(VOVworld)- June 30th will mark President Mohamed Morsi’s one year in office. In contrast to his optimistic swearing-in speech on building democracy in Egypt, President Morsi is now facing with pressures to resign from those, who one year ago said that the election results needed to be respected.

(VOVworld) – President Truong Tan Sang on Thursday began a state visit to Indonesia at the invitation of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The visit marks a milestone in the 60 years of diplomatic ties with the establishment of a strategic partnership, opening a new chapter in Vietnam-Indonesia relations.

(VOVworld) – Edward Snowden, a former CIA intelligence agent, has revealed to the media an Internet surveillance program called PRISM, which the US National Security Agency has operated for years. The move has shocked the US public and harmed the foreign policy of President Barack Obama’s administration. It has also created a rift in relations between the US and its partners including Russia, China and the EU. Hong Van reports

(VOVworld) – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s official visit to Thailand is an important milestone in Vietnam’s external relations this year. The visit has lifted bilateral relations to a new level based on the friendly and reliable relations and mutual understanding.

(VOVworld)- After the Vietnamese security agency arrested some people on charges of “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State, the legitimate rights and interests of organizations and/or citizens”, some bloggers and international organizations slandered Vietnam for applying regulations on national security which limit people in exercising civil and political rights, rights to freedom of speech and using internet. More ridiculously, they called on Vietnam to free these violators.

(VOVworld)- Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang arrived in Hanoi on Friday successfully concluding his state visit to China at the invitation of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President Xi Jinping. During the visit, the two sides signed several political and cooperation agreements paving the way for furthering Vietnam-China relation.

(VOVworld) – After one month of sessions, the 13th National Assembly decided many important issues, confirming its role as the highest representative of the people and supreme power agency of the State.

(VOVworld)- June 19 marks an important milestone in Afghanistan because after the 12-year conflict, Afghan security forces officially took over the duty to ensure the country’s security from the US-led coalition forces. Yet, this transfer of power does nothing to stabilize the security situation in Afghanistan since recent developments in the country blurred people’s optimism about peace here.

(VOVworld) – Before his state-level visit to China from June 19th to 21st, President Truong Tan Sang granted an exclusive interview to Chinese correspondents in Hanoi on a range of issues, from prospects of the two nations’ relations to economic and trade potentials, and the way to deal with sea issues between the two countries. VOV brings you the core of the interview.

(VOVworld) – The G8 summit of leading industrialized nations opened in Northern Ireland on Monday. Its ambitious agenda focuses on how to recover the global economic recession. But disagreements over policies for Syria, particularly whether to arm the rebels or not, have cast a shadow over the G8 summit.