(VOVworld) – This week, US Secretary of State John Kerry began a tour of China, the Republic of Korea, and Japan. Although it’s not Kerry’s first overseas trip since he replaced Hillary Clinton, statements made before the trip reveal that a strategic interest in Asia is a major part of the Obama’s administration's reset foreign policy. VOV’s Hồng Vân comments …

(VOVworld) - The resolution of the 6th Plenum of the 11th Party Central Committee confirms science and technology’s strategic importance in ensuring a sustainable growth for the country. To achieve this target, it is important to increase investment for scientific research. VOV now reports on major solutions to boost scientific and technological development in Vietnam.

(VOVworld) – The implementation of the 4th Resolution of the 11th Party Central Committee (PCC) on “urgent issues in Party building” over the past year has consolidated and improved the Party’s capability and created consensus on Party building. The awareness on Party building of the cadres and Party members has gradually increased and every individual and organization has implemented specific measures to carry out Party building work in the spirit of the PCC’s 4th Resolution.

(VOVworld)- After 7 years of negotiations, the United Nations has finally endorsed the historic Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), breaking a deadlock over the global trade of conventional weapons. However, observers say the treaty remains insufficient as it fails to ban sales of arms to terrorists and insurgent fighters. VOV editor Hong Van examines the feasibility of this important treaty.

(VOVworld) – The first phase of collecting public opinions on the draft revisions of the 1992 Constitution according to National Assembly Resolution 38 concluded on March 31 with positive results. During the referendum, publicity and democracy have been promoted through a number of innovative measures in order to build a quality Constitution.

(VOVworld) – The situation on the Korean peninsula is heating hour by hour due to reciprocal threats between Pyongyang and Seoul. Many are wondering whether a full-scale war between the two Koreas will break out as it did 60 years ago. The question is generating a lot of discussion in the international mass media. VOV’s Anh Huyen analyzes the risks.

(VOVworld) - Several activities will be held during the French Year in Vietnam from April to the middle of 2014 and the Vietnamese Year in France in 2014 to mark the 40th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties. These activities will contribute to deepening, and opening a new era in bilateral ties.

(VOVworld) - The collection of public opinions on revising the 1992 Constitution has received responses from the wide public of all social strata including the intelligentsia, businesspeople, and workers. The initial results have shown the people’s mastery right and role and mobilized the public’s wisdom on this national issue.

(VOVworld)- Syria’s political crisis has reached a turning point when Syrian President Bashar Al Assad’s government was voted out of the Arab League. Syria’s representative in the AL now is the opposition party. The support and membership the AL has granted to the opposition party in Syria is being described as some as a dangerous step that will push Syria further into violence.

(VOVworld) – Regulations on Vietnam’s external affairs in the revisions to the 1992 Constitution show a renewed thinking and constitutionalize viewpoints and policies on external affairs specified in the 2011 Platform of national construction in the transitional period to socialism and other documents of the Communist Party of Vietnam. The regulations will reinforce Vietnam’s status internationally and contribute to the fights for peace, national independence, democracy, and advancement around the world.