Digital technology in the form of emails, blogs and social network sites such as Facebook and Twitter means traditional broadcasters in Asia are facing new challenges, a conference in Ha Noi heard yesterday. Broadcasters attending the two-day 8th Asia Media Summit, themed “Digital media everywhere: repositioning broadcasting”, discussed hot issues facing the broadcasting sector such…

Vietnamese and Lao labour and social welfare officials gathered in the northern Lao province of Xieng Khouang yesterday for the second Viet Nam-Laos ministerial meeting on labour co-operation. The meeting was an opportunity for both sides to share their experiences since the first meeting in the Vietnamese central city of Da Nang in 2009, said…

The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry has staunchly opposed the recent action of Chinese marine surveillance vessels in cutting the exploration cables of a PetroVietnam ship that was conducting seismic surveys at Lot 148 within Viet Nam’s continental shelf. A ministry official confirmed that, while the PetroVietnam ship, Binh Minh 02, was conducting seismic surveys at the…

Foreign and domestic reporters have travelled to the northwestern province of Dien Bien to inquire into reports of alleged social unrest in the province’s border district of Muong Nhe that appeared in the foreign media earlier this month. During a two-day visit on May 26-27, reporters from AFP, Reuters, Kyodo News, NHK, Xinhua and several…

The main focus in the first session of the 13th National Assembly will be personnel selection. This will be key to the success of following sessions, Party General Secretary cum National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong said. Trong made the statement yesterday while chairing a meeting of the NA Standing Committee in which deputies discussed…

National security is closely linked to that of the region and world, and Viet Nam stands ready to be a trustworthy friend and partner to countries in the international community, said the Minister of National Defence, Gen Phung Quang Thanh, at the Shangri-La Dialogue here on Sunday. Viet Nam would work to further promote confidence-building…

Truong Tan Sang, permanent member of the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee, met with Sisavath Keobounphanh, chairman of the Lao Front for National Construction, in Laos yesterday. Sang expressed his delight at witnessing the renovation of Laos, congratulated the country on the success of the 9th Congress of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and…

Vietnam Law – The first session of the 13th National Assembly closed in Hanoi on August 6 after nearly half a month of sitting. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, State President Truong Tan Sang, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Huynh…

Law Firm – ASEAN has become an important and indispensable factor in maintaining peace, stability, development, dialogue, cooperation and connectivity within East Asian and Asia-Pacific regions. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung made the above comment during a speech delivered on the occasion of the 44th founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations…

Vietnam Law Firm – President Truong Tan Sang told voters in the District 4 in HCM City that success in the fight against corruption, embezzlement and wastage depended on the impeccable behaviour of officials at all levels. He said the government was planning to review the existing anti-corruption law to respond to new requirements. “The…