(VOVWORLD) - As a maritime country, maritime security issues are of special importance to Vietnam, have a great impact on marine economic development, and ensure national defense, security, and peaceful environment. The Vietnamese Party and State determine that protecting sovereignty over seas and islands and maintaining a peaceful environment are important for Vietnam to develop sustainably.

(VOVWORLD) - March 8 is International Women's Day or United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace. This is an occasion for Vietnam to review its commitments on empowering women and girls. Ensuring gender equality is one of Vietnam's primary tasks.

(VOVWORLD) - Promoting gender equality, particularly in ethnic minority mountain regions, is one of the key tasks to ensure sustainable national development. The Vietnamese Party and State have implemented guidelines, policies, and programs on gender equality, including the ‘Project on ensuring gender equality and addressing urgent problems for women and children’, known as Project 8.

(VOVWORLD) - These days, hundreds of festivals are taking place in provinces and cities across Vietnam. Preserving and promoting traditional cultural values through festivals is of great importance to consolidate national cultural sovereignty, creating confidence and resources for national development and international integration.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam prioritizes building a comprehensive, equitable, resilient society, with no one left behind, said a Vietnamese representative at the 62nd session of the UN Commission for Social Development (CSocD) in New York on Wednesday. Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, Minister Counsellor Le Thi Minh Thoa said the Communist Party of Vietnam wants to ensure that all members of society have equal access to development opportunities and resources.

(VOVWORLD) - Overseas Vietnamese around the world will gather for the Homeland Spring program held in HCM City on Thursday and Friday. The program, also known as the Lunar New Year or Tet celebration, is one of several activities that reflect the consistent policy of the Party and State for the Vietnamese community abroad.

(VOVWORLD) - The culture of ethnic minorities is an important component of Vietnamese culture. The Vietnamese Party and State consider preserving and promoting the cultural values of ethnic minorities an important priority and a key task.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Party and State pursue a consistent policy of caring for the poor and vulnerable groups, which has received the support of organizations, businesses, and people in all walks of life. The movement “Tet of Kindness” launched by the Vietnam Red Cross Society is a clear manifestation of the tradition of humanity and mutual affection of the Vietnamese people.

(VOVWORLD) - Thousands of “great solidarity” houses have been in recent days given to the poor and people in difficult circumstances across Vietnam. The house donation demonstrates the Vietnamese State's humane policy and the community's effort to help the poor have a better life, contributing to ensuring social security.

(VOVWORLD) - With its strategy of protecting the Fatherland at an early stage and from afar, the Communist Party of Vietnam continues to develop the time-honored ideology of "keeping the country safe before it is in danger". The strategy manifests the Communist Party of Vietnam’s new mindset concerning the methods, requirements, and tasks of national defense in the new context.