(VOVWORLD) - Workers' Month 2024 will conclude on May 31. This annual campaign aims to assist governments, employers, and society in promoting the care and protection of the legal and legitimate rights and interests of state employees and workers. In Vietnam, ensuring these rights is a top priority of all development policies.

(VOVWORLD) - Political stability is a necessary and important condition for national development. Vietnam has achieved political stability thanks to the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam. The Party's recent handling of officials who violated Party discipline had the sole purpose of strengthening the Party and fulfilling its leadership, thereby creating long-term stability for national development.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has just held a session to discuss its National Report on Protecting and Promoting Human Rights under the 4th Universal Periodic Review cycle of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Simultaneously, Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang refuted “baseless accusations, and biased, prejudiced, and inaccurate statements" about religious freedom in Vietnam by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom.

(VOVWORLD) - The Paris Court of Appeal will issue on August 22 a ruling on a lawsuit filed by Vietnamese-French Tran To Nga against 14 US chemical corporations including Monsanto that supplied Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin to the US army during the war in Vietnam. The case has received strong international support and marked the Vietnamese government’s continued effort to care for millions of victims of Agent Orange/dioxin.

(VOVWORLD) - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son will attend the Ministerial Council Meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann, and conduct a number of bilateral activities in Paris on Thursday and Friday. The FM’s trip reflects Vietnam’s active response to world trends and is intended to best serve national interests. It is an example of Vietnam’s bamboo diplomacy.

(VOVWORLD) - The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on April 10 adopted Directive 32 on strengthening the Party leadership on combatting illegal, unreported, unregulated (IUU) fishing and developing sustainable fisheries. This demonstrates the strong engagement of the whole political system in having the IUU yellow card lifted and protecting national prestige globally.

(VOVWORLD) - Today, on the 10th day of the 3rd lunar month, Vietnamese people from around the world commemorate the death anniversary of the Hung Kings and pay tribute to the Hung Kings’ contribution to national construction. This is an opportunity for Vietnamese people to uphold the spirit of solidarity which has always played a decisive role in national development.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is a multi-religion country. People of all religions are free to practice their religious rituals and beliefs in a stable, harmonious, equal and consistent environment in accordance with the law. In recent days, Khmer people in the south are celebrating the Chol Chnam Thmay New Year festival. The vibrant practice of religious activities in Vietnam are clear evidence of freedom of religion and belief in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - The UNDP’s Global Human Development Report published on March 13 shows that Vietnam has a high level of human development. Vietnam's Human Development Index has steadily improved over the past 30 years, a concrete proof of the effectiveness of the Vietnamese Party and State’s policies.

(VOVWORLD) - As Vietnam aims to become a high-income country, its National Assembly has adopted major policies since the beginning of this year. The government has accelerated the concretization of these policies to unlock resources for national development.