President Nguyen Minh Triet of Vietnam

President Triet said he hoped to receive support and cooperation from the National Assembly, the entire people and overseas Vietnamese community, as well as regular coordination from agencies and organsations to fulfill the noble mission assigned by the National Assembly.

Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet says he is satisfied with his meeting Friday with President Bush at the White House, where the two leaders discussed human rights and economic ties.

President Triet said he and President Bush had what he called a "direct and open exchange of views" on human rights.

President Triet said the dissident priest was arrested for violating the law, not for religious reasons.

Entering the 20th century, the two countries enjoyed a period of cooperation in the fight of mankind against fascism.

E Nguyen Minh Triet is president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

congressman said, Since Triet was not elected in a free election, he shouldnt be called president.

Regis Resort where Vietnam President Nguyen Minh Triet is staying in Dana Point, Calif.

But during his trip, Triet has been criticized by senior US.

Although President Triet’s primary objectives in America included expanding business and trade opportunities with the US.

On Thursday President Triet met with Congressional leaders from both political parties on Capitol Hill.

Triet was accompanied by a delegation of more than 100 Vietnamese businessmen.

Bush, Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet said Friday that his country does not need to improve its human rights record.

It’s not a question of improving or not,” Triet said in an interview with The Associated Press, hours after meeting with Bush.

The Vietnamese laws could not be 100 percent the same as the United States laws, due to the different historical backgrounds and conditions,” Triet said through an interpreter.

Triet said Wednesday when a protester interrupted his meeting with business leaders in New York City.

Nguyen Minh Triet was re-elected as State President of Viet Nam with 98.

Before leaving Tokyo, President Triet met with the media at the Japan National Press Club.

Speaking about the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the two countries, President Triet said the agreement would be a basis for Viet Nam to implement its WTO commitments with Japan.

Also the same day, President Triet had an interview with Japan Broadcasting Corporation NHK.

Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet is scheduled to meet with President Bush at the White House today to discuss trade in a visit overshadowed by.

President Triet said he had an open and direct exchange of views with President Bush, especially on religion and human rights.

Triet is the first leader of his country to visit the White House since the end of the Vietnam War.

As dozens of protesters outside the White House waved flags, Triet said the two presidents had a "direct and open" conversation about human rights.

Our approach is that we would increase our dialogue so that we will have a better understanding of each other," Triet said through an interpreter.

Triet has attempted to keep the focus on vibrant trade ties between the United States and one of Asia's fastest-growing economies.

Triet is leading a delegation of more than 100 Vietnamese businessmen.

Triet said talk of the war was outdated.

Triet said Vietnam cherishes the friendship cultivated by generations of leaders of the two countries and is delighted at the continuous progress of friendly cooperative ties.

For a decade after his graduation, Mr Triet was an activist in southern Vietnam with the Communist party’s youth movement, an organisation that drummed up popular support for the communist resistance to the US-backed Saigon regime.

Charming, business-friendly and eager to project himself as responsive to the public, Mr Triet is one of the new generation of Vietnamese communist leaders who are trying to steer the country on a course of rapid economic growth and development, while ensuring that the party maintains tight control over the country’s political life.

In 1997, Mr Triet was moved to Ho Chi Minh City, the booming business capital, where he led a crackdown on a notorious local Mafia don, “Nam Cam,” or “Fifth Orange”, who ran brothels, gambling dens and other illegal businesses with the tacit tolerance of high-ranking government officials, including two members of the elite central committee, and lower-ranking police officers.

As president, Mr Triet is officially the head of state but the role is largely ceremonial, compared with the more powerful roles of the prime minister, and the secretary-general of the Communist party.

Yet, as part of Vietnam’s ruling “troika”, Mr Triet has ended up with at least one crucial portfolio – heading a committee overseeing reforms of the justice system, essential if Vietnam’s economy is to continue to progress.

Mr Triet has publicly rejected criticism of the crackdown, insisting that Hanoi respects human rights but must punish those who violate Vietnamese laws.

Nguyen Minh Triet is the President of Vietnam.

Though the position of president is a largely ceremonial one in Vietnam, Nguyen Minh Triet is widely seen as a reformer and has been an advocate of economic liberalization and a greater role in international organizations.

org, June 21, 2007 Nguyen Minh Triet is the first Vietnamese head of state to visit the US.

Triet has a reputation as a reformer and as an enthusiastic supporter of Vietnam's economic liberalization and integration into the world economy, while maintaining the Communist Party's absolute grip on political power in Vietnam.

Triet is unapologetic about the crackdown, saying Hanoi respects human rights but is obliged to punish those who violate Vietnam's laws.

All Things Considered, June 22, 2007 Nguyen Minh Triet is the first Vietnamese head of state to visit the White House since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.

Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet discusses the economic miracle unfolding in his country, freedom of opinion in a socialist system and Vietnam's relationship with Germany.

As president, Triet is the country's third-in-command, after the general secretary and the prime minister.

Vietnam, as a member of the international community, has been participating in concerted efforts to ensure and enforce human rights, President Nguyen Minh Triet said Wednesday.

Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet has decided to grant special amnesty for prisoners on the occasion of the country's Lunar New Year festival 2009 and the 79th anniversary of the Vietnamese Communist.

President Nguyen Minh Triet has officially announced the amended Nationality Law, Civil Verdict Enforcement Law and Special Consumption Tax Law that will come into effect next year.

Viet Nam wished to enhance co-operation with United Nations organisations, President Nguyen Minh Triet said yesterday while receiving UN Resident Co-ordinator in Viet Nam, John Hendra.

President Nguyen Minh Triet said personnel training in both professional skills and ethics would be the key task for the judiciary sector during the 2009-10 term.

President Nguyen Minh Triet said this yesterday at a meeting with 40 former women drivers on the 40th anniversary of a women drivers' unit named after Nguyen.

President Nguyen Minh Triet received credentials from newly-appointed ambassadors from China, Bangladesh and Slovakia in Ha Noi yesterday.

Triet said he was convinced that the relationship between the two countries was growing in an effective and sustainable manner.

Earlier, on Thursday Triet met with the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the US house.

Vietnam has highest regard for human rights: President tells CNN Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet Vietnam has suffered severe human rights violations during the war years and holds human rights in very high regard that others might not fully understand, President Nguyen Minh Triet has said.

Vietnam has suffered severe human rights violations during the war years and holds human rights in very high regard that others might not fully understand, President Nguyen Minh Triet has said.

President Nguyen Minh Triet is the head of state for Vietnam.

President Nguyen Minh Triet is expected to give season’s greetings to overseas Vietnamese on the occasion.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet has described personnel training in both professional skills and ethic code as a key task for the judiciary sector in the.

10 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet has decided to grant special amnesty for prisoners on the occasion of the countrys Lunar New Year.