Excerpts from draft report to Congress VIIII: Socialism

Fri, 02/02/2001 - 10:33

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Ha Noi, Feb. 2 (VNA) --

III. Major Issues on the Path towards Socialism

Experiences and achievements recorded over the past 15 years of renovation have proved the soundness of the Platform approved by the Seventh CPV Congress and shed more light on the road towards socialism in Viet Nam. The Communist Party and people of Viet Nam are determined to advance towards socialism on the basis of Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh Thought.

Excerpts from draft report Congress VIIII: Prospect in future

Fri, 02/02/2001 - 10:29

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Ha Noi, Feb. 2 (VNA) -- The following are excerpts from the political report drafted by the eighth Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee, which will be made public on Feb. 3 for comments from the entire people before it is submitted to the ninth National CPV Congress, scheduled for March this year.

I. Viet Nam in the 20th Century and its Development Prospect in the 21st Century.

Vietnam puts regional land cable to use

Fri, 02/02/2001 - 10:25




Ha Noi, Feb. 2 (VNA) -- Viet Nam has put an optical-fibre cable system linking Viet Nam with China and four ASEAN countries into use, the Viet Nam Post and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT) said.

The 7,000 km cable - which also runs through Laos, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand - would help VNPT handle hundreds of international telecom channels. In Viet Nam, the cable runs from nothern Lang Son province to central Ha Tinh province, 500 km south of Ha Noi, before connecting to neighbouring China and Laos.

PM said to increase socio-economic development

Fri, 02/02/2001 - 10:23


Ha Noi, Feb.2 (VNA) -- Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has described the year 2001 as the start of a stage in which Viet Nam will boost socio-economic development to match its progress to international economic integration.

"2001 must be the beginning of a stage in which Viet Nam accelerates socio-economic growth in order to make its 2001-2005 five-year plan and 2001-2010 ten-year strategy successful and match its progress to international integration, including its fully-fledged entry into the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) by 2006", Khai said.

More than 112,880 people become party members in 2000

Fri, 02/02/2001 - 10:15



Ha Noi, Feb. 2 (VNA) -- More than 112,880 people joined the Communist Party of Viet Nam in 2000, equal to 98.6 percent of new members in 1999.

Of the new members, 32.5 percent were female, 52.8 percent under 30 years of age, 52.6 percent members of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCMCYU), 12.9 percent ethnic minority people and 1.1 percent religious believers.

Call for lifting of sanctions against Libya

Fri, 02/02/2001 - 10:07




Ha Noi, Feb. 2 (VNA)-- It's time to lift sactions against Libya and help the ordinary people of the country return to a normal life, says the Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman.

Ms. Phan Thuy Thanh told the Viet Nam News Agency on Jan. 31 that Libya had proved its good-will and cooperation by helping to solve the destruction of a US airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Anniversary of Paris Accord celebrated

Fri, 02/02/2001 - 10:06




Ha Noi, Feb. 2(VNA) -- Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh has described the signing of the Paris Accords in 1973 as an event that set a fully active stage for Viet Nam's diplomacy, thus leading the Vietnamese revolution from one victory to another.

The Vice President was talking with about 50 officials who took part in the peace talks that led to the signing of the historic Paris Accords in 1973. The get-together was held in Ha Noi on Feb. 2 to mark the 28th anniversary of the accords (Jan. 27).

Vietnam and UNICEF cooperation plan

Thu, 02/01/2001 - 10:31

VIET NAM-UNICEF COOPERATION PROGRAMME APPROVED


Ha Noi, Feb. 1 (VNA) -- The Vietnamese Government and the Executive Council of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have approved the Viet Nam-UNICEF overall cooperation programme for the 2001-2005 period, according to the Viet Nam National Committee for Child Care and Protection.

UNICEF's budget for the programme amounts to USD 70 million including USD 20 million from the budget for outgoings and USD 50 million from raised funds.

New natural reserve in Thua Thien - Hue

Thu, 02/01/2001 - 10:29




Ha Noi, Feb. 1 (VNA) -- The central Thua Thien-Hue province has mapped out a project to set up a natural reserve that covers the Lang Co marsh and the O Lau estuary.
The 400-ha natural reserve is about 60 km to the south-west from the former imperial city of Hue, a World Cultural Heritage site. It is home of 230 species of fish, 23 of them are of special and high-economic value.

Vietnamese overseas paticipate in export

Thu, 02/01/2001 - 10:27




Ha Noi, Feb. 1 (VNA) -- The overseas Vietnamese community was praised by a senior trade official as an "effective network of distributing made-in-Viet Nam goods the world over."

More than 2.5 million overseas Vietnamese people, most of them engaged in businesses, have created an effective marketing network for domestic goods the world over, thus making a considerable contribution to the nation's export surge last year, said Deputy Trade Minister Mai Van Dau at a meeting in Ha Noi on Feb. 1 with more than 100 overseas business executives.

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