(VOVworld) – A consultation workshop on Vietnam’s draft national report under the 2nd cycle Universal Periodic Review opened in Hanoi on Tuesday.

(VOVworld) – A festival themed “Vietnam – Land of the Dragon” took place Sunday on Friendship Island in the city of Potsdam, Germany.

(VOV) - Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi has reiterated the Vietnamese State’s consistent human rights and development policies in an August 3 reply to the US House of Representatives’ adoption of Vietnam Human Rights Act 2013 (H.R 1897).

(VOVworld)-Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has presented gifts to families of Agent Orange/dioxin victims in the northern province of Bac Giang.

(VOVworld)- The National Forum for Children 2013 themed “Children’s feedback on the revised Law on Child Protection, Care and Education" will be open in Hanoi next Thursday. At a press conference today, Nguyen Hai Huu, Head of the Department of Child Care and Protection of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, said that this event would be a good chance for children to discuss

(VOVworld) – A Vietnamese delegation had a working session on Wednesday with the Hong Kong-Vietnam Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, China, the last leg of their tour to survey the economic belt of the Gulf of Tonkin.

(VOVworld) - An online exchange was held in Hanoi on Tuesday to bring together lawyers and physicians to explain the consequences of Agent Orange on human health, policies and the outcome of the struggle for justice for AO victims.

(VOVworld) – The 2013 RadioAsia Conference opened in Hanoi on Monday with the participation of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Javad Mottaghi, Secretary General of the Asia – Pacific Broadcasting Union, and Martin Hadlow, Secretary General of the Asian Media Information and Communication Center.

(VOVworld)- Over 200 scientists from 30 nations, including seven Nobel Prize winners, will attend the 9th "Meeting Viet Nam" – a series of scientific workshops and physics lectures to be held from July 28 to August 17 in the central province of Binh Dinh.

(VOVworld) - President Truong Tan Sang and his entourage on Saturday (Hanoi time) left New York for Vietnam, concluding his official visit to the US at the invitation of President Barack Obama.