Extracts. Vietnam wants to boost ties with Germany: Party leader The Vietnamese Party, State and people want to strengthen comprehensive co-operation with the Federal Republic of Germany, in the interests of the two peoples, and for peace, co-operation and development in the world. This was affirmed by Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu during a reception in Hanoi on October 5 extended to the visiting German minister of economic co-operation and development, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul. Minister Wieczorek-Zeul affirmed the German government's stance of attaching importance to friendship and co-operation in economy, culture, science-technology and education-training with Vietnam. She also expressed her pleasure at visiting Vietnam for the first time and at witnessing the Vietnamese people's achievements recorded in the renovation process initiated and led by the Communist Party of Vietnam. She conveyed best regards from the leaders of the German government and the Social Democratic Party to General Secretary Le Kha Phieu and other Vietnamese Party and State leaders. The minister also said she wished Vietnam greater success, first of all, in overcoming the flood aftermath in the Mekong delta. The same day, the German minister was received by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Manh Cam. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Hanoi Trade Fair 2000 was opened in Hanoi on October 5 with the participation of National Assembly Chairman Nong Duc Manh. After a Thang Long festival drum playing performance, Mr Hoang Van Nghien, Chairman of the municipal People�s Committee, gave the opening speech, highlighting that the Hanoi Trade Fair 2000 is held on a large scale to celebrate the 990th anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi. The organising board uses larger areas to present the development history of the capital through the display of products of traditional handicraft villages in Hanoi, a master plan for the city until 2020, �1010-2010 Thang Long - Hanoi� Webpage and 17 first sets of Hanoi Encyclopaedias. On the same day, the General Department of Post Office, in co-ordination with the Hanoi People�s Committee, the Ministry of Culture and Information and General Department of Post and Telecommunications, held a stamp exhibition entitled �Vietnam Postal Service Stamp 2000� at the Vietnam Fair and Exhibition Centre. National Assembly Chairman Nong Duc Manh, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Manh Cam and Chairman of the Hanoi People�s Committee Hoang Van Nghien attended the exhibition and wrote in the visitors� book. The management board of Hanoi historical-cultural sites started the restoration and maintenance work of the Ngu Trieu temple in the Co Loa historical-cultural site in Dong Anh district, Hanoi on October 5. The Hanoi People�s Committee held a new school-year opening ceremony and fixed a �Welcome 990-Year-Old Hanoi� plaque to the October 10 Children Sports School in Ba Dinh district on October 5. Thua Thien - Hue province is holding a painting and photo exhibition on Thang Long � Hanoi, a poem night on Hanoi, Hanoi song performances and launched a drive to mobilise Hue pupils and students to join a contest on learning about 990 years of Thang Long - Hanoi. Binh Duong province is holding a cultural week to mark the 990th anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi until October 8, including song performances, martial art, movies and a seminar on the history of Thang Long - Hanoi. Kim Nguu river by night. Hanoi presented a certificate of commendation and fixed a 990-year-old Hanoi plaque yesterday to the site to improve the Kim Nguu River undertaken by the Hanoi Transport and Civil Engineering Service. Hanoi National Economics University held a scientific seminar on October 4 on the economic development of Hanoi in the 2001-2010 period. Nearly 400 young volunteers and students planted trees at the Yen So Lake�s Park in Thanh Tri district in Hanoi on October 5 in response to the 990th celebration of Thang Long - Hanoi. The Vietnam Garment and Textile Corporation and the Hanoi People�s Committee jointly held a Vietnamese fashion show, featuring 990 models of fashion by designers nationwide. Also on the occasion, the Nha Be Garment Company and the Hanoi Textile Hanoi have opened fashion shops at 1, 3 and 5 Dinh Tien Hoang street, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Vietnam-Ukraine co-operation commission meets The fifth meeting of the Vietnam-Ukraine Inter-governmental Commission for Economic, Commercial, Scientific and Technological Co-operation opened in Hanoi on October 5. The Vietnamese and Ukrainian delegations to the session reviewed the implementation of agreements reached at the previous session and discussed measures to boost co-operation between the two countries in trade, ship-building, machinery manufacturing, tourism, public health, agriculture, banking, energy, and science and technology transfer. Also on this occasion, entrepreneurs from the two countries will exchange experience and inquire into possibilities for further co-operation in the near future. _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
