(VOVworld) – June 21st marked Vietnam’s 89th Revolutionary Press Day. Head of the Party Central Committee’s Communication and Education Commission Dinh The Huynh visited and congratulated the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) and central media agencies in Hanoi on this day. He expressed his belief that VOV will continue to develop and renew itself to meet people’s need for information.

(VOVworld) – 100 Vietnamese and foreign scholars gathered in Da Nang to study historical and legal evidence proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos. A similar event took place there in April, 2013.

(VOVworld) – The first meeting of the expert group on Humanitarian Mine Action within the framework of the ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM+) opened in Hanoi on Wednesday.

(VOVworld) – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte co-chaired a conference on plans for coordination to develop the Mekong river delta in Hanoi on Tuesday.

(VOVworld) – The Vietnam War Veterans Association has launched a writing contest about Vietnam’s victory in the anti-US war in 1975 and patriotism in the current spirit of national defense and construction.

(VOVworld) – An art program called “Light up your dreams” was held on Saturday in response to the action month for children 2014.

(VOVworld) – Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam urged related ministries and agencies to further efforts to mobilize all possible social resources for the fight against HIV/AIDS as the state budget and ODA funds for HIV/AIDS preventive programs have reduced since the beginning of this year.

(VOVworld) – An expert working group on humanitarian mine action within the ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM+) will begin their first meeting in Hanoi on June 17.

(VOVworld) – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-funded project to enhance anti-corruption efforts in Vietnam.

(VOVworld) – A number of ASEAN Senior Official Meetings (SOM) took place in Myanmar last weekend. The meetings were in preparation for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings, scheduled for early August in Myanmar.