> NA continues questions and answers > > The National Assembly continued hearing explanations by the >minister and director of the government�s Commission for Ethnic Minorities and >Mountainous Areas, Hoang Duc Nghi, Minister of Justice Nguyen Dinh Loc and >Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Huy Ngo concerning the >questions raised by the NA deputies at the plenary meeting on November 30. > > The meeting, the 14th working day of the NA on-going session, was >chaired by NA Chairman Nong Duc Manh. > > Mr Hoang Duc Nghi gave explanations to the issues relating to the >combination of efforts to execute the programme to help communes of special >difficulties in mountainous areas (known as programme 135) and other >programmes; criteria for the grading of disadvantaged mountainous areas and >areas of ethnic minority people and the negative behaviour in the >implementation of policy on price and transport subsidy for goods to >mountainous areas and areas of ethnic minority people and measures to overcome >the existing problems. > > He also explained other issues concerning the reason to the >absence of report on the living conditions of the mountainous areas and of >ethnic minorities groups and implementation of investment projects to develop >economy, culture, education and health in areas of ethnic minority people and >disadvantaged remote and far-flung areas. > > Minister Nghi also answered questions raised by 12 deputies from >12 provinces and cities at the plenary meeting. > > Minister of Justice Nguyen Dinh Loc answered deputies' questions >on the implementation of the government�s resolutions on the law dissemination >and education among people and on the setting up of law bookcases at the >grassroots level and the responsibility of the Justice Ministry on the >management of organisation and personnel of the local People�s Courts. > > He also explained the reason for failing to carry out >satisfactorily the confiscation of assets in the serious corruption-related >cases of Minh Phung-EPCO and Tan Truong Sanh under the court�s decision and >the following solutions and the current procedures for marriages with >foreigners. > > Minister Loc also answered questions raised by nine deputies from >nine provinces and cities at the meeting hall. > > Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development gave explanations on >the evaluation of PAM (World Food Programme) project and the disbursement of >reforestation programme; the exceptional plans to allocate forest land in >advance for localities; the current destruction of forests; the activities of >forest rangers and the ministry�s viewpoint on the recent cases relating to >forest rangers. > > He also explained the actual situation of the dyke system in the >central region and measures to overcome riverbank erosion; the progress of the >implementation of the project of Ta Trach lake in Thua Thien - Hue province >and Cua Lat lake in Thanh Hoa province; solutions for earlier forecasting of >storms for each region; the implementation of a flood control programme in Cuu >Long (Mekong) river delta and concrete solutions for the stability of people�s >life in the delta. > > Ten deputies from ten provinces and cities asked Minister Ngo >about relevant issues. He noted these questions and promised to give the >answer in the next plenary meeting. > > The plenary meeting was broadcast live on the Vietnam Television >and Radio the Voice of Vietnam. > > The NA continues its hearing today. > **** > > 40th anniversary of Vietnam-Cuba diplomatic ties marked > > Hanoi�s Union of Friendship Organisations held a get-together on >November 30 to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the >Vietnam-Cuba diplomatic ties (December 2). > > Present at the meeting were Ms Truong My Hoa, member of the >Vietnam Communist Party Central Committee and National Assembly vice >chairwoman; Ms Tran Thi Thanh Thanh, Minister-Chairwoman of the Vietnam-Cuba >Friendship Association; Mr Vu Xuan Hong, acting chairman of the Vietnam Union >of Friendship Organisations and Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam, Fredesman Turro >Gonzalez. > > Vice National Assembly Chairwoman Truong My Hoa, who headed a >Vietnamese delegation to the �World Solidarity with Cuba� Meeting in Havana >from November 10-14, spoke highly of achievements of the meeting and >reaffirmed the Vietnamese people's solidarity and friendship with Cuba. > > She briefed on the Vietnamese delegation's activities in Cuba and >highlighted the Vietnam-Cuba solidarity and friendship, which she described as >an impetus for the development of socialism in the two countries. > > Cuban Ambassador Fredesman Turro Gonzalez praised the Vietnamese >delegation's contributions to the meeting and Vietnam's solidarity and >assistance to Cuba. > > Earlier a get-together was also held in Ho Chi Minh City on >November 28 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-Cuba diplomatic ties. > > Addressing the gathering, Ambassador Vu Hac Bong, director of the >Ho Chi Minh City External Relations Department, and Cuban Consul General >Miguel Angel Puentes spoke highly of the bilateral diplomatic relations >between Vietnam and Cuba which have given them great encouragement in their >national construction and defence as well as in the common struggle of the >world people for peace, national independence, democracy and social progress. **** > Vietnam inaugurates embassy in Switzerland > > Vietnam officially inaugurated its embassy in Berne, Switzerland, >on November 29 in the presence of the visiting Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen >Dinh Bin and Swiss Secretary of State F V Daniken. > The inauguration manifested Vietnam's policy to develop long-term >relations with Switzerland, particularly in economy, trade, culture, >investment, banking, finance and high technology, Deputy FM Bin said. He added >that the event also affirmed Vietnam's foreign policy of openness, >diversification and multilateralisation and showed Vietnam's high appreciation >of Switzerland's role and position. > > Swiss Secretary of State Daniken expressed his joy at Vietnam's >opening its embassy in Berne, describing it as a historical milestone and an >initial step in strengthening and developing bilateral relations. > > Deputy FM Bin paid an official working visit to Switzerland on >November 28 and 29. > > While there, the Vietnamese diplomat paid a courtesy visit to >Chief of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Joseph Deiss who said that >Switzerland has always considered Vietnam as a regional priority partner. > > Deputy FM Bin conveyed Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien's >invitation to J. Deiss to visit Vietnam. The Swiss diplomat accepted the >invitation with pleasure. He also invited FM Nien to visit Switzerland at a >convenient time. > > Deputy FM Bin had working sessions with Switzerland's relevant >agencies on ways to boost bilateral co-operation in the interest of the two >peoples. (VNA) _______________________________________________________ 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] _______________________________________________________
