Việt Nam News

Only a few days ago, Việt Nam received good news from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Hạ Long Bay and Cát Bà Archipelagos have been designated as World Natural Heritage sites. With this announcement by UNESCO on September 19, 2023, the number of World Natural Heritage sites in Việt Nam has risen to 23.

A new World Health Organization report highlights the progress Việt Nam has made against hypertension, but there is more to do.

HIV responses succeed when they are anchored in strong political leadership to: follow the evidence; tackle the inequalities holding back progress; enable community-led organisations in their vital role in the response; and ensure sufficient and sustainable funding.

President Hồ Chí Minh once said, “For the sake of ten years, we must plant trees, for the sake of 100 years, we must cultivate people." It is difficult to grow trees, and even more difficult to grow people..

In ethnic minority and remote areas, hostile and reactionary forces often make use of religious and ethnic affairs to provoke hatred and drive a wedge into the great national solidarity.

The flow of wrongful and harmful information poses latent risks of causing social instability while stirring public concern, impacting the lives of local residents and hampering investigations.

Corruption in times of crisis is a tale as old as time, when oversight is too little and too late. A multi-pronged approach against opportunism and long-term investments in accountability and inspection institutions are critical.

On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister of Israel, pronounced the declaration of independence of the State of Israel, following the United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for the establishment of a Jewish State. This milestone was the culmination of a 2,000-years-long aspiration of the Jewish people to achieve political freedom in their sovereign homeland.

Đào Trung Chính, Director of the Department of Planning and Land Resource Development under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, talks to Natural Resources and Environment Magazine about the results of the consultation on the draft Land Law (amended).

Bangladesh Ambassador to Việt Nam & Laos Samina Naz writes to Việt Nam News on Bangladesh's 52nd Independence and National Day on March 26.

Through amendments and supplements, the new regulation requires more responsibility from officials regarding votes of confidence, voters, agencies and organisations.

After Việt Nam was elected to the UN Human Rights Council, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his belief that Việt Nam will continue to actively promote and protect human rights.

Since Việt Nam officially joined the UN peacekeeping operation in June 2014, the country has sent more than 500 officers and soldiers to 'hotbeds' in Africa.

In the struggle for national independence, young people were at the forefront of movements against hunger, illiteracy and foreign invaders.

Each year, on the 10th of December, we observe Human Rights Day on the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. By celebrating Human Rights Day, we continue to reaffirm the promise of the Declaration – to uphold universal, indivisible and inalienable human rights and fundamental freedoms for everyone, everywhere.

On the 1st of December 1972, Việt Nam and Austria established diplomatic relations, with Austria having been one of the first Western European countries to do so.

Egyptian ambassador Amal Abdel Kader Elmorsi Salama writes for Việt Nam News on the 70th Anniversary of the National Day of the Arab Republic of Egypt.

For Venezuela's Independence Day (July 5), Venezuelan ambassador Tatiana Pugh Moreno writes for Việt Nam News.