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News

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 10:22
Vietnam launched second satellite

Vietnam ’s second satellite, the VINASAT-2, was successfully sent into orbit from Kourou in Guyana , South America, at 5:13 am on May 16 ( Vietnam time).

Monday, May 14, 2012 - 11:26
Vietnam-US Aviation Working Group

The first meeting of the Vietnam-US Aviation Cooperation Working Group was held in Hanoi on May 9.

Friday, May 11, 2012 - 09:58
ESCAP: Vietnam to grow at 5.8 percent in 2012
The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has forecast the Vietnamese economy will grow at a rate of 5.8 percent in 2012 and the country’s inflation rate is likely to fall back to single digit by the second half of the year. 
 

Embassy Activities

2nd Vietnam Forum held in Washington DC

The Vietnamese Embassy in the US and the Forum on Southeast Asia jointly held the second Vietnam Forum in the US on May 10.

Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Cuong visits Minnesota and Wisconsin

Apr 12-16 - Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Cuong visited the State of Minnesota and Wisconsin with stop in Twin Cities, La Crosse and Madison.

Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Cuong paid tribute to Doctor Judith Ladinsky

A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in the US, led by Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Cuong, paid tribute to Doctor Judith Ladinsky (June, 1938 – January, 2012) in Madison City in the state of Wisconsin.