Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

Vietnam deputy prime minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has ordered better labour policies because strikes continue to occur, with 2011 recording twice the number compared to the previous year.

Here under are Vietnam’s top ten events in 2011 selected by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA):

A delegation of top leaders of the Party, State, Government, National Assembly and Vietnam Fatherland Front laid a wreath at the mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi, commemorating the 66th anniversary of Vietnam’s August Revolution and National Day - September 2.

The prime minister of Vietnam Nguyen Tan Dung has proposed to retain his cabinet structure for the 2011-16 term at the 13th National Assembly on Monday.

Vietnam needs accelerated thinking on reform in various areas.

HANOI—Vietnamese lawmakers approved Truong Tan Sang as the next president Monday, as the communist country moves to cement its leadership for the next five years at a time of major economic challenges.

The Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung was officially inaugurated on June 27, 2006. He has proved his capability to lead the country and overcome many difficulties to ensure social security and the stability of Vietnamese people’s income be maintained and to develop Vietnam to a new high level, despite the fact that Vietnam has been facing many difficulties and is still poor ― a country undergoing many wars.

Vietnam’s National Assembly opens today after a series of actions last year that suggest the top legislative body is growing more assertive and willing to criticize the government.

The French News Agency AFP has widely covered the elections in Vietnam. In an article, it quoted the Head of the United Nations mission in the country, John Hendra, as saying that the Vietnamese National Assembly was performing its better role in ensuring the government’s responsibility.

The Vietnamese government on Monday said no cabinet members have been punished for mistakes relating to a 4.6-billion-dollar debt racked up by state-owned Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin).

Successful rebellions are inherently unpredictable. The middle-class revolt that recently toppled the Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali regime in Tunisia can only be explained in retrospect; hardly anyone, apparently, saw it coming.

Vietnam's ruling communists have elected as their new leader a "soft" figure whose power is expected to be eclipsed by the prime minister's, party sources said Tuesday.

HANOI - Vietnam's ruling communists Wednesday wrapped up a secretive five-yearly congress with the prime minister apparently fending off a leadership challenge as the party cements its absolute hold on power.

General Secretary of the Vietnam Communist Party Nong Duc Manh said on Wednesday in Hanoi that while high growth would be pursued in the 2011-2020 period, the country will attend more to the quality of growth.

Ho Chi Minh City - Activists use blogs and social networking sites to highlight human rights abuses and corruption