Posts Tagged ‘ This October ’

Festering wound 

August 9, 2011
Festering wound 

  50 years after the US began spraying Agent Orange over Vietnam and 36 years after the end of the war, victims suffer as realpolitik considerations offer faint glimmers of hope Teacher Nguyen Ngoc Phuong (C), 31, an Agent Orange victim, walks among other victims during a lesson at a hospice in Vietnam’s Da Nang [...]

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German chancellor to visit Vietnam 

May 2, 2011
German chancellor to visit Vietnam 

German ChancellorAngela Merkel will visit Vietnam this October. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has accepted the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to visit Vietnam this October, according to the government’s website. The acceptance came during a teleconference Thursday during which Merkel said Germany strongly supports the cooperation between Vietnam and the European Union, especially [...]

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HCMC doubles promotion fund for tourism

July 14, 2009
HCMC doubles promotion fund for tourism

LookAtVietnam – The country’s travel hub of HCMC this year will spend around VND9 billion, or US$600,000, on tourism promotion activities, twice compared to the last year’s budget, an official said. The program will be first introduced to international visitors on the occasion of the international travel exhibition in HCMC this October. La Quoc Khanh, deputy [...]

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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...