Vietnam was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC ), the 2014-2016 tenure, on November 12 with 184 approval votes out of 193, the highest among 14 countries elected to the 47-m

A two-year programme on Singapore ’s technical assistance provision to officials from the central banks of Cambodia , Laos , Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) will start this week.

Deputy Minister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh gave a reception for Czech Ambassador to Vietnam Martin Kalepko in Hanoi on December 9.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on December 9 received US Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Caroline Atkinson, who is on a working visit

French Week kicked off in Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on December 9, to celebrate 40 years of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and France .

Vietnam bagged four more gold medals on December 9 at the ongoing 27 th SEA Games, putting it second on the medal tally with six golds, three silvers and five bronzes, only behind the host Myanmar

The art of Don Ca Tai Tu’s music and songs in southern Vietnam has officially become part of the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Breast cancer has been increasing throughout the country, mainly in the capital city of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, with there predicted to be 25,000 new cases reported every year by 2020.

Vietnam wants to broaden its sporting collaboration with other nations and views sport as an impetus to national development and friendship between countries.

A series of activities have been taking place in Hanoi from December 4-8 to mark the “Day of Loyalty and Love for Supreme Commander Hugo Chavez and the Fatherland” of Venezuela (December 8).