VNA Government Office staff should be vanguard in administrative reform: PM The staff of the Government Office must be the vanguard in administrative reform and the fight against bureaucracy, embezzlement and corruption, said Prime Minister Phan Van Khai in a meeting to mark the 56th traditional day of the Government Office (August 28). The prime minister further told the meeting, held in Hanoi on August 28, that the office staff should continuously improve their political awareness and professional qualification and carry out their assignment in scientific ways. The Government Office is required to have a contingent of qualified employees, ethically and professionally, to co-ordinate with pertinent agencies to fulfill assignments as well as successfully carry out government resolutions, Mr Khai noted. After praising the endeavours made by the staff of the office over the past 56 years, Prime Minister Khai pointed out that the Government Office must be responsible for successfully carrying out tasks and requirements of the national renovation. Speaking at the meeting, Minister and Director of the Government Office Doan Manh Giao said generations of staff of the Government Office have been tirelessly striving to effectively serve the government and the prime minister in directing activities of the entire country over the past 56 years. The Government Office has exerted great efforts in aiding the government to promulgate and implement the Working Regulation of the government, taking part in drafting government and prime ministerial reports, proposing and organising the implementation of administrative reform solutions. He went on to say that the Government Office is a leading agency in applying information technology advances in handling daily assignments. The office has recently promoted the publication of official gazettes and raised the efficiency of administrative, management and logistic activities to provide better services to government leaders. President Tran Duc Luong, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, former advisor to the Party Central Committee Do Muoi and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Pham The Duyet were prominent among those present at the meeting. Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Van An, former Party General Secretary Le Kha Phieu and former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet sent flowers to the meeting. (VNA) **** Deputy PM meets Lao government's delegationDeputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem has expressed his hope for the Vietnamese and Lao Governments' Special Working Groups' continued co-operation in searching for the remains of Vietnamese soldiers who died while serving in Laos. Deputy Prime Minister Khiem was speaking in Hanoi on August 28, to Deputy Defence Minister Lieutenant General Khamphouang Chanthaphomma, who is leading a delegation from the Lao Government's Special Working Group for a working visit to Vietnam from August 27-31. He thanked the Lao Party, State, and people for their assistance in the search for the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Laos. He spoke highly of the results of co-operation between the Vietnamese and Lao Governments' Special Working Groups over the past six years. Lieutenant General Khamphouang, who is also a member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee, and head of the General Politics Department, informed his host of the results of talks between the two working groups. He expressed his deep gratitude on behalf of the Lao Party, State, and people for the sacrifices made by Vietnamese soldiers and experts in Laos. Earlier, delegations of the two Working Groups reviewed their co-operation over the recent past and agreed upon measures to be taken in future searches for the remains of those Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who perished in Laos. The Vietnamese delegation was led by Deputy Defence Minister Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Rinh. The Lao delegation was also received by Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Pham Van Tra. (VNA) **** Books on President Ho Chi Minh published The National Politics Publishing House has published books on beloved President Ho Chi Minh including 'Stories about Uncle Ho - Road Sections of Long War of Resistance,' 'Uncle Ho in Tan Trao' and 'President Ho Chi Minh with the National Assembly and People's Council.' This is to mark the 56th anniversaries of the August Revolution and National Day, September 2. The 'Stories about Uncle Ho - Road Sections of Long War of Resistance' book, told by Mr Vu Ky (secretary of Uncle Ho) and written by Huyen Tim and Tu Nen, is about life, career and revolutionary activities of Uncle Ho from August 1945 to 1948. The stories are arranged according to the time such as August 1945 in Hanoi; Working days after the Declaration of Independence; Spring in 1946; 1946 - the year of precarious situation; First days of long war of resistance; First Lunar New Year holidays of the resistance war; Days to mark the founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam; Itinerary from One-Roof Pagoda to Viet Bac; Continuing road sections of the long resistance war; and Aspirations of Uncle Ho when the nation is reunified. The 'Uncle Ho in Tan Trao' book includes reminiscences on Uncle Ho by leaders, generals, cadres and people who lived and worked beside Uncle Ho during the days President Ho Chi Minh and the Party Central Committee made preparations for the general uprising. **** Cultural exchange marks National Day The Centre for Traditional Education and History and the Vietnam Television jointly organised a journey called 'Return to the Origin with Uncle Ho' and traditional cultural exchange, 'Songs from the Country's Origin'. More than 200 village elderly people and representatives of revolutionary families from ten provinces joined the journey. They planned to pay tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum, visit several agencies, historical and revolutionary relics in Hanoi and Ha Tay northern province and join the traditional cultural exchange in Hanoi Youth Cultural and Sports Palace from August 28 to September 1. This is to mark the 56th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day (September 2). **** Australian naval ships visit HCM CityThree ships of the Australian Royal Navy on August 28 concluded their four-day visit to Ho Chi Minh City. The 563 captains and crewmen from the Warramunga, Canberra, and Manoora ships paid floral tributes to President Ho Chi Minh at his monument, paid courtesy calls to the municipal People's Committee and the Command of the Seventh Military Zone, and met with senior officers from the Vietnam People's Army Naval Command. They also visited some cultural and historic sites in Ho Chi Minh City and neighbouring provinces, and took part in friendly sports matches with troops from Vietnam's border patrol. (VNA) **** Sweden helps strengthen law training An agreement between Vietnam and Sweden on strengthening the capacity of law training in Vietnam in the 2001-2004 period was signed in Hanoi on August 28. Signatories were Deputy Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong and Mr Per Lundell, counsellor of Co-operation Development of the Swedish Embassy in Hanoi. Under the project, the Hanoi Law College, the Ho Chi Minh City Law College and the Law Faculty of the Lund University of Sweden will effectively implement the training programme and teaching method at the bachelor, master and doctor degree levels, improve professional knowledge for lecturers, enhance the information system and expand international co-operation. **** Seminar on opportunities for business co-operationA seminar on commercial policy and markets of Vietnam and other countries in the region ' Opportunities for Co-operation among co-operatives' was held in Hanoi on August 28. The seminar, organised by the Vietnam Co-operatives Alliance and the International Co-operatives Alliance, was attended by representatives of co-operative organisations from 41 of the 61 provinces and cities across Vietnam. The seminar was also attended by representatives from China, Iran, Australia, Thailand, and the Philippines. Speakers informed the participants of the latest information on Vietnam's commercial policy as well as the status of the country's domestic and regional markets. They proposed measures to promote commercial and investment co-operation and create opportunities for Vietnamese co-operatives to co-operate with co-operative organisations of regional countries. The seminar helped the Vietnam Co-operatives Alliance promote information exchange with co-operative organisations and small and medium-sized enterprises in other countries, enabling Vietnamese co-operatives and businesses to join the regional co-operatives' system for selling products. (VNA) _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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