(VOVworld) - The Vietnamese Committee for Catholic Solidarity (VCCS) on Wednesday hosted a conference in Ho Chi Minh city to review patriotic movements in 2012 and discuss tasks in 2013.

(VNA) - Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has affirmed Vietnamese Government’s consistent policy of ensuring human rights, on the basis of the understanding that human rights are universal values.

(VOV) – Around 700,000 kwh of electricity is expected to be saved in this year’s Earth Hour.

(VOVworld)-The annual Vietnamese Poetry Day opens in many places across the country.

(VOVworld)- The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor has held a conference to implement its key tasks set for this year. Accordingly, the organization aims to successfully organize the trade union congresses at all levels and the 11th National Congress of Vietnam Trade Union.

(VOVworld) – The temple of literature (Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam), Vietnam’s first university, will be named Special National Relic next Monday.

(VOVworld) - In response to a media question on Vietnam’s stance on a visiting US senator’s saying that Vietnam and the US are close to an agreement allowing Americans to adopt Vietnamese children, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi said in a press briefing in Hanoi on Thursday

(VOV) – Vietnam will publicize the important role and potential of Vietnam’s seas and islands for national construction and defence this year.

(VOVworld) – The Vietnam Fatherland Front held a meeting to gather opinions of its staff and veterans to the draft amendments to the 1992 Constitution.

(VOV) – Vietnamese communities in many countries have held gatherings to celebrate the Lunar New Year or Tet.