Nguyen Minh Triet News

On November 14, Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet held bilateral talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and met with Microsoft chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie and Siemens AG CEO Peter Loscher.

The United States and China sparred over exchange rates at a meeting of Asia Pacific leaders on Sunday, pointing to tricky talks ahead for President Barack Obama when he flies to China to address economic tensions.

President Nguyen Minh Triet on November 14 attended the first Retreat Session of the 17th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Singapore, with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in the chair.

Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen will pay an official visit to Vietnam on November 15-17 at the invitation of PM Nguyen Tan Dung.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Singapore on Saturday for a two-day economic summit of Pacific Rim countries focusing on post-crisis development and stronger regional ties.

Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and President Nguyen Minh Triet yesterday called on residents to unite and uphold the tradition of solidarity which had played a key role in the country's development.

Learning from other countries' experiences is essential for Viet Nam's judicial reform, said President Nguyen Minh Triet at a reception for the delegates of a regional conference, which opened in HCM City yesterday.

Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and President Nguyen Minh Triet sent flowers and congratulatory messages to Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on the 56th anniversary of Cambodia's Independence Day.

President Nguyen Minh Triet and his wife will head for Singapore on Saturday for the 17th Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation meeting.

The Vietnam Construction and Import-Export Joint Stock Corporation should stay alert and continue upholding its tradition of a heroic unit in the future, said President Nguyen Minh Triet.

Andre Menras, president of the Friendship Association for the Development and Exchange of Pedagogy has been a close friend of Viet Nam since 1970 when he worked as a French volunteer teacher in Sai Gon.

Asian sports would catch up with other continents in the near future, President Nguyen Minh Triet told chairman of the Olympic Council of Asia, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, in Ha Noi yesterday.

Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh receives the Queen of Denmark yesterday on her official visit to Viet Nam.

A ceremony and fireworks marked the opening of the third Asian Indoor Games at the 40,000-seat My Dinh National Stadium in Ha Noi yesterday.

Danish Queen Margrethe II and her spouse, Prince Consort Henrik, arrived in Hanoi on November 1, beginning an official 9-day visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Nguyen Minh Triet.

Hanoi, Oct 31 As of today, athletes from 43 countries are attending the 3rd Asia Indoor Games to run in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Haiphong, Bac Ninh, Hai Duong and Quang Ninh provinces.

Viet Nam is keen on strengthening its co-operative relationship with Russia in which education and training are to take priority, President Nguyen Minh Triet has said.

Danish Queen Margrethe and members of the royal family are to pay a state-level visit to Viet Nam from November 2-6. The visit follows an invitation from President Nguyen Minh Triet.

President Nguyen Minh Triet meets soldiers from Air Force Regiment No 910 at Dong Tac Airport, Tuy Hoa City, in Phu Yen Province.

For his part, Rajapakse affirmed Sri Lanka's desire to foster co-operative ties with Vietnam.