Present the inauguration ceremony were Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh, Vietnamese ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Cuong, Permanent Representative of the Vietnam Mission to the UN in New York Le Hoai Trung, Overseas Vietnamese (OV) representatives in the US and American friends. This is the third consulate office of its kind set up in the US, after the first two headquartered in San Francisco city, California and Huston city, Texas, to promote business cooperation between Vietnamese and American partners apart from granting, extending and renewing visas for Vietnamese citizens in the northeastern part of the United States. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese Consulate opened in New York
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State President arrives in New York for official visit to the US
Mr Triet emphasized the significance of his visit while meeting with officials and staff of the permanent mission of Vietnam to the UN and representatives of the overseas Vietnamese community in New York on June 18. Mr Triet said due to different historical circumstances, approximately three million Vietnamese nationals are residing in nearly 100 countries and territories, of whom half are in the US. Most Vietnamese nationals have integrated well into their resident countries and many have become successful businesspeople and scientists to make positive contributions to the homeland. After briefing them on Vietnam’s achievements in recent years, Mr Triet said some overseas Vietnamese who once opposed Vietnam due to their misunderstanding of Party and State policies and inadequate information about the country have changed their minds. He cited Nguyen Cao Ky, Vice President of the former Saigon regime as an example and expressed his hope that other overseas Vietnamese will … [Read more...] about State President arrives in New York for official visit to the US
US travel site urges tourists to explore Vietnam
A piece by Canadian writer Lewis Kelly published on New York-based travel site thrillist.com names Vietnam as one of the destinations to visit “before it’s too popular” and provides a list of must-see sites in the country.It is potentially the perfect bucket list for first-timers to Vietnam, and includes the world famous Ha Long Bay, Hoi An, royal tombs and temples in Hue, Ho Chi Minh City’s Notre Dame Cathedral and Hanoi’s Old Quarter, Sa Pa in the northern highlands, and the Ban Gioc Waterfall on the Chinese border.The country’s tourism industry earned 400 trillion VND (17.6 billion USD) in 2016.With visa waiver policies for several large markets in Asia and Europe, the industry hopes to welcome 17-20 million foreign visitors and make 35 billion USD per year by 2020, contributing 10 percent to the country’s GDP compared to the current 7.5 percent.- … [Read more...] about US travel site urges tourists to explore Vietnam
Vietnam elected to WIPO’s Programme & Budget Committee
VN signs visa exemption agreement with Estonia Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and his Estonian counterpart Urmas Paet signed an agreement to give visa exemptions to diplomatic passport holders on Friday in New York. The new policy, which makes it easier for diplomats to move between the two countries, represents a step forward in bilateral ties. The same day, Minh met with his counterparts from Djibouti and Papua New Guinea to seek progress in bilateral ties as well as support for Viet Nam's candidacy for the United Nations Human Right Council in 2014-2016. Vietnam, South Africa intensify judicial cooperation A delegation of the National Assembly Committee for Legal Affairs paid a working visit to South Africa from September 22-27 to seek cooperation opportunities between the two countries in the judicial sector. In Pretoria, the Vietnamese delegation, led by Committee Chairman Nguyen Van Hien, held a working session with Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional … [Read more...] about Vietnam elected to WIPO’s Programme & Budget Committee
US’s actor takes up cudgels on behalf of Vietnam’s AO victims
Richard "Dick" Hughes is an American actor who gained worldwide fame for forming a gang of Saigon street boys during the war in Vietnam and living with them. Wartime Vietnam first impacted on the consciousness of the Pittsburgh-born actor when he was working at the Theater Company of Boston, a year after his graduation from Boston University Graduate School of Drama in 1967. As a conscientious objector, Hughes borrowed money from friends and traveled to Saigon under a press visa. While there, he helped to found the Dispatch News Service, which later became known for distributing the exclusive story on the My Lai massacre. In 1968, Hughes set up Shoeshine Boys hostels after being touched by a conversation with a street boy. The project sheltered and fed 1,500 youngsters in Saigon and Da Nang, mainly boys but also some girls, some of them handicapped. “I arrived in Saigon expecting to do something meaningful for people here, but I didn’t do enough," he says in an interview … [Read more...] about US’s actor takes up cudgels on behalf of Vietnam’s AO victims