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	Prime Minister of Vietnam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Prime Minister of Vietnam is the head of the executive branch of the Vietnamese government.
		The Prime Minister presides over the Vietnamese cabinet, and is responsible for appointing and supervising ministers.
		The Prime Minister is appointed by the President from among the members of the National Assembly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Vietnam (144 words)

	MWC - Vietnam Prime Minister Issues New Statement Regarding Protestants
		Under the new directions, the Prime Minister said they should be "guided to practice their religion at home," and also permitted to acquire a place in their village to meet when needed.
		Vietnam observers attribute the Prime Minister's order, as well as the recent prison release of several high profile religious freedom and human rights activists, to international advocacy.
		Vietnam is hoping to enter the World Trade Organization by the end of 2005, and needs the full support of these nations for entry.
	www.mwc-cmm.org /News/MWC/050214rls1.html (562 words)

	Vietnam prime minister launches U.S. tour - Boston.com - Asia - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The first visit to America by a prime minister from Vietnam in 30 years was greeted by demonstrators shouting "Down with communists!" and calling for an end to political and religious persecution in Vietnam.
		SEATTLE --The first visit to America by a prime minister from Vietnam in 30 years was greeted by demonstrators shouting "Down with communists!" and calling for an end to political and religious persecution in Vietnam.
		Prime Minister Phan Van Khai is hoping to strengthen ties with Washington during his weeklong U.S. tour, particularly as Vietnam tries to gain admittance to the World Trade Organization.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2005/06/20/vietnam_prime_minister_launches_us_tour (555 words)

	USATODAY.com - Vietnamese prime minister to visit United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam's prime minister announced on Thursday that he plans to become the communist country's highest-ranking leader to visit the United States since the Vietnam War ended 30 years ago.
		The government also has a president and prime minister who are both members of the elite Politburo, which decides all of the major policies for the country.
		Vietnam has recently released a handful of dissidents from jail but continues to detain and harass those who refuse to worship in Communist-approved churches.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-05-05-vietnam-us_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA (756 words)

	Bush talks trade with Vietnam's Prime Minister
		Bush also thanked Vietnam for helping to account for the Americans still missing from the Vietnam War and for their efforts to return the remains of fallen soldiers to their families back home.
		Vietnam is also actively integrating itself into the world economy, and wishes to be a friend and reliable partner of all countries in the international community.
		President's strong support for Vietnam's early WTO accession, and we agreed that Vietnam's accession will be in the benefits of both countries and we agree to continue with our bilateral negotiations with the aim of concluding those very soon.
	www.finfacts.ie /irelandbusinessnews/publish/article_10002318.shtml (1357 words)

	Russian prime minister arrives in Vietnam to promote ties
		Vietnam's official media said the countries were expected to sign on Wednesday an agreement on a $100 million credit Russia has offered for two hydropower plants.
		Vietnam's defence minister said this month it would be completed in May, while Russia's ITAR-TASS quoted a senior defence ministry official in Moscow as saying on Monday it would be completed on July 1.
		Vietnam has said it will not lease the base to any other country, but could offer its use for rescue missions and some services, including ship repairs.
	perso.wanadoo.fr /patrick.guenin/cantho/vnnews/prime.htm (550 words)

	Vietnam
		Vietnam is a country with rich natural resources and a well educated (literacy rate is over 90%), diligent population of 80.4 million.
		Vietnam's economy has weathered the global economic slowdown of 2001 better than most other Asian economies, largely due to the fact that it is less integrated into the world economy and less vulnerable to declines in demand for its exports.
		The delegation had the opportunity to meet with Deputy Prime Minister, H.E. Vu Khoan (top picture, center), Minister of Trade, H.E. Truong Dinh Tuyen, Minister of Planning and Investment, H.E. Vo Hong Phuc (bottom picture, 1st from left), Ambassador Raymond Burghardt, members of the National Assembly, members of the WTO negotiating team, amongst others.
	www.us-asean.org /vietnam.asp (1430 words)

	Prime Minister of Canada: Prime Minister of Vietnam to visit Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Prime Minister Paul Martin today announced that the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Phan Van Khai, will visit Canada from June 25 to 30, 2005.
		Prime Minister Khai is also scheduled to travel to Quebec City and Toronto, where he will meet with representatives from the federal and provincial governments, business leaders, and members of the Vietnamese-Canadian community.
		Vietnam is an important partner in multilateral forums, including Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
	pm.gc.ca /eng/news.asp?id=522 (243 words)

	The Seattle Times: Local News: Protests staged during Vietnam prime minister's visit
		SEATTLE — Throngs of demonstrators rallied downtown today in protest of the first visit to the U.S. by a Vietnamese prime minister since the war's end 30 years ago.
		Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's Northwest stop kicked off his weeklong U.S. tour to promote trade and strengthen diplomatic ties.
		The rally was also to remember those who died attempting to flee Vietnam, said Vuong, who immigrated to the U.S. in 1981 after escaping the country in a boat.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2002341276_webprotest19.html (597 words)

	Vietnam’s prime minister to visit U.S. - World News - MSNBC.com
		Prime Minister of Vietnam Phan Van Khai inspects an honor guard upon his arrival at Parliament House, in Canberra, Australia, on Thursday.
		Prime Minister Phan Van Khai said arrangements were being made for him to visit Washington in June.
		Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung was in Washington in 2001 for a ceremony for the landmark bilateral trade agreement between the U.S. and Vietnam.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/7741120 (556 words)

	ABC News: Vietnam's Prime Minister, Bill Gates Meet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		REDMOND, Wash. Jun 20, 2005 — Vietnam's prime minister met with Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates on Monday as part of a weeklong visit to the United States, the first by a Vietnamese leader since the end of the war 30 years ago.
		Prime Minister Phan Van Khai met privately with Gates at the software company's Redmond headquarters.
		Khai, 71, is hoping to strengthen ties with the United States during his U.S. tour, particularly as Vietnam tries to gain admittance to the World Trade Organization.
	abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=865064 (401 words)

	T Mbeki: Toast in honour of Prime Minister of Vietnam - speech04/04112508151003.txt
		It was this resilience that ensured that the Vietnamese were able to defend their country from the invasion by two of the most powerful global forces of the day, France and the USA.
		Prime Minister, we were greatly moved by the sacrifices that Vietnam made to secure its liberation and unity, and did what we could to act in solidarity with heroic Vietnam.
		It is also very inspiring to see that Vietnam is at the forefront of South-South Co-operation and, together with the Food and Agricultural Organisation, you have provided agricultural expertise to many African and other developing countries.
	www.info.gov.za /search97cgi/s97_cgi?action=View&VdkVgwKey=%2E%2E%2Fdata%2Fspeech04%2F04112508151003%2Etxt&DocOffset=5&DocsFound=4466&Collection=speech04&SortField=TDEDate&SortOrder=desc&ViewTemplate=gov%2Fdocview%2Ehts (864 words)

	Vietnam Prime Minister Phan Van Khai holds talks with Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang in Hanoi on the situation of the ...
		Vietnam Prime Minister Phan Van Khai holds talks with Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang in Hanoi on the situation of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam
		For the first time in unified Vietnam, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has met the leader of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang in Hanoi to talk about the situation of the UBCV.
		“The fact that a Prime Minister holds talks with a prisoner of conscience who has spent 21 years in detention, and is still under effective house arrest is a significant event.
	www.queme.net /eng/print.php?numb=93 (619 words)

	WVA News: Vietnam Prime Minister Launches U.S. Tour - - The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		SEATTLE (AP) - The first visit to America by a prime minister from Vietnam in 30 years was greeted by demonstrators shouting "Down with communists!" and calling for an end to political and religious persecution in Vietnam.
		Khai, 71, arrived Sunday morning and stopped first at Boeing Co.'s plant in Renton, south of Seattle, to oversee the purchase of four 787 airliners by Vietnam Airlines.
		He planned today to tour the headquarters of Microsoft Corp., which has an office in Vietnam, and was scheduled to visit President Bush on Tuesday.
	www.oweb.com /news/story/0620202005_new04.asp (401 words)

	Box: Interview with Vietnam's Prime Minister Phan Van Khai
		So the experience and lessons from China are useful for Vietnam, including policies to attract foreign investment, tap internal resources better, develop the private sector, and improve the competitiveness and efficiency of state-owned enterprises.
		Vietnam needs to identify the products where we have the best advantage.
		Party members in Vietnam are still allowed to run their own business, but I don’t think up to the same extent as capitalists.
	www.worldbank.org /html/prddr/trans/aprmayjun03/boxpg35.htm (606 words)

	Closing Remark by H.E. Mr. Phan Van Khai, Prime Minister of Vietnam
		On behalf of the Government and people of Vietnam, I would like to express our sincere thanks to Your Majesty, the Sultan Of Brunei Darussalam, Your Excellencies, ASEAN Heads of State/Government for your valuable assistance and effective cooperation, which have greatly contributed to the success of the Summit.
		I would also like to assure our close brotherly Brunei Darussalam that Vietnam will do her utmost to contribute to the preparations of the next Summit to be held in Bandar Seri Begawan.
		Our Summit's success can also be attributed, in an important way, to the great efforts of the Ministers, distinguished senior officials of member countries, the Secretary-General of ASEAN, and the conference supporting staff, including translators, interpreters, and technicians.
	www.aseansec.org /8882.htm (799 words)

	Prime minister says Vietnam to study China model
		HANOI - Vietnam Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has said his country can learn from administrative reform in China.
		Khai added that Vietnam's state and communist party apparatus was inefficient and needed to be reformed.
		The Vietnam communist party, like its Chinese counterpart, has been grappling with mounting rural unrest and discontent.
	perso.wanadoo.fr /patrick.guenin/cantho/vnnews/model.htm (241 words)

	US-Vietnam Trade Council
		There will be opportunities for potential investors and concerned business people to meet and talk with leaders of the central and City government, and learn about 120 investment projects calling for FDI in four key areas: technical infrastructure and industries, real estate, hi-techs and service.
		This year’s goal of a Prime Minister visit to the United States, Vietnam acceding to the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the attaining of Permanent Normal Trade (PNTR) status from the United States will mark the completion of a long journey both nations have embarked on to normalize bilateral economic relations.
		WTO membership will bring Vietnam into the global trading community while ensuring that U.S. and other investors operate in a transparent, predictable and non-discriminatory environment.
	www.usvtc.org (673 words)

	Emigres protest Vietnam prime minister's visit to United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Nguyen, 59, said he was born in North Vietnam and fled with his family to the south when he was nine years old.
		Nguyen, who left Vietnam when he was 4 years old, said he always makes certain the American music he brings into Vietnam would not be mistaken as anti-government.
		The prime minister, who leaves Vietnam on Sunday, also is expected to boost his country's bid to join the World Trade Organization.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/06/18/state/n135352D64.DTL (522 words)

	[Chinh Luan] NZ prime minister arrives in Vietnam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		New Zealand's ambassador to Vietnam, Malcolm McGoun, says there are no specific issues to negotiate and the visit is about reaffirming what is already a good relationship with Vietnam.
		The last visit to Vietnam by a New Zealand prime minister was made by Jim Bolger in 1995.
		On Friday, Prime Minister Clark will witness the formal signing of a bilateral Air Services Agreement, which was initialled in February this year after 10 years of negotiations.
	www.vietpage.com /archive_news/politics/2003/Oct/16/0068.html (323 words)

	Radio Australia - News - Vietnam's prime minister leaves for historic US visit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Vietnam's Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has left Hanoi for a landmark trip to the United States.
		Mr Khai is to meet President George W. Bush at the White House on Tuesday, becoming the first Vietnamese head of government to meet a US leader since the Vietnam War ended in 1975.
		Issues likely to come up in the talks are the after-effects of Agent Orange, the defoliant used by the US during the war, and international concerns about Vietnam's human rights record.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/news/stories/s1395488.htm (287 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Vietnam reappoints prime minister
		Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has been reappointed to a second five-year term by the country's national assembly.
		Prime Minister Khai was reported to have received more than 90% of the vote from the 498 members of the assembly, a day after President Tran Duc Long was also approved for another term.
		He is a member of the country's leadership triumvirate of president, prime minister and Communist Party general secretary.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/2150842.stm (325 words)

	komo news \| Protests Staged For Vietnam Prime Minister's Visit
		Throngs of demonstrators rallied downtown Sunday in protest of the first visit to the U.S. by a Vietnamese prime minister since the war's end 30 years ago.
		SEATTLE - Phan Van Khai, the first Vietnamese prime minister to visit the United States in 30 years, called on Vietnamese emigres to help strengthen ties between the two countries as he launched a weeklong U.S. tour aimed at boosting relations with Washington.
		Sunday's visit came 30 years after U.S. forces pulled out of Vietnam and marked the 10th anniversary of efforts to normalize relations between the two countries.
	www.komotv.com /stories/37516.htm (1036 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Vietnam prime minister embarks on U.S. tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		SEATTLE Phan Van Khai, the first Vietnamese prime minister to visit the United States since the end of the war 30 years ago, called on Vietnamese emigres to help strengthen ties between the two countries as he began a weeklong tour aimed at improving relations with Washington.
		Robert Tran of the Vietnam Association of Tacoma/Pierce County leads a chant during a protest in Seattle Sunday.
		Today, he is to visit the Redmond campus of Microsoft, which has an office in Vietnam.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600142766,00.html (536 words)

	EX- Australian Prime Minister Recants On Vietnam War Commitment
		FORMER prime minister Malcolm Fraser, who served as defence minister during the Vietnam War, has recanted on Australia's commitment to the conflict 35 years later.
		His re-assessment of the Vietnam War is made in the ABC television series 100 Years, The Australian Story, which begins screening on Wednesday.
		Mr Fraser served as both army minister and defence minister during the war.
	www.country-liberal-party.com /pages/interpret_p18.htm (322 words)

	Radio Australia - News - Burma's prime minister visits Vietnam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Burma's Prime Minister, Lieutenant General Soe Win, has received a ceremonial welcome in Vietnam's capital, Hanoi.
		General Soe Win, who is in Hanoi at the invitation of Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, is on a swing through Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, amid concerns over Rangoon's role in the ASEAN regional grouping.
		Vietnam's official Nhan Dan daily says as member countries of ASEAN, Burma and Vietnam defend the principles of non-interference in the internal affairs of states within the grouping.
	www.abc.gov.au /ra/news/stories/s1340925.htm (286 words)

	Prime Minister's Visit
		Prime Minister of Vietnam Phan Van Khai visits the McGovern Institute
		On June 25, 2005, the McGovern Institute, together with founders Patrick J. McGovern and Lore Harp McGovern, hosted a luncheon in honor of the Prime Minister of Vietnam, Phan Van Khai.
		Prime Minister Khai made his visit to MIT during a weeklong tour of the U.S. © 2003 - 2005 McGovern Institute
	web.mit.edu /mcgovern/html/Events_and_Seminars/prime_minister_visit.shtml?slot=0 (98 words)

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