(VOVworld) – More than 100 billion VND was raised by 40 various organizations and individuals at the "Spring for Children” program held in Hanoi on Saturday.

(VOVworld) - US Secretary of State John Kerry has reiterated that the US wants to develop cooperative relations with Vietnam, create a sustainable economic growth based on trade and advanced policies, and encourage security cooperation, respect of law, and fight against nuclear weapons.

(VOVworld) - US Secretary of State John Kerry has begun his 3-day official visit to Vietnam. During his reception at the Government Office on Friday, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, expected bilateral relations would continue to develop for stability and practical cooperation on the basis of mutual respect of each other’s pathway and development roadmap. Both sides should promote cooperation in overcoming war consequences and other areas.

(VOVworld)- On Thursday, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam attended a conference reviewing Vietnam’s sports, culture, and tourist activities in 2016 and set out tasks for 2017.

(VOVworld) – 18 national treasures are on display at the Museum of National History in Hanoi. The artifacts include a Ngoc Lu bronze drum from the Dong Son culture dating back 2,000 to 2,500 years, a Dao Thinh glazed terra-cotta jar, and a statue of two men carrying each other while playing panpipes.

(VOVworld)- Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has urged investors to expand their investment in logistics in the Mekong Delta.

(VOVworld) – The 9th blood donation festival called “Red Sunday” was held in Hanoi on Sunday by the Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper, the National Committee for Traffic Safety, and the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion.

(VOVworld) – The Vietnamese Association in Taiwan, China, held a New Year celebration on Saturday. Vietnam’s Economics and Culture Office in Taipei organized a Spring celebration on Friday.

(VOVworld) - Vietnam will continue pursuing a policy of befriending all countries and multi-lateralizing, and diversifying external relations on the basis of independence, self-reliance, and readiness to face any challenges in 2017 to boost international integration.

(VOVworld)- The HCM National Academy of Public Administration and the Government’s Steering Committee for Human Rights have organized a seminar to review 50 years of the International Convenants on Civil, Political and Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and their implementation in Vietnam.