A performance is held for IPU-132 delegates in the capital. — VNA Photo US House Minority Leader

US House Minority Leader

HA NOI — Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has called for the US to continue its support in dealing with the consequences of war, especially Agent Orange victims, bomb and mine clearance, and sharing information on Vietnamese soldiers and officers missing in action. Continue reading Global gathering helps to forge parliamentary ties →

by cogitASIA Staff • March 16, 2015

By Phuong Nguyen

The revelation on March 11 that Washington expressed concern to Hanoi about Russia’s use of Cam Ranh Bay to assist its bomber flights in the Asia Pacific has again prompted a debate on the role of the port in quickly-warming U.S.-Vietnam defense ties. It became clear that Washington feels uncomfortable about the role Russia still occupies in Vietnam, an increasingly important U.S. partner in Southeast Asia, when Commander of the U.S. Army Pacific General Vincent Brooks confirmed that Russian planes circling Guam recently were refueled by tankers at Cam Ranh Bay. Continue reading What Should the United States Do about Cam Ranh Bay and Russia’s Place in Vietnam? →

Politburo member and Minister of Public Security General Tran Dai Quang meetis with the US State Department’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asia and the Pacific, Scot Marciel, in Washington D.C. on Sunday. — VNA/VNS Photo Quang Hoa

HA NOI (VNS) — Viet Nam welcomes the intensified co-operation between the US and the Asia-Pacific, including Viet Nam, on the principle of respecting the United Nations Charter, international law, and countries’ political institution, independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. Continue reading Viet Nam says US support welcome in Asia-Pacific →

Fertilisers packed for export to Laos. More than 95 per cent of goods traded between Viet Nam and Laos will enjoy zero tariffs under a new agreement. — VNA/VNS Photo Danh Lam

VIENTIANE (VNS) — Tariffs are scheduled to be eliminated on more than 95 per cent of goods between Viet Nam and Laos.

A document to this effect was signed by Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and his Lao counterpart Khemmani Pholsena on March 3 in Vientiane, Laos. It replaces the 1998 trade agreement. Continue reading Viet Nam, Laos okay zero tariffs on most traded goods →

President Truong Tan Sang yesterday praised a visit to Ha Noi by the President of Sakai city’s Japan-Viet Nam Friendship Association, Kato Hitoshi.. — VNA/VNS Photo Nguyen Khang

HA NOI (VNS) — President Truong Tan Sang yesterday praised a visit to Ha Noi by the President of Sakai city’s Japan-Viet Nam Friendship Association, Kato Hitoshi..

Sang praised Kato’s efforts in helping Viet Nam raise the effectiveness of ocean tuna catching in Binh Dinh province.

Kato said Japan’s International Co-operation Agency was developing a special technical support programme for Vietnamese fishermen and proposed a number of initiatives to boost economic, cultural, and training co-operation between the two countries. — VNS