AMBASSADORS' COMMENTS

On the afternoon of January 21, in Ha Noi, PM Nguyen Tan Dung welcomed Panamanian Ambassador Servio Sammodio and Bangladeshi Ambassador Shahab Ullah, who are newly-appointed in Viet Nam.

Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga has delivered a speech at the UN Security Council (UNSC) open debate on comprehensive development to ensure international peace and security.

This year, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the normalization of relations between Vietnam and the United States. This still-young relationship was significantly strengthened, broadened and deepened by the Comprehensive Partnership jointly declared by President Sang and President Obama in July 2013.

The Party, the Government and the people of Vietnam are wholly committed to lifting the country’s comprehensive strategic partnership with China to a new high, considering it a top and consistent long-term priority, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to China Nguyen Van Tho.

On January 14, PM Nguyen Tan Dung received newly-appointed Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Viet Nam Dakhil Al Johani and stressed that the Vietnamese Government supports long-term investments in Viet Nam by businesses from Saudi Arabia.

On the afternoon of January 13, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received British Ambassador Giles Lever to assume his new task in Vietnam.

Algerian Ambassador to Vietnam Cherif Chikhi has been conferred a Friendship Order for his contribution to strengthening the traditional ties of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.

On January 8, President Truong Tan Sang receives Algerian Ambassador to Vietnam Cherif Chikhi who came to say good bye before ending his term in Vietnam.

On the afternoon of January 7, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received new US Ambassador Theodore Osius to be on the duty in Vietnam.

The Myanmar Embassy in Hanoi recently hosted a banquet at the Melia Hotel to commemorate the 67th anniversary of Myanmar’s Independence Day (1948-2015).

Vietnam Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to make the development of the Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership central to its foreign policy strategy for decades to come.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung extols close ties of the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Denmark at a December 30 reception for Danish Ambassador John Nielsen in Hanoi.

On the afternoon of December 29, State President Truong Tan Sang welcomed the newly-accredited Ambassadors from Bangladesh, Greece and Saudi Arabia to present their credentials.

On 22 September, 2014, at the headquarter of Hanoi People’s Committee, Hanoi People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen The Thao had a meeting with Mr. Giles Lever – Her Majesty’s Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Vietnam on the occasion of receiving the new working terms.

Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Yuri Ushakov has affirmed his nation is sanguine of the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership.

French Ambassador to Vietnam Jean-Noel Poirier awarded the Order of Academic Palms – a prestigious title of France in higher education to two Vietnamese experts on October 23 in Hanoi.

Vietnam-Germany relations have been strengthened in all areas after the visit of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to the Federal Republic of Germany in 2008.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the Republic of Moldova - Mr. Nguyen Minh Tri had the credentials to the President of the Republic of Moldova, Nicolae Timofti.

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Capital’s Liberation (October 10, 1954 – 2014) and 45th anniversary of Vietnam Sweden diplomatic relations, Swedish Ambassador Camilla Mellander gave an interview to Economic and Urban Newspaper.

Contributed 12.6% of GDP, 8-10% of exports, 25-26% of capital development, 20.6% of national budget, the Capital`s economy deserves the first position and is driving force of economic development in the North and plays an important role for the country`s economy.