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Politburo passed a resolution urging the renovation of economic management in agriculture.
Vietnamese Foreign Minister condemned China's establishment of Hainan Island as a province and the inclusion in it of the Paracel and Spratly archipelagoes.
Expert level US-Vietnamese talks on Amerasians.
Vietnamese government issued aid appeal for fertilizers and pesticides.
Indian Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, visited Ho Chi Minh City.
Visit of Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu.
Visit of delegation of CPSU led by G P Razumovski, alternate member of the Politburo and Secretary of the Central Committee.
Vietnamese Foreign Ministry published a paper stating Vietnam's claims under international law of sovereignty over the Spratly Islands.
Visit of Pasteur Institute scientists to help establish a national reference laboratory for the detection of AIDS.
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Visit of Bonnel and Drabek of World Bank on a "familiarisation" visit.
Vietnamese Foreign Ministry requested 65 million tonnes of grain as emergency food aid for the northern provinces hit by "near famine"
BBC's English language teaching programme "Follow Me" started on Vietnam TV in the Hanoi
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The Council of State announced that 3 out of 9 Vice Chairmen of the Council of Ministers would step down. These were Doan Duy Thanh, who remained Minister for External Economic Relations, Nguyen Ngoc Trin and Nguyen Van Chinh, who was also replaced as Head of the State Inspectorate by his deputy, Huynh Cong So.
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