNA) Vietnam has called on China not to install an oil rig in Vietnam's territorial waters, announced a Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Friday, Nov. 19.

According to China's Sanya Marine Radio, China’s Kantan offshore drilling rig 3, towed by the Nanhai ship 215 from Shanghai, is to be installed at a site on the East Sea 63 nautical miles from the Vietnamese coast and 67 nautical miles from China's Hainan island, the spokesman told Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam supports increase in the UN Security Council's membership

Wed, 10/13/2004 - 03:47

Vietnam supports an increase in the membership of the United Nations' Security Council in both categories: permanent and non-permanent. The country also supports measures aimed at ensuring broader participation, more democracy, accountability and transparency in the Council's work, said Ambassador Le Luong Minh, Permanent Representative of the Vietnamese Mission to the United Nations, at the Joint Debate of the 59th UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.

Vietnam concerned over China – Philippines Spratly oil deal

Fri, 09/10/2004 - 11:00

Vietnam said it was “deeply concerned” on learning that China and the Philippines concluded a joint oil and gas research agreement in the Truong Sa (Spratly) region “without consulting other concerned parties.”

Vietnamese government spokesman Le Dzung expressed the view at a news conference in Hanoi on Sept. 9, eight days after the oil research deal was signed in Beijing, China.

Viet Nam acts, advances together with dynamic Asia

Thu, 06/03/2004 - 17:08


Tokyo, June 3 (VNA) Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai delivered his speech entitled Viet Nam acts together and advances together with a dynamic Asia at the opening session of the 10th ''Future of Asia'' International Conference, in Tokyo on Thursday.

The Vietnamese PM said: Given increasing globalisation and international integration, the conference theme ''Laying the Foundation for Asian Integration'' is a timely response to the trend of deepening cooperation among states in the region.

Economic community should play key role in ASEAN growth, says PM

Wed, 03/03/2004 - 11:15


(03/03/2004 -- 22:38GMT+7)

Ha Noi, Mar. 3 (VNA) - Economic community should play a key role, while other two "pillars" i.e. security-political and cultural cooperation should also develop for a strong ASEAN community by 2020, suggested Prime Minister Phan Van Khai on Wednesday.

The Government leader of Viet Nam made the comment while meeting ASEAN foreign ministers on the sidelines of the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) Retreat.

Viet Nam condemns terrorist attacks against Iraqi civilians

Wed, 03/03/2004 - 10:44


(03/03/2004 -- 20:50GMT+7)

Ha Noi, Mar. 3 (VNA) - Viet Nam strongly condemned terrorist attacks targeting innocent civilians in Iraq, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Dung.

He was answering a Vietnam News Agency correspondent's question on Viet Nam's reaction to a series of blasts in Iraq recently, causing heavy losses in lives and property, particularly the anti-Shiite attacks in Karbala and Baghdad.

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