The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) was adopted 30 years ago in Montego Bay, Jamaica, marking an enormous success of the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea.

(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has welcomed Administrator Charles Bolden’s visit as a major step toward aerospace technology cooperation between Vietnam and the US.

(VOV) -A high-level delegation of Hanoi, led by its Party Committee Secretary Pham Quang Nghi, met with Luang Prabang province officials during their working visit to Laos on December 11.

Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son has stressed the significance of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in an article on the occasion of the convention’s 30th anniversary, which falls on December 10. 

(VOV) - A high-ranking delegation from Hanoi led by Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Pham Quang Nghi is on a visit to Laos from December 8-12. 

(VOV) - Leaders from the Vietnamese Government Committee for Religious Affairs on December 10 received senior delegates at the 10th Plenary Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC).

(VOV) - PM Dung has highlighted the special solidarity between Vietnam and Laos, noting the practical and meaningful advances made in the relationship during the 2012 Vietnam-Laos Solidarity and Friendship Year.

President Truong Tan Sang called for the acceleration of judicial reform in the near future at the eighth meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform in Hanoi on December 10.

(VOV) -The biggest bronze statue of President Ho Chi Minh was unveiled in the Central Higland province of Gia Lai on December 9.

(VOV) - President Truong Tan Sang inspected the construction of Lai Chau hydro-electric power plant project on December 8.

(VOV) - Hanoi and Vientiane will increase information and experience sharing to assist each other in various cooperative areas.

(VOV) - The fifth strategic dialogue on politics, national defence and security between Vietnam and Russia took place in HCM City on December 7.

(VOV) - India values Vietnam’s strategic position in the region and wants to strengthen relations with the Southeast Asian nation.

(VOV) - The Government of Vietnam has issued a decree specifying regulations relating to the Vietnamese visits of foreign military ships.

Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yasuaki Tanizaki hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 7 to celebrate the Japanese Emperor’s 79th Birthday.

Ambassador Nguyen Duc Long has vowed to do his best to strengthen Vietnam-Malta cooperation in key fields of economics, trade, tourism and education during his working term.

(VOV) - Vietnam attaches great importance to cooperative relations with the Republic of Korea, considering the RoK one of Vietnam’s leading partners.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung on December 7 left capital Tokyo for Osaka prefecture, the centre of the Kansai economic region.

A political consultation between Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Phuong Nga and her Namibian counterpart Peya Mushelenga took place in Hanoi on December 7.

(VOV) - Japan will maintain the official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam’s socio-economic development projects, PM Yoshihiko Noda has said.

(VOV) -  Khammouan province and Kaysone Phomvihane Museum inaugurated a memorial complex to President Ho Chi Minh in Xiangvang village, Nongbouk district, on December 7.

(VOV) - Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong has asked the Central Highland province to take advantage of its strategic position to boost socio-economic development and maintain security.

(VOV) - Pak Soo-kwan, honorary consul general of Vietnam in Busan-Gyeongnam, the Republic of Korea, has been awarded Vietnam’s Friendship Order.

(VOV) - The Vietnamese Government always sees the World Bank (WB) as a reliable partner in supporting the country’s development process and policy consultancy.

Deputy Spokesperson of Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry Tran Thi Bich Van has criticized the US state of California’s Garden Grove City Council for recently adopting a resolution to discourage representatives and officials from Vietnam visiting the city.

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has arrived in Seoul to attend the “Vietnam Week in the Republic of Korea (RoK)” from December 6-9. 

Vietnamese and Japanese legislatures have agreed to boost cooperation in the time to come, helping raise the efficiency of the Vietnam–Japan strategic partnership in politics, diplomacy, economics and socio-culture.

(VOV)-President Truong Tan Sang and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on December 6 extended condolences to Benigno S. Aquino III, President of the Philippines over the heavy casualties and property loss caused by typhoon Bopha. 

(VOV) - General Secretary of the Laos People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and Lao President Chummaly Saynhasone on December 6 received a Vietnamese high-ranking delegation led by Vice National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong.

(VOV) - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has praised former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama for his positive and effective contributions to strengthening the Vietnam-Japan relationship.