(VOVworld) – 2013 marks one year of implementing the 11th Party Central Committee’s resolution on party building.Senior party leaders have been reviewing the implementation of the resolution at all levels with the aim of drawing lessons that will be helpful in the future.

(VOVworld) – Positive developments in inter-Korean relations are considered a catalyst for the two countries to settle pending issues. This signals hope for a new start in bilateral ties.

(VOVworld)- Vietnamese people are celebrating the 68th anniversary of the August Revolution, which paved the way for the birth of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the first state of workers and farmers in Southeast Asia. Over the past 68 years, lessons about seizing opportunities and promoting national unity learned from the August Revolution remain valuable for Vietnam’s development.

(VOVworld) – “Meeting Vietnam 2013”, the 9th of these meetings, began on July 28 and will close on Saturday. Attending the event were 220 scientists from 30 countries and territories including 5 Nobel Laureates inn Physics.

(VOVworld)- The political crisis in Egypt escalated on Wednesday. August 14th was the bloodiest day in Egypt so far with 525 deaths deaths and thousands of people injured.

(VOVworld) – The US Department of Commerce (DOC) on Wednesday morning confirmed anti-subsidy duties on frozen shrimp imported from Vietnam. The decision is unfair and will seriously impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese farmers and shrimp producers.

(VOVworld)- Tunisia, the country that was most successful in transiting to democracy after the “Arab Spring” is engulfed by a political crisis. Since the Jasmine revolution in March 2011, disputes within the coalition government and increasing protests from the opposition party have been threatening to trigger a second revolution there.

(VOVworld)- In recent years, administrative procedures have been streamlined aiming to develop a democratic administration to better serve the public. The Vietnamese government has, over the years, made considerable achievements in administrative reform, including one-stop-shop mechanisms. Vietnam recently developed a set of indexes to evaluate administrative reforms in ministries, ministerial agencies, and municipal and provincial people’s committees.

(VOVworld) – Vietnam and Cambodia have long been enjoying a good relationship as neighbors

(VOVworld) – 52 years have passed since US troops sprayed thousands of tons of Agent Orange/dioxin on Vietnam, causing long-lasting, devastating damage to people’s health and the environment.