Activities to mark Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day

Activities to mark Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day

(VOVworld) – The Steering Committee for the Northwestern Region held a meeting with representatives from media agencies to mark Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day, June 21. Deputy Head of the Committee, Hau...
Afghanistan’s security is worsening

Afghanistan’s security is worsening

(VOVworld) - President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next U.S. commander in Afghanistan said on Thursday the security situation in the war-torn country was deteriorating and assured...
Reforms needed in foreign information service

Reforms needed in foreign information service

(VOVworld) – A national conference was held on Wednesday to review Vietnam’s foreign information service and communications activities on Vietnam’s sea and islands and border demarcation in 2015 and...
Vietnam prepares for a carbon market

Vietnam prepares for a carbon market

(VOVworld) - The PM has approved a World Bank-funded technical assistance project on building a carbon market in Viet Nam. The project aims to strengthen capacity on building, implementing, and disseminating policy...
Amnesty- Vietnam’s lenient policy

Amnesty- Vietnam’s lenient policy

(VOVworld)- Since the Law on Amnesty was approved by the National Assembly in 2007, thousands of prisoners have been released on major occasions in Vietnam. This year, on the occasion of...
Tension intensifies on the Korean peninsula

Tension intensifies on the Korean peninsula

(VOVworld) – The relationship between the two Koreas is tense, following South Korea used loudspeakers to blare anti-North Korea rhetoric across the border in retaliation for North Korea planting land mines in...