Politics
-- Cooperation between Vietnamese military-run mobile company Viettel and the Information Department of the Mozambique Defence Ministry is driving wider cooperation between the two sides, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Major-General Phan Van Giang made the remarks at a reception for Brigadier General Antino Philippe Andres, head of the Mozambique Information Department, on his working visit to Vietnam on December 5.
-- Japan will always value the strategic partnership with Vietnam and continue assisting the country during its industrialisation and modernization, Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki made the statement at a meeting with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on December 5.
--Vietnam is concerned with the recent announcement from the Republic People’s Democratic of Korea (DPRK)’s Committee for Space Technology to launch the Kwanmyongsong-3 satellite, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi has said.
Society
-- The Vietnam Expressways Corporation Wednesday apologized to local authorities and residents for its tardy repairing on the damaged parts of the Cau Gie – Ninh Binh expressway, adding all of the faults have been fixed.
-- Vietnam’s Nosco Victory vessel Wednesday announced that they had rescued 40 people onboard of the Bangladesh’s Nayou ship when it was sinking en route to Malaysia.
-- Vietnam will reach a 90 million population next year, the General Office for Population Family Planning said in its Wednesday report.
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