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A Vietnamese
delegation led by Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh has paid a
four-day visit to the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations
and other UN agencies in
During their stay
from June 26-29, the delegation met with UN Assistant Secretary-General for
Peacekeeping Operations, Edmon Mulet, who spoke highly of
He said that
maintaining peace and stability on the earth is top priority task regulated
by the UN Charter and undertaken by 193 UN members.
Mulet introduced
his guests to the structural organization and operation of UN peace-keeping
missions and several missions in numerous countries that are responsible for
preventing conflicts, segregating combatants or restructuring areas where
conflicts have occurred.
He said he hopes
that a nation like
Vinh thanked the UN
for its positive evaluation of
He added that as an
active member,
Earlier, the
delegation made a fact-finding tour of the UN peacekeeping mission in South
Sudan and learned from the actual experience of missions from many countries
undertaking peacekeeping and restructuring work in
A Vietnamese
delegation led by Deputy Head of the Department of Propaganda and Training Vu
Ngoc Hoang has paid a four-day visit to
During their stay
in
Montesino briefed
the guest on the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC)’s close ties with social
organisations, such as the Federation of University Student (FEU), the
National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP), the Committees for the Defense
of the Revolution (CDR), and The National Association of Economists and
Accountants of Cuba (ANEC).
Hoang highlighted
The Vietnamese
delegation worked with the Habana Party Committee and visited the
International Press Centre, a monument to hero Jose Marti and some cultural
and tourism sites.
They also visited
Artemisa province where rice cultivation projects have got off the ground
well with the assistance of Vietnamese experts.
Poverty
innovators praised
One hundred and
nine outstanding organisations and individuals who have made a huge
contribution to
Amongst the guests
attending the event were President Truong Tan Sang and Deputy Prime Minister
Vu Van Ninh.
The ceremony was
just one of a number of activities celebrating the 65th anniversary of
President Ho Chi Minh's appeal to the nation to combat poverty and illiteracy
and fight off foreign invaders.
The participants
also reviewed the 10 years since a comprehensive strategy on growth and
poverty reduction was put into action and the 5 years after the Government
implemented a resolution to support fast and sustainable poverty reduction in
62 poor districts across the country.
As part of the
ceremony, the organising board presented gifts to several poor students who
had performed well in their studies in the Dong Van District of northern
mountainous province Ha Giang.
A delegation from
the HCM City Party Committee, led by Deputy Secretary Nguyen Van Dua, paid a
working visit to
The Vietnamese
delegates worked with leaders of
Trevor Fowler, a
senior official of Johannesburg city, who is in charge of municipal
administrative affairs, welcomed their visit as a boost to the traditional
friendship between the two countries in general and the two sister cities in
particular.
Deputy Secretary
Nguyen Van Dua paid a courtesy visit to former South African President Nelson
Madela, who is a great friend of
During their stay
in
Earlier, they
visited
Leading
legislator visits
A delegation from
During his stay,
Luu held talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart and paid a courtesy visit to
the Chair of the National Assembly as well as meeting with the Foreign
Minister.
The delegation also
went on a fact finding tour of the State Oil Company of
During the talks,
Azerbaijani leaders
said they believed that
Luu thanked
Both also agreed to
step up joint working between the two legislative bodies by exchanging
delegations and co-ordinating closely at international forums.
Vietnam-Czech
Friendship Association elects new executive board
The Vietnam-Czech
Friendship Association (VCFA) elected a new 53-member executive board for the
2013-2018 term at its third congress in
Deputy Minister of
Information and Communications Nguyen Minh Hong was appointed as VCFA
President
The VCFA has more
than 2,000 members who are former students, post-graduates, workers, and
diplomats who worked and studied in the
Vice President of
the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Don Tuan Phong
acknowledged the VCFA’s efforts during the previous term and agreed with its
tasks for the next term, which will focus on consolidating current
partnerships and expanding the organisation’s network of friends and
partners.
The association
should also diversify its activities and promote cooperative relations in
economics, trade, culture, education, and the arts, as well as poverty
reduction, tourism and social affairs, Phong said.
Czech Ambassador to
Newly appointed
president Hong reviewed the VCFA’s activities in the past term with a focus
on fostering people-to-people exchanges and consolidating the traditional
friendship.
The website
hoivietsec.org.vn provides information about the socio-economic situation in
both countries as well as the Vietnamese community in the
On the occasion,
VUFO also presented insignias for peace and friendship among nations and
certificates of merit to the VCFA and a number of associated individuals and
organisations.
Customs in
pact with
The agreement,
which was signed in
Speaking at the
signing ceremony, Vietnamese Department of Customs General Director Nguyen
Ngoc Tuc underlined the significance of the agreement in fostering customs
co-operation between
"The agreement
is an important milestone in co-operation between the two countries and will
benefit both sides," he said.
Hong Kong is now a
territory of transit for many of
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