(VOVworld) – The International Convention on Civil and Political Rights and the International Law on Human Rights state that employees deserve a safe, equable work environment that has no discrimination or forced work, and offers a salary and vacation. That was a topic at the 14th informal ASEM seminar in Hanoi on human rights and business.

(VOVworld) – A communiqué released at the G20 Summit in Australia of the world's 20 advanced and emerging economies set an ambitious target to lift the G20's GDP by at least two per cent by 2018. Analysts say it won’t be easy.

(VOVworld) – Recent complications around the East Sea have aroused global concern. The East Sea was a major topic for discussion at the 25th ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Myanmar, the 22nd APEC Summit in China, and an international conference on the East Sea in Vietnam. Thu Hoa comments:

(VOVworld) – National Assembly deputies will conduct votes of confidence Saturday on key positions elected or approved by the National Assembly. This is the second time the NA has conducted comprehensive votes of confidence. Votes of confidence are an important political task which exercises the National Assembly’s ultimate supervisory right and helps leaders subject to a vote of confidence to increase their managerial responsibility.

(VOVworld) – More than 4 million people in Scotland voted in an independence referendum 2 months ago. More than 80% of the people in Spain's autonomous Catalonia region supported full independence in an informal vote. Although the referendum was unofficial and legally invalid, it alerted EU leaders to take action to minimize the risk of secession in EU countries.

(VOVworld) – The Russia-China meeting on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Beijing, China, has caught special attention from the international community. This has been the 10th meeting between the two countries’ top leaders in two years. Several documents and cooperative agreements in important areas were signed, showing their determination to build a special relationship of Asian and European powers.

(VOVworld) – Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is attending the 25th ASEAN summit and related meetings in Naypitaw, Myanmar at the invitation of Myanmar’s President Thein Sein. The summit on November 12-13 is important because ASEAN is in the final stages of building an ASEAN community.

(VOVworld) – The 22nd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting opened in Beijing, China on Monday. President Truong Tan Sang led the Vietnamese delegation with the aim of enhancing Vietnam’s role in APEC by making significant contributions to the meeting.

(VOVworld) – Vietnam joined the World Trade Organization on November 7, 2006, and was granted official membership on January 11, 2007. This opened up a great opportunity for Vietnamese products and services to access the WTO’s huge market of 160 member countries, accounting for 97% of global GDP. Over the last 7 years Vietnam has leveraged WTO membership for its economic growth.

(VOVworld)- The situation in Ukraine has worsened after an election in Ukraine’s separatist region. The Kiev government has deployed more troops to the region, suspended the special status law and suspended budget allocation for regions claiming independence. These moves are pushing Ukraine closer to a long civil war.