Political News 13/10 Vietnamese Ambassador to At the October 7 ceremony in the capital city of For his part, the Ambassador Trung also met with Vice President Danny Faure, Deputy Speaker of Seychelles National Assembly Andre Pool, Minister of Culture and Tourism, Minister of Natural Resources and Agriculture, representatives from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Environment and Energy. On the occasion, the Seychelles Government informed that the two sides had accomplished legal procedures to activate their aviation service agreement, paving the way for airlines to forge cooperative partnerships. Two-way trade between President inspects Dong Nai’s Long Duc industrial park President Truong Tan Sang on October 12 inspected the operation of Long Duc industrial park in Long Thanh district, the southern Becoming operational one year ago, the park aims to attract investors to the support and hi-technology industries, especially those from The infrastructure system of the park has been completed to provide full and modern services for enterprises, including information technology, customs, and wastewater treatment. At a meeting with the President, Japanese and local investors proposed the State clear bottlenecks in the implementation of preferential policies for enterprises in the support industry. President Truong Tan Sang lauded the attention of Japanese investors in He also revealed that ministries and sectors are drafting a number of new preferential treatments for the area of the support industry, which will be submitted to the National Assembly for approval. Vietnam attends 131st IPU Assembly in Geneva National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong is participating in a host of activities at the ongoing 131 st Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Running from October 12-16, the event saw the attendance of about 800 law-makers from about 141 countries, including 104 parliament speakers and vice speakers, and 218 female parliamentarians. Themed “Achieving gender equality, ending violence against women”, the event evaluated and analysed activities and influence of the organisation in the process of enhancing the engagement of women in politics. IPU has led in updating the number of female law makers as well as coming up with effective recommendations on measures to improve legislative and policy systems to raise women’s voice on the political stage. IPU is currently the largest inter-parliamentary union in the world with 165 member states, covering various areas such as security, economics, democracy and the environment. Earlier, about 180 young parliamentarians aged 37 years old averagely from all over the world attended the IPU conference for young parliamentarians in Currently, under-30 year old parliamentarians account for less than 2 percent of the total parliament members in the world. The event called on them to take a greater part in political decisions in national and international levels, including the sustainable development goals that will replace the millennium development goals that will be expired in 2015.- Officials from the Ombudsman Board of the National Assembly made a working visit to They had meetings with the Committees for Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Defence, and the Ombudsman for Public Administration, all under the Norwegian Parliament. They paid a courtesy visit to First Vice President of the Norwegian Parliament Marit Nybakk who was impressed by socio-economic achievements She said she believed that the sound cooperation between the two countries, as well as the two legislative bodies, would further develop in the future. Deputy head of the Ombudsman Board Ha Cong Long wished for a stronger partnership between the two law-making bodies as well as the two countries in the coming time. On the occasion, the Vietnamese officials held a discussion with students of Expat contributions to Vietnam-France ties urged Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong has held out hope that overseas Vietnamese in Meeting with representatives from the Vietnamese community in The Party and State have always given due attention to the Vietnamese communities abroad as a part of a strong national unity bloc, she stated. The official briefed the expats of main events in the Vietnam-France relations and the homeland’s socio-economic performance over the past nine months along with explaining policies relating to land ownership, investment, business and treatments to expat intellectuals. Earlier on October 10, Phong visited Val de Marne province of the Val de Marne set up a twin relationship with the northern mountainous Phong suggested the French province expand its assistance to other northern mountainous provinces in The third round of discussions of the Vietnam-China working group on marine cooperation took place in At the event, both sides frankly presented their stances and viewpoints on cooperation for mutual development at sea. They agreed to continue following relevant common perceptions reached by the two countries’ high-ranking leaders and the basic principles guiding the settlement of sea-related issues signed in 2011 to discuss maritime collaboration, in line with international law, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. President meets exemplary Vietnamese entrepreneurs President Truong Tan Sang met with more than 100 outstanding Vietnamese entrepreneurs in He said Responding to businesspersons’ proposals related to administrative procedures, tax incentives, loan access and investment environment, the State leader ordered ministries and localities to increase support and create the best possible conditions for enterprises’ recovery and development. He also suggested they make the good use of the mass media to submit their opinions to the Party and State leaders. At the meeting, which took place on the occasion of the 10th Vietnam Entrepreneurs’ Day (October 13), Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vu Tien Loc reported that during the first nine months of 2014, 53,000 businesses were set up and 11,872 firms resumed operations while 48,330 others dissolved or stopped operation. The rate of those recording profits rose from 29.7 percent to 32.9 percent despite fierce competition, he said, adding that ministries and sectors handled almost all businesses’ proposals. Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association convenes 4th congress The Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association (VLFA) held its 4 th Congress in The congress elected a 69-strong executive committee, with Vu Trong Kim, Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC) remaining the President of the Association for the 2014-2019 tenure. Speaking at the event, VFFCC President Nguyen Thien Nhan hailed the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between He expressed his wish that the VLFA will join hands with the Laos-Vietnam Friendship Association to encourage Lao students to pursue their education in On behalf of the executive committee, Kim promised that his association will do its utmost to fulfil all assigned tasks, contributing to reinforcing and developing the traditional special relationship between Minister visits Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan paid a working visit to At a working session with Stenfan Müller - Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Ministry for Education and Research, the Vietnamese official thanked the European country for its assistance to the Müller said his country pays special attention to this project, considering it an important bridge for bilateral cooperation. Minister Luan spoke highly of Both sides exchanged their experience and discussed advantages and difficulties in vocational training while highlighting its important role in international integration. The German side affirmed its willingness to have in-depth discussions on this matter with Meeting with Maria Böhmer - Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, Minister Luan said the cooperation agreement on teaching the German language and Germany’s initiative “Schools: Partners for the Future” are being strongly implemented in Vietnam, adding that the framework programme for teaching the German language will be officially applied in the Southeast Asian country in the near future. Both officials agreed on the need to teach the Vietnamese language to people of Vietnamese descent in The two sides also mulled over the pilot training of Vietnamese nurses in During their stay in German officials are scheduled to visit VFF leader hails female religious dignitaries’ efforts President of the Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has hailed the female religious dignitaries and followers’ pioneering role in implementing policy and law of the Party and State. Meeting 98 outstanding female religious dignitaries and followers on October 10 in Noting the difficulties that the female religious dignitaries and followers faced, Nhan affirmed that the VFF and the Vietnam Women’s According to Nguyen Thi Thanh Hoa, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU), the 98 female religious dignitaries and followers are outstanding delegates representing 6,400 religious members of the VWU committees at all levels across the country. Buddhism, Catholicism, Protestantism and Caodaism are the major religions in the country. Source: VNA/VNS/VOV |
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