National Assembly announces confidence vote results

National Assembly announces confidence vote results

(VOVworld) - 47 officials have passed legislative votes of confidence following the results announced on Tuesday. A total of 492 National Assembly deputies cast their ballots on Monday, expressing their feeling...
Greenbiz 2013 to be launched

Greenbiz 2013 to be launched

(VOVworld) - Green-Biz is a European green business program for Vietnam and the event will help to raise awareness and push for more commitment to sustainable development in Vietnam
Promoting democracy in building Constitution

Promoting democracy in building Constitution

(VOVworld) - Five months since it was made available for public comment, the draft of the revised 1992 Constitution was officially discussed on Monday at the 5th session of the 13th National Assembly. Deputies...
Revising laws to attract investment

Revising laws to attract investment

(VOVworld) – National Assembly deputies on Monday discussed amendments and supplements to the Law on Value-added Tax. They agreed that the law, passed in 1997, has had a great impact on...
Vice President visits child patients

Vice President visits child patients

(VOVworld) – Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan, Chairwoman of the National Fund for Vietnamese Children on Monday visited and presented gifts to 157 children with blood diseases at the National Institute...
Western countries facing unstable security

Western countries facing unstable security

(VOVworld) – Recent attacks on soldiers in France and the UK have put those countries on high alert and efforts are being made to clarify the reason behind those attacks. Whether the...
Arbitrary sovereignty claim worthless

Arbitrary sovereignty claim worthless

(VOVworld) – The 9-dash line (or cow-tongue line) which China unilaterally draws in the East Sea has provoked not only Vietnamese scholars and researchers, but also Chinese scholars. Recently, a Chinese scholar whose...
IMF positive about Vietnam’s macro-economy

IMF positive about Vietnam’s macro-economy

(VOVworld)- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has made positive assessments of Vietnam’s macroeconomic situation and the recent management of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV). A press release, posted...
Attaching human right and aid is non-humanitarian

Attaching human right and aid is non-humanitarian

(VOVworld) – The US House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Human Rights on May 16th approved HR 1897, the so-called “Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2013”, which consists of measures to boost human rights...
Traditional handicrafts of Vietnam

Traditional handicrafts of Vietnam

(VOVworld) – Vietnam’s traditional handicrafts are associated with wet rice civilization and craft villages and guilds. Handicrafts not only turn a profit but also reflect the customs and culture...
Rome protest turns up heat on new PM Letta

Rome protest turns up heat on new PM Letta

Thousands of people protested in Rome on Saturday against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on creating jobs to help pull the country out of...
UN approves new Syria resolution

UN approves new Syria resolution

The UN General Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution proposed by Qatar and other Arab countries which calls for a political transition in Syria and blames the Syrian government for...