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Second Int'l Comics Festival kicks off in Hanoi 

June 2, 2011
Second Int'l Comics Festival kicks off in Hanoi 

Vietnamese comic Cai tet cua Meo con (Tet Holliday of kitty) in the second International Comics Festival. The second International Comics Festival is being held in Hanoi’s Library from May 30 to June 4. The one-week-event is organized by the Wallonia-Brussels Delegation in cooperation with the Kim Dong Publishing House, the Embassy of Canada and [...]

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Famous Belgian writer joins Vietnam comics festival 

May 19, 2011
Famous Belgian writer joins Vietnam comics festival 

  The renowned Belgian comics writer Stephen Desberg will join his Vietnamese colleagues in this year’s Comics Festival, which will take place in Hanoi from May 30 to June 4. Organized by the Wallonia-Brussels Delegation in collaboration with the Kim Dong Publishing House, the festival will feature the Belgian famous comic strip “Spirou”, which was [...]

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POLITICS IN BRIEF 4/9

September 4, 2009
POLITICS IN BRIEF 4/9

Activities worldwide to celebrate National Day; PM attends the opening of a new school in Kien Giang; Vietnam, Laos strengthen educational cooperation; PM hosts National Day banquet for diplomats  Activities worldwide to celebrate National Day  Vietnamese embassies and diplomatic agencies have organized a number of activities to commemorate Vietnam’s National Day (September 2).The Vietnamese Consulate [...]

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POLITICS IN BRIEF 13/8

August 13, 2009
POLITICS IN BRIEF 13/8

Vietnam, China cooperate in personnel management; ASEAN promotes cooperation in agriculture and forestry; PM approves agreements on international cooperation; Vietnamese, Belgian ministerial talks focus on economy Public security force asked to increase combativeness  The public security force should continue to increase its combative strength to maintain political stability for socio-economic development, says Prime Minister Nguyen [...]

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Vietnamese, Belgian ministerial talks focus on economy

August 12, 2009
Vietnamese, Belgian ministerial talks focus on economy

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem has called for concerted efforts to maintain Belgium’s status as Vietnam’s fourth largest European importer. He said during talks with Belgian Foreign Minister Yves Leterme in Hanoi Tuesday that concrete measures should be taken to boost investment amid the global economic recession.Khiem also pushed for the [...]

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Somali pirates attack two more vessels, one seized, another freed

April 19, 2009
Somali pirates attack two more vessels, one seized, another freed

Somali pirates attacked two more vessels on Saturday in the Indian Ocean off the Horn of Africa country, seizing a Belgian dredger but thwarted in an attempt to hold a tanker, according to reports monitored here. This photo taken on April 18, 2009 shows a print page of the undated photo of the missing Belgian [...]

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Activities to mark International Francophone Day

March 17, 2009
Activities to mark International Francophone Day

LookAtVietnam – International Francophone Day 2009 will take place from March 20 to 31 in Hanoi, HCMC and Danang with the support of the Wallonie-BruxeIles Mission in Vietnam. The event is a series of activities including seminars, music shows, concerts, exhibitions Belgian singer Gibus. (Photo: ND)A seminar “Innovating French,” in Hanoi on March 21-22, in [...]

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Overseas Vietnamese helps to upgrade family health service

March 16, 2009
Overseas Vietnamese helps to upgrade family health service

LookAtVietnam – With the help of woman doctor Bui Kim Hai, a Belgian of Vietnamese origin, many programmes focusing on public health in Vietnam have been sponsored by the Belgian government and free check-ups provided by US doctors in Ho Chi Minh City and other localities.Born in Vinh Long province, Dr. Hai left Vietnam for [...]

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Seminar fosters Vietnam-EU economic cooperation

March 12, 2009
Seminar fosters Vietnam-EU economic cooperation

A seminar on Vietnam-European Union trade and economic relations was held in Hanoi on Mar. 11 to help domestic and European companies to find business partners and create long-term cooperative ties. The seminar is part of a Mar. 10-13 visit to Vietnam by a delegation of businesspeople representing 60 companies from Belgium, Denmark, Greece and [...]

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Fortis shareholders reject dismantling of group

February 12, 2009
Fortis shareholders reject dismantling of group

Fortis shareholders rejected on Wednesday the deals that Fortis reached last year with the Belgian government, the Dutch government and French bank BNP Paribas which were meant to rescue the ailing Dutch-Belgian financial services group. Philippe Bodson (2nd L) and Jan-Michiel Hessels (R), members of the board of directors of Fortis Holding, attend the shareholders [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...