VOV.VN - The nation affirms that it will continue to guarantee and promote human rights at an October 20 discussion of the Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Issues during the UN General Assembly’s 77th Session.

VOV.VN - The 15th National Assembly (NA) convened its 4th session in Hanoi on October 20, with a particular focus on the election and approval of a number of high-ranking titles.

VOV.VN - The Foreign Affairs Committees of the National Assemblies of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia held a consultation conference in Lao Cai province of Vietnam on October 18 to prepare for a meeting of the leaders of the three legislatures due to take place in 2023.

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung met with President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, on October 18.

Vietnam proposed perfecting national and international legal systems to create a legal corridor to promote gender equality at a plenary session of the 145th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU 145).

The 4th session of the 15th National Assembly will last 21 days, shorter than the usual year-end meetings which normally last about 30 days, Pham Thai Ha, vice chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Office said at a press conference in Hanoi on October 17.

VOV.VN - Singaporean President Halimah Yacob and her husband arrived in Hanoi on October 16, beginning a State visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

VOV.VN - ASEAN member states pledge more efforts to promote a nuclear-free Southeast Asia, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, said at a recent meeting of the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) of the United Nations General Assembly on October 14 in New York.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has asked central agencies to increase assistance, and localities nationwide to boost cooperation with the Central Highlands provinces to help the region develop faster and more sustainably.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese diplomat highlighted the importance of decolonisation and respect for equal rights and self-determination for peoples based in non-self-governing territories during a session of the 77th UN General Assembly’s Special Political and Decolonisation Committee (Fourth Committee) held on October 13.