Japan calls on for respect of the UNCLOS

Japan calls on for respect of the UNCLOS

Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Koji Tsuruoka underscored the significance of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in developing maritime order in the international community, in...
The NA Standing Committee opens its 12th session

The NA Standing Committee opens its 12th session

(VOVworld)-National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung chaired the opening ceremony of the legislative body’s Standing Committee 12th session in Hanoi on Friday. Delegates will discuss preparation for the upcoming year-end...
Controlling information on the Internet

Controlling information on the Internet

(VOVworld) - The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court recently jailed bloggers under article 88 of the Criminal Code, after security agencies found websites containing propaganda that distorted Vietnamese Party and State...

OIC calls for blasphemy law

The largest association of Muslim countries, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), proposed establishing international laws prohibiting blasphemy. Secretary General Ekmelledin Ihsanoglu said that the OIC has been seeking the adoption of such...
Making the Internet a useful tool

Making the Internet a useful tool

(VOVworld) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has directed functional agencies to investigate the publication of distorted and slanderous information on the Internet to smear public officials and incite the public against...
Germany commits to support Vietnam in energy industry

Germany commits to support Vietnam in energy industry

(VOVworld)-Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has praised the outcomes of meetings between German Minister of Economics and Technology Philipp Roesler and Vietnamese ministries. During his reception to Minister Roesler on Tuesday,...
Bills undercut Vietnam, US relations

Bills undercut Vietnam, US relations

(VOVworld)- On September 11, the US House of Representatives passed a bill called the Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2012 (H.R. 1410) calling on the government of Vietnam to respect human...
11th session of NA Standing Committee begins

11th session of NA Standing Committee begins

(VOVworld) - The 11th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee will open on Wednesday. The deputies will debate the procedure for conducting a vote of confidence on elected officials...