International law and national sovereignty

International law and national sovereignty

(VOVworld) – The Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights convened on Tuesday as part of the 132nd General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU 132) in Hanoi. Parliamentarians adopted a resolution...
EU Summit: Split due to Ukraine’s crisis

EU Summit: Split due to Ukraine’s crisis

(VOVworld)- Opened on Thursday in Brussels, the EU Summit focused on ways to deal with the escalation of tension in Ukraine, the extension of sanctions against Russia and military aid to...
PM asks for absolute security for IPU-132

PM asks for absolute security for IPU-132

(VOVworld) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked for absolute security for the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union General Assembly (IPU-132), to be held in Hanoi from March 28 to...
OSCE confirms rebels’ heavy weapons withdrawal

OSCE confirms rebels’ heavy weapons withdrawal

(VOVworld) – Separatists in eastern Ukraine pulled trucks carrying heavy weapons away from the demarcation line, according to the Special Monitoring Mission under the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ...
2015 national traffic safety year

2015 national traffic safety year

(VOVworld) – Vietnam’s 2015 national traffic safety year will focus on tightening the control of transportation businesses and loading capacities
OSCE: Situation in Donetsk region stabilized

OSCE: Situation in Donetsk region stabilized

(VOVworld) - Observers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) reported on Monday that the situation in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine has stabilized. They reported a...
Thai PM: military to take action if protests recur

Thai PM: military to take action if protests recur

(VOVworld) - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-Cha has warned that the military will "take action" under martial law if protests occur over impeachment proceedings against ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra
Vietnam’s top ten events in 2014

Vietnam’s top ten events in 2014

1. National Assembly passes several Laws, Resolutions to specify 2013 Constitution In 2014, the National Assembly adopted 29 Laws to fine-tune the legal system, and institutionalize the 2013 Constitution’s...
UN denounces violence in Libya

UN denounces violence in Libya

(VOVworld) – Recent fighting in Libya has killed hundreds of civilians and forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes, the UN said Tuesday, demanding justice for serious rights violations and possible...
Vietnam attends UN meeting on civilian protection

Vietnam attends UN meeting on civilian protection

(VOVworld) – Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thanh, Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva, attended a meeting of the fourth Geneva Convention on the Protection of...