(VOVworld) – Cambodia’s fifth parliamentary election will take place in three days. Although there will be 8 parties participating in the election, the race will come down to the Cambodian People’s Party, CPP, led by Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Cambodian National Rescue Party, CNRP, of Sam Rainsy. So far, the ruling CPP party seems to have the advantage, suggesting that Prime Minister Hun Sen will continue leading the nation. VOV’s Anh Huyen comments…

(VOVworld) – President Truong Tan Sang’s official visit to the US from July 24th to 26th is an important event marking a new level in the Vietnam-US relationship. This is the second official visit to the US by a Vietnamese head of state in the past 20 years. VOV looks at this forward-reaching relationship.

(VOVworld) – Palestine and Israel have shown a willingness to resume peace negotiations, but the public is skeptical about the success of the talks because of gaping differences on a number of issues.

(VOVworld)- Strengthening cooperation within ASEAN and between ASEAN and China in search and rescue in the East Sea is part of the Guiding Principles for implementing the Declaration of Conduct of Parties (DOC) in the East Sea approved in 2011. Amidst the current complications in the East Sea, ASEAN is pushing policies and cooperative measures for this humanitarian activity while building trust and enhancing peace, stability and order in the region.

(VOVworld)- National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung will make official visits to the Republic of Korea from July 21 to 24 and to Myanmar from July 24 to 26. The visits aim to strengthen mutual understanding, friendship and bilateral cooperation between Vietnam and these two countries and map out cooperative mechanism between legislative bodies.

(VOVworld) – The National Steering Committee for Corruption Prevention and Combat met on Wednesday to map out specific tasks for the rest of the year. The National Assembly’s Judicial Committee on Thursday held a meeting to review the detection and handling of corruption cases in Government agencies. The meetings have illustrated the government’s determination to combat and wipe out corruption.

(VOVworld)- Japan’s Upper House election will be held this Sunday. This is an important political event – an opportunity for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to secure a majority in the Upper House and implement Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s policies.

(VOVWorld) - Some European legislators have sent a letter to Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission, mentioning the human rights situation in Vietnam. What the legislators said in the letter about “the deteriorating human rights situation in Vietnam” is groundless and untrue. Vietnam has always complied with international conventions to which it is a party.

(VOVworld) – A round of expert-level talks between North and South Korea on operations at the Kaesong joint industrial complex will take place on Wednesday.

(VOVworld)- Sri Lanka’s Parliamentary Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa has begun a 6-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung. The visit aims to strengthen bilateral cooperation between the two legislative bodies and the two countries.