(VOVworld) – Promoting national unity and persuading overseas Vietnamese to contribute to the homeland have been an important task of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) since its inception. Beginning on Thursday, its 8th National Congress will discuss measures to connect the overseas Vietnamese community with the homeland and further mobilize their resources for national development.

(VOVworld) – The UN Climate Summit opens in New York on September 23 with the participation of 120 state leaders and representatives of thousands of global groups and financial and social organizations. As the biggest ever conference on climate change, the summit is expected to reach a binding agreement which will keep governments on track toward the signing of a climate change prevention agreement in 2015.

(VOVworld)- The Vietnam Fatherland Front will hold its 8th National Congress on Friday. Enhancing social supervision and criticism is one of the Vietnam Fatherland Front’s important tasks in its next term. By fulfilling this task, which is also stipulated in the 2013 Constitution, the Front will contribute to protecting people’s rights and interests and to strengthening the Party and government.

(VOVworld) – The world media and scholars have repeatedly mentioned China’s ambition to occupy the East Sea with its plan to turn the Johnson South Reef (Gac Ma in Vietnamese) into an island and illegal expansion of a number of places in Vietnam’s Truong Sa archipelago. What China has been doing is a violation of international law and Vietnam’s sovereignty and has escalated tension in the region. Dinh Trung and Thu Hoa report:

(VOVworld)- More than 4 million Scottish voters will vote Thursday on whether Scotland should stay in the UK or become an independent nation. If more than 50% of the voters vote for Scottish independence, an independent country of 5.3 million people will be formed. Whether Scotland will become more prosperous separated from the UK is unknown but some consequences are foreseeable.

(VOVworld) – Chinese President Xi Jinping began a 3-day official visit to India on Wednesday, his first since he took office. The visit offers an opportunity for the two countries to increase economic cooperation and narrow their differences. Hong Van comments:

(VOVworld)- The 35th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly- AIPA-35- is being held in Vientiane, Laos from September 15 to 17. With the theme “Strengthening parliamentary cooperation in ASEAN Community building”, the event is expected to create a support mechanism to build an ASEAN Community by 2015.

(VOVworld)- Indian President Pranab Mukherjee began a 4-day visit to Vietnam on Sunday at the invitation of President Truong Tan Sang. The visit will boost the traditional friendship and strategic partnership between Vietnam and India.

(VOVworld0) – The 8th Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front will be held from September 25-27 in Hanoi. Themed “Unity, democracy, innovation for development”, the Congress will discuss measures to reform the Front’s activities to better mobilize national unity.

(VOVworld) – On Thursday the US commemorates the 13th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The US-led fight against terrorism did not end after the killing of Osama bin Laden in 2011. It is now facing a new challenge from the Islamic State (IS), which has become a major threat.