(VOVworld) - Vietnam has announced its 2016 amnesty decision. During an international press conference jointly organized by the Presidential Office, the Ministry of Public Security, the Supreme People’s Court, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Government Office, and relevant agencies in Hanoi on Wednesday, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office, Giang Son, said the President had signed decision to pardon 4180 prisoners, including 14 foreigners.

VOVworld)-Water management and water treatment technology topped the agenda of the 12th International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment which opened in Hanoi on Tuesday.

VOVworld)-Cooperatives are the fundamental model to secure the rights and interests of farmers, said the President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Nguyen Thien Nhan.

(VOVworld)-85 outstanding young people in Vietnam’s rural areas were honored with the Luong Dinh Cua awards at a ceremony in Hanoi on Sunday.

(VOVworld)-The Government attaches special attention to planning, considering it the guidelines for development, said Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung.

(VOVworld) – The Head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN, the WTO and other international organizations, Duong Chi Dung presented his credentials to the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Roberto Azevedo, on Thursday in Geneva, Switzerland.

(VOVworld) – Participants at the Vietnam Logistics Forum on Thursday discussed the integration of Vietnam’s sea and air logistics into the global value chain.

(VOVworld) - Vietnam is an active participant in the “Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)” and is coordinating with UN Women to promote gender equality and protect the rights of women and girls, according to Shoko Ishikawa, Chief Representative of UN Women in Vietnam.

(VOVworld)-Vietnamese lawmakers on Tuesday passed a resolution on piloting the issuance of e-visas to foreign visitors. The single entry e-visas will have a valid period of up to 30 days.

(VOVworld)-Vietnam’s will and resolve to safeguard independence and freedom will be analyzed at a seminar in Hanoi on Friday to mark 70 years of National Resistance Day (December 19)