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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will pay an official visit to Vietnam this year, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Vietnam-Russia relations, revealed the Russian Ambassador. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.  Though the two sides have not set a date, the Russian ambassador told VietNamNet that 2010 is the right time to organize...

PM Nguyen Tan Dung on January 28 delivered a speech at the World Economic Forum’s Plenary Session on Reshaping the Global Governance in Davos, Switzerlands. Below is the speech in full. PM Nguyen Tan Dung speaks at the WEF on January 28 (photo: government’s website).I would like to share with you my thoughts on reshaping...

This year the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) will compile new regulations on telecom charges in which operators may be permitted to “dump” charges at certain levels.  To ensure equality in mobile charge competition, MoIC and the Finance Ministry will draft rules for telecom charge calculation, under which...

Quang Ngai has inaugurated the Hoang Sa – Truong Sa (Paracel – Spratly islands) memorial to commemorate soldiers of the Hoang Sa flotilla under the Nguyen Dynasty.  Quang Ngai Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Director, Dr. Nguyen Dang Vu, revealed that Quang Ngai has invested 14 billion dong (over $800,000) to build...

The Vietnamese beauty continues to move into the next round of the “Face of the Year” selection on the famous website on beauty pageants, Global Beauties.  The top 15 faces are chosen by a jury of over 30 members, but Huong Giang took the lead already in the number of reader votes, accounting for 66 percent, compared to 7%...

Mathematician Ngo Bao Chau, who was recently praised as making the most important scientific discovery of 2009 by The Time, has agreed to become a lecturer at Chicago University, USA.  According to the Newswise, the Vietnamese mathematician accepted the appointment on January 25. He will become a professor of maths at the American university...

The football tournament celebrating the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi will run from September 20 to October 2 in Hanoi, Danang and HCM City.  Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh has agreed with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) on this plan. Accordingly, the organizing board will invite nine teams...

The ancient turtle suddenly rose to the surface of the Hoan Kiem Lake at 4pm on January 26. Photographer Truong Anh Duc shares his pictures.            VietNamNet/VNE 

VnnNews – In the latest in our “Discover our Vietnamese Congressmen” series, VietNamNet talked with congress deputy Duong Trung Quoc, who is also a historian.< /> Insider view of National Assembly Duong Trung Quoc was born on June 2 1947 in Ben Tre province. He graduated from the History Faculty of the Hanoi University...

VnnNews – Though DAV has prohibited pharmaceuticals producers and drugstores to raise prices, consumers’ medicine costs have been quietly escalating. The latest survey conducted from December 20, 2009 to January 20, 2010 by the Vietnam Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Association (VPMA) showed that 32 foreign-made medicines out of 5,760...