(VOVworld) - President Truong Tan Sang wrote a speech this month highlighting the significance of the August Revolution and the founding of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 to mark the 67th anniversary of these historic events.

(VOVworld) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and representatives from more than 100 countries and territories have gathered in Iran’s capital city of Tehran for the 16th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). As host of the summit, which opened on Thursday, Iran will take over the chair of NAM from Egypt for the next 3 years (2012-2015). Iran is facing opportunities, challenges and an impasse over its nuclear program. Anh Huyen reports.

(VOVworld) - The success of Vietnam’s August Revolution in 1945 gave birth to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the first worker-farmer State in Southeast Asia on September 2nd of the same year. The Vietnamese people’s aspiration for independence and freedom empowered the country to rise up and change its fate and also created considerable momentum for today’s national construction and development. VOV’s Thu Hoa reports.

(VOVworld) - The 1992 Constitution, which was revised in 2001, will undergo further amendment this year in line with a resolution of the 11th National Party Congress. The initial draft of the revised Constitution will be submitted to the National Assembly later this year. Today, VOV looks at the Constitutional revision process.

(VOVworld) – Beginning next month, Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi will replace Kofi Annan as special U.N. and Arab League envoy to Syria. He has pledged to prioritize the Syrian people’s interests and spare no effort to help them. Iran says that at the Non - Aligned Movement Summit to be held in Teheran later this month, it will propose an initiative to end the conflict. But recent developments in Syria have dampened public optimism. Anh Huyen reports….

(VOVworld) - At a recent national personnel congress on implementation of the Resolution on criticism and self-criticism adopted at the 4th plenum of the Party Central Committee, the Politburo and the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam announced preliminary results. The results confirm that members of the Politburo and the Secretariat have been setting examples for their staff in implementing the resolution and are significant for Party Committees at all levels in preparing for the future criticism and self-criticism within the Party. VOV reporter Huyen Trang reports.

(VOVworld) - One of the most decisive factors in socio-economic development and sustainable poverty reduction for ethnic minority and mountainous regions is human resources. The Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs in coordination with the UN Development Program (UNDP) held a forum on human resource development for ethnic minority and mountainous areas until 2020.

(VOVworld)- The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is over. According Ramadan tradition, people were supposed to pray and do good deeds during this month, but conflicts and bloody clashes in several countries tarnished the sacredness of this holy month.

(VOVworld) - A national conference to implement the Party Politburo’s conclusion on personnel planning and rotation in senior positions and management posts until 2020 was held in Ho Chi Minh city over the last two days. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong confirmed the necessity to reform personnel planning and evaluation, a key element in Party building. Reporter Thu Hoa reviews the conference.

(VOVworld) – Trade officials of China, Japan, and South Korea met on Monday in Qing Dao, China, to continue negotiations on a 3-way Free Trade Agreement. Recent diplomatic tensions over disputed territory, will not affect the agreement and the great economic benefits it will bring each nation. VOV’s Anh Huyen reports…