(VOVworld)- Eni Faleomavaega, a senior member of the House Asia Pacific Subcommittee of described the Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2012 (H.R 1410) passed this week by the US House of Representatives a misguided step.

(VOV) – The Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) today/ on Monday held a meeting in Da Nang city to discuss fisheries management and aquaculture in the region.

(VOVworld) – A ceremony to mark 25th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone layer and International Day for the Protection of the Ozone layer took place on Sunday in Ho Chi Minh city.

(VOVworld) – A national campaign to respond to the world’s clean-up campaign 2012 was launched on Saturday in Danang city.

(VOVworld)-ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting on Social Welfare and Development opened in Hanoi on Friday. Addressing the opening session, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, Nguyen Trong Dam, said the poor and disadvantaged are more vulnerable to economic crisis as well as natural calamities and climate change impact. He called for more international cooperation to promote social welfare and de

(VOVworld) - US congressman Eni Faleomavaega rejects the US House of Representatives' adoption of the Vietnam Human Rights Act.

(VOVworld) – At a ceremony to mark 40 years of UNESCO’s 1972 Convention for preservation and promotion of heritages, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan said that over the past 25 years, participation in the Convention has raised people’s awareness of heritage preservation and development in Vietnam and brought about make considerable changes in many localities.

(VOVworld) - Leaders of countries involving in the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) negotiation, including Vietnam, are committed to completing the agreement as soon as possible to boost free trade and investment in the region.

(VOVworld) – Dinh Xuan Thao, the Director of the Institute for Legislative Studies, told a seminar in Ho Chi Minh city on Monday that collecting feedbacks from the people on the draft constitution is one of the most democratic ways of letting the people expressed their wills on the issues.

(VOVworld)-Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has reiterated APEC contribution to regional cooperation for economic recovery, green development and multilateral trade. The Foreign Minister told the press following the conclusion of the APEC Summit on Sunday that delegates had agreed on measure to speed up reg