(VOVWORLD) - UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health Dainius Puras said Wednesday that major changes to suicide prevention are needed to replace prescription of medication
(VOVWORLD) - The UN Human Rights Council adopted 29 resolutions at its last discussions of the 40th session on Thursday and Friday
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has submitted the 3rd cycle universal periodic review (UPR) national report to the UN Human Rights Council and will take part in a dialogue at the Council late next...
(VOVWORLD) - US National Security Adviser John Bolton has said that the US administration is looking to ratchet up pressure on Iran to abandon its nuclear program, going beyond previous international...
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has contributed to the diversity of the International Law Commission (ILC) through information and arguments for increasing benefit balance, objectivity, fairness and justice
(VOVWORLD) - UN special rapporteur on food security Hilal Elver will visit Vietnam from November 13 to November 24 to collect information about food security in Vietnam, a Vietnam News Agency...
(VOVWORLD) - The US on Thursday imposed sanctions on 7 North Korea individuals and 3 entities accused of human rights violations
(VOVworld) – Vietnam has concluded its 2014-2016 term on the UN Human Rights Council. Vietnam has advocated dialogue and cooperation in human rights and enhanced efficiency, transparency, and balance in...
(VOVworld) - The United Nation Human Rights Council named former Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana, as the new special rapporteur for North Korea's human rights...
(VOVworld)- Vietnam has called on countries to integrate measures for protecting community health and ensuring the right to food, housing, and education into the national climate change response programs and...
(VOVworld) - Heiner Beilefeldt, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion and belief, presented to the 28th session of the UN Human Rights Council the main findings of his visit to Vietnam from July...
(VOVworld) - UN Special Rapporteur Heiner Bielefeldt has praised Vietnam’s increasing number of religious followers, clerics, and worshipping temples. In the UN Human Rights Committee’s dialogue on religious freedom...
(VOVworld)- A conference to review patriotic emulation movements of Catholic followers took place in Hanoi on Wednesday
(VOVworld) - Heiner Bielefeldt, a UN Special Rapporteur on religious freedom, has completed his mission in Vietnam from July 21 to 31. Bielefeldt’s visit is part of a cooperation framework...
(VOVworld) – A dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteurs on human rights is an important cooperative activity between Vietnam and the UN’s Universal Periodic Review on human rights. Open discussions of policies and...
(VOVworld) - Vietnam has affirmed its consistent policy on protecting and promoting human rights at the ongoing 26th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) held in Geneva, Switzerland
(VOVworld)- “The Vietnam National Report provides full and multi-dimensional information in all different areas and highlights Vietnam’s achievements in all aspects in the last 4 years”. This remark was...
(VOVworld) - Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang and US President Barack Obama issued a joint statement at the end of their talks in Washington on July 25
( VNA ) – Pham Quang Hieu, Counsellor of the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the United Nations (UN) was elected as rapporteur to the UN’ sixth (Legal) Committee at the recent 67 th...
(VNA/VOVworld) - Vietnam has actively participated in activities of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to run for a non-permanent seat in the council for the 2014-2016 tenure