(VOVworld) - Vladimir Putin’s landslide victory in Russia’s Presidential election has sent him back to the Kremlin to assume the country’s top job. After 4 years as Russia’s Prime Minister, Putin still has high voter confidence in his national development strategies. But analysts predict his future path will not be a smooth one.

(VOVworld) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has approved the release of a resolution on urgent issues in party building adopted at the 4th session of the Party Central Committee. Voice of Vietnam now brings you excerpts of the resolution.

(VOVworld) 48 million eligible voters cast ballots on Friday to elect new members to Iran’s parliament. This election will be a contest between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s conservative camp and the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameni’s religious faction. Analysts say that whoever wins, Tehran’s hard-line stance on its nuclear program will remain unchanged.

(VOVworld) A two-day National Conference on Party building concluded in Hanoi on Wednesday. In his closing speech, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong addressed urgent Party building issues which Party cells at all levels should try harder to resolve and the resolute determination of the Politburo and the Party Central Committee to strengthen the Party organization in this period.

(VOVworld) – The Legitimate housing needs of Protestant Christians have been a constant concern for the Party and State, according to Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. The Ministry of Home Affairs and the Government Committee for Religious Affairs organized a conference to review the implementation of the Prime Minister’s instructions on Protestant Christian activities and housing and land related to religious affairs.

(VOVworld) Relations between the US and Afghanistan have become tense since US soldiers at the Bagram military base in Afghanistan burned a number of Korans. The case has created headaches for both the US and Afghan governments.

(VOVworld) - People’s diplomacy has contributed a great deal to Vietnam’s socio-economic development and international integration. Participants at a recent meeting to review people’s diplomacy last year discussed comprehensive planning this year.

(VOVworld) One of Vietnam’s key tasks is to finalize an 8-year plan on salary reforms until 2020, which will adjust base salaries to meet human resource development needs. Our editor now tells you more about this blue print.

(VOVworld) US and North Korea envoys reopened nuclear talks on Thursday in Beijing, seeking ways for Pyongyang to dismantle its nuclear programs in return for much-needed aid. The first diplomatic talks between the two sides since the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il last December are not expected to produce any breakthrough, but could to improve bilateral ties and revive the stalled 6-party talks.

(VOVworld) - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked the National Youth Committee to cooperate with relevant agencies to implement the Vietnamese Youth Development Strategy until 2020 with three major tasks of education of ideology, morality and lifestyle, job creation, and construction of healthy entertainment places for young people.