16th Non-Aligned Movement Summit opens

16th Non-Aligned Movement Summit opens

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh is attending the two-day 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which opened in Tehran, Iran on Thursday. Themed “Lasting Peace through Joint...
Vietnam, Canada enjoy growing ties

Vietnam, Canada enjoy growing ties

(VOVworld) - Links between Ho Chi Minh City and Canadian localities have contributed significantly to the fruitful, wide-ranging cooperation between Vietnam and Canada in recent years
Non-aligned Movement summit opened in Tehran

Non-aligned Movement summit opened in Tehran

The 16th Non-aligned Movement (NAM) summit opened in Tehran today/ on Sunday. The Tehran summit can be a center for dialogue among countries to settle the issues in the region...

Japanese ambassador to return to South Korea

Japanese news agency Kyodo says Japan’s Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto returned to Seoul on Wednesday, 12 days after he was recalled to Japan to protest South Korean President Lee Myung...
22nd August 2012

22nd August 2012

This week, we’d like to begin with a frequent listener to the English program, Fumito Hokamura of Japan. In every letter, Fumito poses many questions about Vietnam that he...
Syria opposes no-fly zone

Syria opposes no-fly zone

Bouthaina Shaaban, the Syrian President’s special envoy, told reporters on Monday that a proposal by Western countries to set up a no-fly zone over Syria would be considered an act of...
US congressman introduces bill on East Sea

US congressman introduces bill on East Sea

(VOVworld) - US Congressman Eni Faleomavaega, a member of the Subcommittee on Asia Pacific on Saturday introduced a bill to promote peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime territorial disputes in the...
US releases first statement on East Sea

US releases first statement on East Sea

US President Barack Obama’s administration on Friday released a Press Statement on the East Sea. The move followed the US Senate’s approval of a resolution which reconfirms the US strong...
Libyan electoral commission ratifies election results

Libyan electoral commission ratifies election results

Libya’s High National Electoral Commissions (HNEC) Chairman, Nuri Alabar, said on Wednesday that the Commission has ratified the final result of last month’s parliamentary elections, after the alliance led by former...
Vietnam – Russia: firm, reliable partnership

Vietnam – Russia: firm, reliable partnership

(VOVworld) - President Truong Tan Sang returned to Hanoi today concluding a successful 5-day trip to Russia to bolster the Vietnam – Russia strategic partnership. VOV reviews the trip
A veteran busy with social work

A veteran busy with social work

(VOVworld) 70 year-old veteran Huynh Ly has kept busy with his family and social work despite reminders of his wounds whenever there’s a change in the weather. A resident of Phu...
Administrative reforms – breakthrough for development

Administrative reforms – breakthrough for development

(VOVworld) – Vietnam’s administrative reforms since 2001 have made certain achievements contributing to the country’s socio-economic development. This program, whose goal is to simplify administrative procedures for individuals and enterprises...
Jim Webb: China raises tension in East Sea

Jim Webb: China raises tension in East Sea

US Senator Jim Webb, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee, said on Thursday that China’s recent actions to unilaterally assert control of disputed territories in the East...