Vietnam and Finland set up diplomatic relations on January 25, 1973. Finnish President Sauli Niinisto. Source: finlandtoday.fi Vietnam is among Finland’s major partners in Asia and a bridge connecting Finland with other ASEAN members. The two countries have launched various exchange programs and training cooperation, and about 2,500 Vietnamese students are currently studying in Finland, the ambassador added. Finnish firms are paying heed to Vietnam’s market, especially in clean energy, environment, waste treatment, smart urban areas, information management and health care. In addition, he stressed that Finland will promote the implementation of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between Vietnam and the European Union (EU) and accelerate the signing and ratification of the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement, aiming to open new prospects in bilateral trade-investment cooperation. Source: VNA
On July 25, Truong Tan Sang was elected State President of Vietnam by the 13th National Assembly (NA) for the 2011-2016 term with 97.4 percent of the votes. Nguyen Tan Dung re-nominated as PM Deputy PM Hung elected NA Chairman In his speech after taking office, newly-elected Truong Tan Sang expressed his thanks for the NA's confidence, saying his new position is a great honour and a noble mission assigned by the Party, State and people. Despite facing many difficulties and challenges during the 12th term, Vietnam gained tremendous achievements under the Party leadership that helped the country shed its…... [read more]
Lebanese President Michel Aoun posing with the presidential medal at the presidential palace of Baabda, east of Beirut on October 31, 2016. — AFP/VNA Photo Viet Nam News BEIRUT — Lebanese lawmakers ended a two-year political vacuum Monday by electing as president ex-army chief Michel Aoun, who promised to protect the country from spillover from the war in neighbouring Syria. The deeply divided parliament took four rounds of voting to elect 81-year-old Aoun, whose supporters flooded streets across the country waving his party’s orange flag. "Lebanon is still treading through a minefield, but it has been spared the fires burning…... [read more]
Three months after taking over as head the Korean public broadcaster KBS, Mr Cho Dae-hyun has been unanimously elected with immediate effect, as President of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). The election of Mr Cho, two Vice Presidents and new members of the Administrative Council took place on the closing day of the General Assembly. Mr Cho is a career broadcaster and media executive, having first joined KBS as a TV producer in 1978 and has since held key positions including foreign correspondent in Tokyo, Executive Director of Culture & Information, Executive Managing Director of TV Division, Executive Vice President…... [read more]
President Truong Tan Sang on December 20 extended his congratulations to Park Geun-hye, who was elected the new President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in the Dec. 19 elections. The 60-year-old is the first female President of the RoK. Source: VNA... [read more]
Vietnam has recorded outstanding progress in exercising gender equality, said visiting Finnish President Tarja Halonen Friday. At a round-table talk on gender equality co-hosted with Deputy State President Nguyen Thi Doan in Hanoi, President Halonen expressed her delight that Vietnam had a higher rate of female National Assembly deputies than other regional countries. The visiting President said that 84 out of 200 Finnish Parliament members and 11 of its government's cabinet members were women. Vice President Doan told the Finnish President that Vietnamese women now represent around 49 percent of the country's workforce and play an important role in national…... [read more]
