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Vietnam, China agree to boost ties 

December 25, 2011
Vietnam, China agree to boost ties 

China’s Vice President Xi Jinping (L) is greeted by Vietnam’s Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan (R) and Party’s Senior Politburo member Le Hong Anh (C) upon his arrival at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi December 21. Vietnam and China agreed to comprehensively boost strategic cooperation during Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to Hanoi [...]

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Poor infrastructure bane of Vietnamese tourism 

December 9, 2011
Poor infrastructure bane of Vietnamese tourism 

  There are many factors responsible for this, but the key reasons are: poor infrastructure, poor tourism promotion; and weak cooperation between travel agents and service providers. These combine to make tour prices in Vietnam less competitive than those in other countries, Nguyen Cong Hoan, vice director of travel agent Hanoi Redtour, told Thanh Nien [...]

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Vietnam, Thailand agree to boost rice export cooperation 

December 2, 2011
Vietnam, Thailand agree to boost rice export cooperation 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (L) receives his Thai counterpart Yingluck Shinawatra in Hanoi on Nov 30, 2011. Photo: Tuoi Tre. The prime ministers of Vietnam and Thailand agreed Wednesday to boost cooperation in potential areas like agriculture, seafood farming, human resource development and rice export. Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra visited Vietnam on Wednesday afternoon [...]

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Italian firms keen on Vietnam 

November 26, 2011
Italian firms keen on Vietnam 

  A worker assembles a new Piaggio at a factory inside the Binh Xuyen Industrial Park in Vinh Phuc Province. Italian group Piaggio inaugurated the vespa factory in 2009. Italy, besides improving cultural cooperation with Vietnam, is seeking ways to boost economic ties with the country. Italian companies are interested in sectors like leather, footwear, [...]

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Russia to lend Vietnam $9 billion for first nuclear plant 

November 25, 2011
Russia to lend Vietnam $9 billion for first nuclear plant 

  Russia agreed to lend Vietnam as much as $9 billion to fund the construction of the Southeast Asian nation’s first nuclear power plant as the countries deepen their economic ties. “The total loan value will be between $8 billion and $9 billion, depending on prices of materials at the time we start construction,” Phan [...]

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Vietnam, China agree to solve sea issue with peaceful talks 

November 15, 2011
Vietnam, China agree to solve sea issue with peaceful talks 

President Truong Tan Sang (L) shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Nov 12, 2011. Vietnamese and Chinese leaders agreed at a meeting on Saturday that the East Sea territorial disputes will be solved through peaceful talks. Vietnam’s President Truong Tan Sang and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao met in Honolulu, Hawaii, [...]

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Vietnam president hails US as strategic partner 

November 13, 2011
Vietnam president hails US as strategic partner 

President Truong Tan Sang (L) meets with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Hawaii on Nov. 10, 2011. Vietnam always attaches importance to relations with the United States as a leading strategic partner, President Truong Tan Sang said Thursday during his meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Honolulu, Hawaii. Sang is in Honolulu [...]

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Vietnam agrees atomic power ties with S. Korea 

November 11, 2011
Vietnam agrees atomic power ties with S. Korea 

  South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak (right) ushers his Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang during a ceremony in Seoul. AFP Vietnam agreed on Tuesday to seek greater nuclear energy cooperation with South Korea, opening the way for its participation in the development of an atomic power plants in energy-hungry Vietnam. The agreement was reached during [...]

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Japan loans $1.2 billion to Vietnam 

November 6, 2011
Japan loans $1.2 billion to Vietnam 

Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (L) meets the Emperor of Japan Akihito (R) in Tokyo Wednesday. Vietnam signed a US$1.2 billion loan agreement with Japan on Wednesday in the witness of Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, who was on his visit to Japan, according to the government website. The loan will cover Vietnam’s [...]

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Vietnamese president wraps up successful Philippines visit 

November 2, 2011
Vietnamese president wraps up successful Philippines visit 

Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (L) is welcomed by his Philippin counterpart Benigno Aquino when he arrives Manila on October 26. Vietnam’s president wrapped up his three day visit to the Philippines on October 28 with several agreements inked and promising more cooperation in economy, defense and marine research. President Truong Tan Sang visited the Philippines [...]

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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...