The two countries agree to double bilateral trade revenue to 5 billion USD next year and encourage more investment activities in border areas, particularly within the development triangle.

International donors have pledged nearly 7.4 billion USD in official development assistance to Vietnam in 2012. The commitments were made at the Consultative Group Meeting in Hanoi on Tuesday. At the closing ceremony, Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh said that this is a very positive result amid

The 17th Conference of the Parties, COP 17 to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change began its high-level segment in South Africa on Tuesday. The Vietnamese delegation, led by Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha participated in bilateral and multilateral discussions with members of the UNFCCC.

A seminar entitled “Volunteering for Peace and Development” took place on Monday in Hanoi as part of activities to mark the International Volunteer Day which falls on December 5th. Delegates to the event heard the UN report on international volunteer activities in 2011, a report reviewing the Vietnam’s Youth Union’s

Activities to mark the International Day of Persons with disabilities were held in Hanoi today. Nguyen Huy Ban, Secretary General of the Vietnam Association for People with Disabilities calls for support for people with disabilities to integrate into the community. “We will cooperative with relevant ministries and agencies to raise people’s awareness about the need to assist people with disabilities. The disabled people also need to strive forward in their lives,” he said. Vietnam now has around 6.7 million people with disabilities. On the occasion, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon rele

The EuroCham’s 2012 White Book summarizes the key issues affecting the business climate for European businesses in Vietnam.

Delegates emphasized that it is time for GMS nations to restructure the economy by promoting the role of nature in order to achieve steady growth and improve the livelihood of nearly 400 million people in the region.

The Head of the General Office for Population and Family Planning highlighted Vietnam’s progress over the last 5 decades in changing the population structure, improving the average life expectancy and controlling the fast population growth. Mr. Duong Quoc Trong said that the average number of children per household in Vietnam dropped remarkably, from six in 1960 to two in 2009.

Participants said that Vietnam’s external, defense and security relations with regional countries, particularly with China, Laos and Cambodia are based on the principles of equality, long-term cooperation and mutual benefit.

The campaign “For a Hanoi with no new HIV carriers” has been launched in response to National Month of Action on HIV/AIDS Prevention. This year’s action month, which marks World AIDS Day (December 1), aims to achieve 3 goals: no new HIV carriers, no discrimination and no death of HIV/AIDS. To this end, HIV/AIDS prevention will continue to be integrated in the fight against drug use and prostitution with the participation of the entire society including social and religious organizations, businesses and people living with HIV/AIDS. Vice Secretary General of the Vietnam Red Cross Society, Phu