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Vietnam, Japan pledge to strengthen bilateral tiesPrime Minister Phan Van
Khai on June 6 expressed his expectation that Vietnam and Japan would soon
sign an Agreement on Investment Encouragement and Protection.
Mr Khai was talking with his Japanese counterpart, Junichiro Koizumi, in
Tokyo, Japan, prior to the 'Future of Asia' Conference scheduled for June
7-8.
Mr Khai will deliver a speech on Vietnam's economic development and future
contribution to the region at the conference.
Having appreciated Japan's pivotal role in keeping peace and stability in
the region and the world as a whole, Prime Minister Khai reaffirmed
Vietnam's policy to constantly strengthen and develop a long-term and
mutual-confidence partnership with Japan.
He described Japan's economic and financial assistance, especially Official
Development Assistance, ODA, to Vietnam as of high efficiency, and expressed
a hope that the two countries would reach an agreement on investment
encouragement and protection soon so as to boost trade ties.
In return, Mr Koizumi affirmed the importance he attaches to strong
relations with Vietnam. He went on to say that Japan would constantly
develop co-operative ties, both bilateral and multilateral, with Vietnam,
and continue its assistance to the country's renewal process through its ODA
and co-operation in information technology and other fields.
The two government leaders focused their talks on measures to bring their
co-operative ties to a new plane in the 21st century, thus, as they
stressed, matching the two countries' great potential and meeting the
interests of the two nations.
Mr Khai and Mr Koizumi also vowed to contribute more to peace, stability,
co-operation, and development in the Asia-Pacific region and the world as a
whole.
PM Khai invited his Japanese counterpart to pay an official visit to
Vietnam. The invitation was accepted with pleasure.
Japan is Vietnam's biggest ODA donor, which has recently decided to provide
Vietnam with more than US $600 million for the 2000 fiscal year, bringing
the total of its ODA loans to Vietnam up to US $5.8 billion so far. It is
also Vietnam's most important trade partner as its import value of US $2
billion made up 18 % of Vietnam's export turnover in 1999. (VNA)
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FM spokesman: outsider's interference unacceptable
The spokesman of the Foreign Ministry Le Sy Vuong Ha, on June 6, described
any outsider's interference in Vietnam's internal affairs as unacceptable.
This was in reference to a recent US statement of concern about Dang Phuc
Tue's probation.
"The treatment of Dang Phuc Tue under Vietnamese law by responsible agencies
is Vietnam's own affair. Any outsider's interference into Vietnam's internal
affairs is unacceptable," stressed the spokesman in reply to the Hanoi-based
AFP correspondent. (VNA)
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AIT Vietnam to be set up
The standing committee of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), has
approved the establishment of a branch in Vietnam, according to Professor
Nguyen Cong Thanh, director of the Vietnam-based AIT centre (AIT VN).
AIT VN, will have the same functions as AIT in Bangkok, Thailand, concerning
the right to open branches. The establishment has also received approvals
from the Vietnamese Prime Minister and Ministry of Education and Training.
It is planned that AIT VN will announce the setting up of its headquarter,
at 21 Le Thanh Tong, Hanoi, this month and open the first branch in district
3, Ho Chi Minh City.
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Certificates of commendation awarded to seven environmentalists
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on June 4 in Hanoi,
presented certificates of commendation to seven members of the National
Steering Committee, a sponsoring programme for small projects of the Global
Environmental Fund in recognition of their voluntary contributions to
environmental protection and community development.
Honourees are the president of the Vietnam Natural and Environmental
Protection Association, Professor Le Quy, the head of the Hydrometeorology
Institute, Professor and Doctor Nguyen Trong Hieu, Doctor Nguyen Dac Hy from
the Environment Department, the head of the Ecological Economy Institute,
Doctor Nguyen Van Truong, the deputy head of the Energy Institute, Doctor
Pham Khanh Toan, official of the World Wild Fund, Nguyen Thi Yen and Vietnam
UNDP official Tran Nguyen Anh.
This is on the occasion of the International Year for Volunteers and World
Environment Day (June 5).
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Russian television shows film on Vietnam
The Russian State Television, RTR, showed a 40-minute reportage entitled
'Golden Dragon Dances' on the night of June 5, reported a Vietnam News
Agency correspondent in Russia.
The report is of typical communities in Vietnam, filmed by Gaponov, who came
to Vietnam in March during the visit by Russian President, Vladimir Putin.
The author travelled across Vietnam, from Hanoi through the central
provinces, Ho Chi Minh City, Ba Ria - Vung Tau and Can Tho, to film images
of the country and people of Vietnam. He also filmed some scenes of Russians
living among their Vietnamese friends.
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