Vietnam Pledges To Create Expat-Friendly Business Environment

Mon, 09/25/2006 - 12:01

The Vietnamese government is trying to get rid of red tape and corruption and create a transparent business environment to encourage more Vietnamese expatriates to invest in their motherland, an official said.

Speaking at a conference which ended in Danang Friday, standing vice chairman of the Government Office, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, exhorted overseas Vietnamese to trust the country’s reform policy and continue to contribute to its development.

Central Highlands Returnees Not Punished for Leaving Viet Nam, UNHCR Mission Finds

Thu, 09/21/2006 - 14:49

IAKLA COMMUNE, Viet Nam, September 19 (UNHCR) – In the villages of this remote area, where mountain tribes raise coffee, pepper and cassava, and US$20-a-month work in a rubber plantation passes for a good job, tales circulate of a distant land where life is easy and money practically falls from the trees.

Vietnam Experts Discuss Religious Freedom, Tolerance

Mon, 09/18/2006 - 16:19

At an international conference on "Beginning the Conversation: Religion and Rule of Law in Southeast Asia" on September 8-9 in Hanoi, experts discussed religious freedom and related issues.

Associate Professor Dr Nguyen Hong Duong spoke about the relationship between the Government and religions in Vietnam in recent years.

At the beginning of the Christian era, Vietnam had such religions as Buddhism, Confucianism and ancestral worship. All these have co-existed amicably and contributed greatly to its traditional culture.

Vietnam Christian Missionary Alliance Marks 50th Anniversary

Mon, 09/18/2006 - 15:40

The Vietnam Christian Religion Missionary Alliance celebrated its 50th anniversary (September 1) in central Da Nang city on September 15.

To mark the occasion, the alliance received a certificate of religious practice from the Government Committee for Religious Affairs.

First established in 1956, the alliance now has 23,000 followers in four local religious societies and 210 religious groups in 14 provinces and cities nationwide. Its headquarters are located in Da Nang city.

Un Refugee Agency Officials Visit Vietnam Province

Fri, 09/15/2006 - 15:32

A UN refugee agency delegation has completed a three-day trip to a Vietnamese province to meet illegal immigrants who returned from Cambodia a few years ago.

A Gia Lai province official said Thursday that the Deputy Head of Representative to Thailand of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Giuseppe De Vincentis, thanked the local administration for enabling his delegation carry out the visit.

The delegation met with ethnic minority returnees in Ia Grai, Duc Co, and Chu Se districts and with the province people's committee Chairman Pham The Dung.

President Bush Congratulates Vietnam on Her National Day

Fri, 09/08/2006 - 17:49

On September 2, 2006, President George W. Bush sent a message of congratulations to Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet on the 61th Anniversary of Vietnam's National Day. bush.jpg

"On behalf of the American people, I extend congratulations to you and the people of Vietnam on your National Day," President Bush wrote. "I am pleased that relations between our countries are strong and growing."

Vietnamese National Day Celebrated in Washington DC

Fri, 09/08/2006 - 17:27

A reception was held Thursday at the Embassy of Vietnam in Washington to mark the 61th Anniversary of the Vietnamese National Day September 2nd 1945 - 2006.

Congressman Carnahan, Congressman Moran, Ambassador Karan Bhatia, USTR Deputy Representative, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford, Ambassadors of ASEAN countries and hundreds of others from US Congress, Government, American business and media community and Vietnamese living in the US attended the event which also featured Vietnamese traditional music and food.

Vietnam’s Achievements in Human Development Impressive

Thu, 09/07/2006 - 16:25

Vietnam’s achievements in human development are impressive, Agnes van Ardenne, Minister for Development Co-operation of the Netherlands, said in Hanoi on September 6 before concluding her two-day working visit to Vietnam.

UN official praises Vietnam’s child healthcare achievements

Fri, 09/01/2006 - 13:47

Vietnam has made many laudable achievements in improving children’s health and living quality, especially in reducing the under-five child mortality rate, a United Nations official said Thursday. luat_giaoduc_055.jpg

Vietnam Amnesty empties U.S. “list of religious prisoners”, said diplomats

Wed, 08/30/2006 - 16:31

Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet has decided to grant amnesty to more than 5,000 prisoners on the occasion of the National Day, local and foreign media reported.

Among the pardoneds are Pham Hong Son and Ma Van Bay, both in the list of "prisoner of concern" by the United States. Bay, a protestant ethnic Hmong from northern Ha Giang province, considered by the United States as detained for religious reasons.

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