President Truong Tan Sang has stressed the need to accelerate reforms, renovate growth models and facilitate economic restructuring to increase the competitiveness of the economy, boost rapid and sustainable development.

President Truong Tan Sang said draft amendments to the Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code must reflect the principle of justice and equality while protecting the interests of the State and people.

 Japan is looking to further cooperation with Vietnam in the agriculture and fishery industries, said Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nishikawa Koya at a meeting with President Truong Tan Sang in Hanoi on January 21.

 President Truong Tan Sang will pay a State visit to Cambodia on December 23-24 at the invitation of Cambodian King Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni.

The Vietnam – Denmark Friendship Association (VDFA) and the Denmark Embassy in Vietnam hosted a ceremony celebrating 43 years of diplomatic relations between the two nations.

 President Truong Tan Sang met bilaterally with leaders of Chile, Peru, Brunei, Australia and Thailand on the margins of the 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Beijing, China on November 10.

Vietnam fully supports the measures required in order to fulfil the Bali commitments and Bogor goals, as well as the facilitation and liberalisation of trade and investment, President Truong Tan Sang stated.

President Truong Tan Sang had bilateral meetings with US President Barack Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on November 10 on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Beijing, China.

 President Truong Tan Sang on August 6 hosted a reception for outgoing US Ambassador David Shear who came to say goodbye before concluding his term in Vietnam.

 President Truong Tan Sang has emphasized Vietnam’s determination to realise the target of not being dependent on any country at a meeting with HCM City’s Fatherland Front Committee and voters in HCM City on June 26.

China's illegal placement of its oil rig in Vietnam's waters is raising world indignation. President Truong Tan Sang has quoted an ancient Vietnamese King's words as an indication that the nation will never ease up on the issue.

 Vietnam gives top priority to developing bilateral ties with Japan to bring mutual benefits and meet the two people’s expectations, President Truong Tan Sang has told Japanese Emperor Akihito in Tokyo on March 17.

 President Truong Tan Sang, his wife and delegation arrived at Tokyo-based Haneda airport on March 16 for a four-day State visit to Japan at the invitation of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Do Hong Son, the expelled student who sent an open handwritten letter to President Truong Tan Sang calling for the President’s help, has returned to school.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the afternoon of January 23 (the Kitchen God’s Festival), Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang and overseas Vietnamese released carb and birds at the Tran Quoc, the oldest pagoda in Hanoi.

President names 22 new ambassadors; RoK President reiterates strong ties with Vietnam; President hails diplomatic sector’s role in national defence; Vietnam, Chinese Parties target further cooperation

 Vietnam has become a pillar of India’s “Look East” policy, according to Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid.

 President Truong Tan Sang on August 14 received the newly-appointed Ambassadors of the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Argentina who came to present their credentials.

 VietNamNet would like to introduce an article by Mr. Murray Hiebert, Deputy Director of the Southeast Asia Program at the US-based Center for Strategic and International Studies about President Truong Tan Sang’s recent visit to the US.

The “Comprehensive Partnership” between Vietnam - U.S. is mainly an agreement describing step by step progress on a wide range of areas, commented Prof. Carl Thayer of the Center for Defense and Strategic Studies of Australia.