 QUOTE]French navy officials and their Vietnamese counterparts meet during the welcoming ceremony for the French Navy ship Vendemiaire at Tien Sa port in Vietnam's central Da Nang city, Nov. 15, 2014. The French Navy ship Vendemiaire started a five-day visit to Vietnam. (Xinhua/VNA)[/QUOTE] The French Navy ship Vendemiaire docks at Tien Sa port in Vietnam's central Da Nang city, Nov. 15, 2014. The French Navy ship Vendemiaire started a five-day visit to Vietnam. (Xinhua/VNA)  Photo provided by the Pakistan army's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) office on Nov. 17, 2014 shows a intermediate range ballistic missile Shaheen 1A (Hatf IV) being launched from an undisclosed location in Pakistan. Pakistan on Monday conducted a test launch of an intermediate range ballistic missile which is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of 900 kilometers, the military said. (Xinhua/ISPR)  Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a welcoming ceremony held by Australian Governor-General Peter Cosgrove in Canberra, capital of Australia, Nov. 17, 2014. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)   A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying the Yaogan-23 remote sensing satellite blasts off from the launch pad at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, Nov. 14, 2014. The satellite,which was launched at 2:53 a.m. Saturday, will be used for scientific experiments, natural resource surveying, estimating crop yields and disaster relief.The launch marks the 198th flight of the Long March rocket series.(Xinhua/Yan Yan) |
