(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

(VOVworld)- The National Assembly’s Judicial Committee on Saturday discussed the government report on anti corruption this year.

(VOVworld)-Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) was officially established on September 7, 1945, 67 years ago. Its first radio broadcast was when Vietnam’s Declaration of Independence was read by President Ho Chi Minh at Ba Dinh Square on National Day, September 2nd, marking the birth of a most reliable source of informa

(VOVworld) - Vietnam’s agricultural sector has made many achievements in food, aquatic products, and industrial crops.

(VOVworld)- The Prime Minister has approved a national target program on HIV/AIDS prevention and control in the 2012-2015 period, with a total funding of more than 175 million USD.