President
Nguyen Minh Triet has welcomed Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed
Bin Talal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, and entrepreneurs
accompanying him on his current visit to Vietnam to promote
to bilateral relations. (Full story)
Nhan Dan -
Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh had working sessions
with the Party leaders of Quang Ninh, Thai Nguyen and Tuyen
Quang provinces from July 24-25 on preparations for the
local Party congresses.
Nhan
Dan – The nation, the people and Buddhists of Vietnam,
through many ups and downs of their history, are always of
one mind, joining efforts for national construction and
defence, and preserving peace, national independence and
unification, said Thich Thien Nhon, the Most Venerable and
Secretary General of the Executive Council of the Vietnam
Buddhist Sangha.
Nhan
Dan – To stabilise the domestic price of sugar, 100,000 more
tonnes of sugar will be imported from now until the end of
this year, bringing sugar import quota for 2010 to 150,000
tonnes.
Vietnam
welcomed around 410,000 foreign tourists in July, bringing
the total number of foreign visitors to the country in the
first seven months of the country to more than 2.9 million,
a year-on-year rise of almost 35%.
An
exhibition of 100 photos featuring the beauty of Vietnamese
women by photographer Van Tho will open at the Temple of
Literature in Hanoi on August 6.
Nhan
Dan – The 44th National Youth Table Tennis Tournament 2010-
the Thieu Nien Tien Phong (Young Pioneer) Newspaper Cup
opened on July 26 in Vinh Long province.