Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

The Secretary General of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nong Duc Manh will visit Australia from September 6 to 9 at the invitation of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to discuss upgrading bilateral relations to that of a “comprehensive partnership”.

Vietnam will open a consulate in the US city of Houston not later than September, the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s new spokeswoman, Nguyen Phuong Nga, told the media at a regular press conference on August 20.

Vietnam has found Brazil to be a good and trusted friend for cooperation in all fields and especially for learning about development, stressed State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

A Russian expedition team will plant Vietnam’s national flag at the North Pole and record images confirming the time and coordinate, according to the Vietnamese embassy in Moscow.

Vietnam’s embassy in Italy officially inaugurate its consulate office in the city of Turin on March 20.

China invaded Vietnam 30 years ago this week, but the event will not be officially marked by Beijing, which refuses to acknowledge the war -making life even harder for veterans who are haunted by it.

LANG SON - The tall black tablets at the Lang Son cemetery list hundreds of dead Vietnamese soldiers. Next to some names are the words "chong Phap" or "chong My" - "fighting France" or "fighting America" - indicating how they died.

A bomb exploded at a Cambodia-Vietnam friendship monument in Phnom Penh on Sunday, forcing the evacuation of a public park where two other devices were found and defused, police said.

HANOI - Vietnam and China have completed the demarcation of their long-disputed land border in what they hailed as an event of "great historic significance" 30 years after their brief but bloody border war, state media reported Thursday.

Hanoi - India and Vietnam today decided to take their strategic partnership to new heights as Presidents of both the nations discussed wide range of issues of mutual interests here.

Vietnam's president and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez hailed their leftist ties ahead of signing accords here Thursday, during the first visit by a head of state from the communist nation.

Vietnam and Cambodia Tuesday agreed to lift their friendship to new heights in the years to come.

Vietnam wishes to further strengthen the multi-faceted cooperation with East Timor for the benefits of the two countries’ people. The statement was made by Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Huu Dung after presenting credentials to East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta on October 16.

HANOI — Vietnam's prime minister starts a two-day official visit to Australia on Monday, aimed at boosting economic ties in the year the former enemies celebrate 35 years of diplomatic relations.