Political News 15/10 Azerbaijan to reinforce comprehensive ties with Vietnam: President President Ilham Aliyev, who is also Chairman of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party, expressed his hope for further ties between the two countries’ ruling parties, thus creating a trustworthy political foundation for the time-honoured friendship between the two governments and peoples. That same day, Le Hong Anh held talks with Deputy Prime Minister Ali Akhmedov, Vice Chairman and Executive Secretary of the New Azerbaijan Party. The two sides informed each other of their countries’ respective situations, shared their experience in Party matters, and exchanged views on issues of mutual concern. They agreed that the Vietnamese delegation’s visit is a milestone in the two parties’ relations since the ratification of a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in With regard to regional and international disputes, both sides underlined the need to settle disagreements peacefully and in line with international law. In a separate meeting, He said the countries need to boost their bilateral cooperation to meet its full potential in the future.- Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Permanent Representative of She made the affirmation at the general debate of the First Committee on Disarmament and International Security of the 69 th UN General Assembly in She highlighted She called on the international community to step up its efforts to reduce the number of weapons and prioritise addressing disputes via peaceful means, in line with the UN Charter and international law. The ambassador described this as a crucial premise for states and the UN to push ahead with disarmament and prepare for the review conference on nuclear non-proliferation in 2015, while also accelerating negotiations on related treaties and ensuring security for non-nuclear countries. She thanked foreign partners for supporting Vietnam as Chair of the Boards of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the 2013-2014 tenure.- National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong on October 14 delivered a speech at the plenary session of the 131st General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-131) in Phong affirmed that Therefore, the Vietnam NA has spared no efforts in revamping policies and basic legal frameworks with a view to promoting human rights and gender equality and combating violence against women. One chapter of As a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2014-2016 term, According to the Vietnamese NA leader, gender equality is a fundamental human right, an objective of all countries and an important measure to assess the progress and development of society. In recent years, the country has recorded accomplishments in realizing UN conventions on human rights, the Beijing Platform for Action on gender equality as well as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), thus remarkably improving women and girls’ lives and providing better education for them. However, violence against women in many places in different ways is seen as a global challenge, with one third of women and girls being victims. Violence against women causes serious consequences, violating human rights, honor, dignity and lives of women and adversely affecting future generations that are the real causes of gender inequality. Violence against women is a major obstacle to ensuring equality, development and peace and gender equality is actually exercised when there is no violence against women, Phong noted. She underlined the need to prioritize integrating gender equality and women’s advancement targets in sustainable development goals after 2015 towards eliminating violence especially against women and children at national and international levels. It is imperative to enhance the role of parliaments and parliamentarians by fine-tuning legal frameworks and national policies in accordance with commitments and standards and international practices on gender equality and advancement of women, and ensuring effective law enforcement, focusing on preventive measures against violent behaviors. Additionally, the focus should be given to promoting education and raising public awareness about gender equality and violence prevention in schools to ensure that future generations are not affected by violent behaviors. Governments, parliaments, UN agencies and political and social organizations should increase their closer coordination in fighting women and children trafficking and transnational prostitution to better ensure women’s rights, gender equality, anti-discriminatory treatment and prevent violence against women, Phong said. President meets voters in Ho Chi Minh City President Truong Tan Sang on October 14 met with voters in The voters sought the President’s explanation for high inventories of locally-made goods and home businesses’ incapacity of producing spare parts for foreign companies. They expressed their hope that the State will adopt policies to get more scientists involved in studies on applied production to raise local products’ competitive edge. Many proposed increasing the number of full-time NA deputies and stopping the promulgation of impractical legal documents. President Truong Tan Sang appreciated the voters’ proposals, assuring them that the National Assembly will pay special attention to perfecting the institution in the time ahead. He informed the voters that in its upcoming 8th session of the 13 th tenure, the law-making body is scheduled to pass 17 draft laws, with many supporting the national economy’s growth. He also told them that the legislative body had strengthened its inspection operation and will reform the implementation of this important function. Combating and preventing corruption remains a priority, the President affirmed, appealing the voters to collaborate with the public authorised agencies in this work. On the occasion, the State leader also asked municipal authorities to take more drastic measures to fight social vices and maintain a healthy social environment. Vietnam-Cuba Inter-Governmental Committee meets The Vietnam-Cuba Inter-Governmental Committee for Economic, Commercial, Scientific and Technological Cooperation convened its 32nd meeting in Cuban Minister of Trade and Foreign Investment Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz said during Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit to To realise the pledge, both sides signed the medium-term economic cooperation programme along with identifying specific targets and cooperative orientations for the next five years, in the view of diversifying economic and trade ties. Reviewing the implementation results of agreements reached at the previous meetings, Minister Malmierca said bilateral trade has yet to match with potential though progress made recently, therefore the Vietnamese and Cuban Governments have determined to lift the ties to a higher level in line with their fine political relations. At the meeting, Vietnamese Minister of Construction Trinh Dinh Dung reiterated He stated that The two sides reviewed results, discussed obstacles, difficulties and measures to be taken, and agreed key cooperative contents in the future as well as mechanisms for carrying out the signed mid-term economic cooperation programme. According to the Standing Office for Drug Control (SODC) under the Ministry of Public Security, since the last meeting in China’s Hubei province in November 2013, Vietnam and China worked together to devise a joint action plan to tackle drug crimes along their shared border. The police forces of seven Vietnamese border localities and the Chinese provinces Meanwhile, police departments in Lao Cai, Ha Giang, Lai Chau and Dien Bien provinces agreed on a cooperation mechanism with Since 2013, the At the same time, the Customs of Vietnam uncovered 15 drug smuggling cases thanks to information provided by its Chinese counterpart, seizing over 21.2 kg of heroin. Speaking at the meeting, Hoang Anh Tuyen, Deputy Head of the SODC, acknowledged that authorised agencies on both sides have yet to eliminate the transnational illegal drug trade between the two countries. Despite the authorities’ efforts, drugs and drug traffickers still enter into He highlighted the need for both sides to increase the exchange of information and provide mutual support during criminal investigations. Meanwhile, Liu Yuejin, Permanent Deputy Secretary-General of He shared the Chinese police force’s experience in running drug raids, while expressing his hope for a stronger partnership with Source: VNA/VOV/VNN |
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