Industry and Trade Minister on working trip to US

(VNA) Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang chaired over a conference on investment opportunities in Vietnam on September 15 in Washington.

At the conference, Minister Hoang highlighted Vietnam's policies and priorities to attract foreign investment in energy and finance areas. He also witnessed the signing of minutes of understanding on cooperation between PetroVietnam and McKinsey&Company.

VN, US hold second defense policy dialogue

(VNA)The second Vietnam-US defence policy dialogue took place in Washington on Sept. 19 under the co-chair of Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh and US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence Robert Scher.

At the dialogue, the two sides expressed satisfaction at the outcomes of bilateral defence cooperation over the recent past.

Both Vinh and Scher agreed on the need to make the Vietnam-US defence cooperation more practical in the interest of each country and for peace, stability and cooperation in the region and the world.

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         1. Four following fraudulent websites which offfer visa-upon-arrrival have been recently shut down by Vietnam Ministry of Information and Communication for illegitimate visa service: 
 

Vietnamese contemporary fine arts exhibition opened in Washington D.C.

trienlam_tranh_9.2011.gif(VNA) A Vietnamese contemporary fine arts exhibition opened on Sept. 9 in Washington D.C. Among those present at the opening ceremony of the exhibition, hosted by the Arts Club of Washington, were Vietnam 's Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Cuong and many members of the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington D.C.

Vietnam’s exports to US up 20 percent

(VNA) Vietnam ’s exports to the US in the first seven months of this year earned more than 9.63 billion USD, a surge of 20.7 percent against the same period last year, according to the US International Trade Commission.

Among Vietnam ’s export items to the US , garments and textiles took the lead with 3.64 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 18 percent, followed by footwear with nearly 1.15 billion USD, up 24.5 percent, and wood products with 998.5 million USD, up 4 percent.

Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Cuong visits Kansas

(Embassy) August 22 - 24th, Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Cuong took a working visit to Kansas where the Vietnamese community of more than 40,000 people are living, working and studying.
Meeting with a number of the Vietnamese families there, the Ambassador gladly shared achievements the overseas Vietnamese gained and wished them have a good life. He asserted the Vietnamese Government’s policy of supporting them.

Vietnam-US AO group makes field trip

(VNA) The Vietnam-US Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/dioxin made a field trip to the heavily AO-contaminated province of Dong Nai province on August 17 as part of a survey for a project to build centres on reproductive health and rehabilitation.

The group was seeking funding for the construction of a reproductive health consultancy centre and a rehabilitation centre for AO/dioxin victims in Dong Nai province’s Dinh Quan district, said Dr Nguyen Ngoc Phuong, a group member.

Vietnam supports US’s APEC 2011 organisation

(VNA) Vietnam supports the US to successfully organise the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit 2011, said a Vietnamese diplomat.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Cuong affirmed the country’s support during his recent working visit to Hawaii State where the summit will take place in mid-November this year.

Leaders from 21 APEC member economies are expected to take part in the summit, which will be chaired by US President Barack Obama.

Viet Nam rejects statements that intervene into its internal affairs

On August 9th 2011, answering question about Viet Nam’s comments on the statements of the US and the EU on the appeal trial of Cu Huy Ha Vu, Madam Nguyen Phuong Nga, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs clearly states that:
 
We reject statements that intervene into the internal affairs of Viet Nam.
 

The results of the first session of the National Assembly XIII

    The first session of the 13th National Assembly is concluded in success after 14 days thanks to the contributions of all levels, and to the high responsibility by members of the National Assembly
    Basic outcomes of the Session are as follow:
    1. Report on outcomes of the Election, review and examination on qualifications of Deputies of the National Assembly

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