(VOVworld) – Ministries, departments, and localities have followed the government’s urging to strengthen their precautions against the two strains of bird flu H7N9 and H5N1.

(VOVworld) – Vietnam fully supports UNESCO’s initiatives to improve its operational efficiency, role and prestige. Speaking at the UNESCO Executive Board’s plenary session in Paris on Monday, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Thanh Son said Vietnam is committed to supporting and accompanying UNESCO’s efforts to overcome current problems and calling on member countries to contribute ideas and money to the organization.

(VOVworld) – Khmer people in the southern province of An Giang are excited about celebrating their traditional New Year festival and this year, they’re particularly happy, thanks to efforts by local authorities to bring the ethnic policy of the Party and State to the Khmer community.

(VOVworld) – The 2013 Hung Temple festival opens on Saturday night in Phu Tho province, honoring UNESCO’s recognition of Vietnam’s Hung Kings worshiping ritual as part of the world’s intangible cultural heritage.

(VOVworld) –Ca Mau Cape National Park in the southernmost province of Ca Mau received the certificate recognizing it as the 2,088th world Ramsar site at a ceremony in Ngoc Hien district, Ca Mau province on Saturday.

Foreign ministers of ASEAN and China will hold a special meeting to speed up progress on a code of conduct in the East Sea.

(VOVworld)-ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh has participated at the ASEAN Foreign Minister Retreat, Politico-Security Council Meeting (APSC), and Coordination Council Meeting in Brunei. In his address to prepare for the upcoming 22nd ASEAN Summit this month, Minh said the ASEAN economies are expected to gain a higher year-on-year growth rate of 5.5% this year. He said the building of the ASEAN Politica

(VOV) - The Ministry of Health has worked with the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh city and Tan Son Nhat International Airport on measures to halt a new strain of avian flu A/H7N9 in the wake of an outbreak of the deadly disease in China.

(VOVworld) - A seminar on building laws and policies on raising newborns and infants, Vietnamese and international experience, opened in Hanoi on Tuesday.

(VOVworld) – Thủy Biều precinct in the central city of Hue is famous for garden houses, especially gardens of green tea, ancient Ruong houses, and historical relics. Relying on those advantages, the precinct’s Farmers' Association has built community-based tourism models to boost farmers’ incomes. Since the beginning of this year, the association