Posts Tagged ‘ Foreign Minister ’

Vietnam, Laos agree to complete border demarcation by 2012 

November 26, 2011
Vietnam, Laos agree to complete border demarcation by 2012 

  Vietnam and Laos agreed to complete border demarcation by the end of 2012 at a Thursday meeting of their joint committee on border marking. The fourth meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Joint Committee on Border Marker Planting was held in the Laos capital Vientiane from November 22 to 24. The countries have planted 489 markers at 622 [...]

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Vietnam, UK issue communiqué on first strategic dialogue 

November 5, 2011
Vietnam, UK issue communiqué on first strategic dialogue 

Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son (L) shakes hands with the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister of State Jeremy Browne on Oct 26, 2011. Vietnam and the UK found agreement on several regional and international issues that they discussed during their first strategic dialogue in London. A joint communiqué was issued following completion of [...]

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Floods exact heavy toll in Vietnam 

October 22, 2011
Floods exact heavy toll in Vietnam 

  A photo taken on October 18 shows houses submerged by flood waters in Tan Hoa District, Quang Binh Province Devastating floods in Vietnam’s central and southern regions have killed at least 59 people and forced thousands of people to flee their homes, the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control reported Wednesday. Seasonal flooding [...]

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Russia recognizes Libya rebels as world leaders meet 

September 1, 2011
Russia recognizes Libya rebels as world leaders meet 

Libyan rebels rest on the outskirts of the village of Umm Qandil east of Sirte. Russia on Thursday officially recognized Libya’s rebels as the governing authority in the country, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "The Russian Federation recognizes Libya’s National Transitional Council as the ruling authority and notes its reform program that includes [...]

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Vietnam, Germany ink $315 mln loan deals 

June 6, 2011
Vietnam, Germany ink $315 mln loan deals 

Representatives of German bank group, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (L) and Vietnam's Ministry of Finance signed loaning agreements with PM Nguyen Tan Dung and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwellle in the background. Vietnam and Germany Saturday signed two loaning agreements worth US$315 million  for two projects.   The agreements were signed at a meeting between Vietnam’s Prime Minister [...]

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NATO strikes Tripoli after Zuma ends peace mission 

May 31, 2011
NATO strikes Tripoli after Zuma ends peace mission 

South African army soldiers patrol at Matiga military airport in Tripoli, as part of a security delegation accompanying South African President Jacob Zuma, who held talks on ending the conflict in Libya. NATO pounded Libya’s capital on Tuesday, only hours after South Africa’s president left following talks that produced only a commitment to a peace [...]

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German foreign minister to visit Vietnam 

May 28, 2011
German foreign minister to visit Vietnam 

  German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle left Berlin on Saturday on an eight-day trip to the Mideast and Asia, with a stopover in Vietnam, to boost Berlin’s political and economic ties in the region. On what is the minister’s longest foreign tour to date, Westerwelle will be visiting Oman, India, Australia, New Zealand and Vietnam [...]

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Russian PM Putin to visit Vietnam 

April 26, 2011
Russian PM Putin to visit Vietnam 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (right) shakes hands with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister A. Borodavkin in Hanoi April 25. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has planned to visit Vietnam this July, according to a meeting in Hanoi Monday. Vietnam and Russia should make good preparations for the visit, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said during [...]

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Libya rebels plead for help; Kadhafi son defiant 

April 20, 2011
Libya rebels plead for help; Kadhafi son defiant 

Libyan rebels are pictured with the former flag of the north African nation alongside the French national flag close to the strategic rebel-held town of Ajdabiya. A rebel official in Libya’s besieged city of Misrata pleaded for Britain and France to send troops to help fight Moamer Kadhafi’s forces, while a son of the strongman [...]

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Education a priority in bilateral relations: Australian FM 

April 16, 2011
Education a priority in bilateral relations: Australian FM 

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kevin Rudd, talks with a child at the Ho Chi Minh City Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Center on Wednesday (April 13) Australia has pledged to continue supporting Vietnam in higher education, which is among the key priorities in bilateral relations between the two countries, Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said Wednesday. [...]

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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...