Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has emphasised the need to create solidarity and a high consensus among the entire Party, army and the people to accomplish the country’s socio-economic tasks set for 2010.

The Vietnam-Laos Rubber Joint Stock Company broke ground for a rubber latex processing plant in Champasak province on March 10.

(CPV)- A international scientific conference to share Vietnam-United Kingdom experiences on defamation law was held today (March 10) in Hanoi with the support of the Hanoi – based British Embassy.

The film “Choi voi” (Adrift) , directed by Bui Thac Chuyen, has won the Bronze Taiga at the 8th international film festival in Khanty-Mansiysk city, Russia.

(CPV)- The Australian Embassy to Hanoi is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the 2011 Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) Scholarships.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Nguyen Phu Binh has presented a friendship medal to Director of Japan’s Vietnam Economic Research Institute Kubota Teruyoshi for his active contributions to developing friendly cooperation between the two countries.

Together with 408 travel agents from 24 countries, Vietnam took part in the annual International tourist 2010 in Tallin, Estonia’s capital during the middle of February.

(CPV)- While Asia and the Pacific can take pride in the region’s vibrant economic transformation in recent decades, this has not always translated into progress on gender equality.

The success of businesswomen takes into account the happiness of their families and the success of their children.

Vietnam ranked 12th in attracting foreign directed investment (FDI) in a recent report of A.T. Kearney. Top 10 FDI destinations in the survey belonged to newly-emerging economies with China taking the lead.