VOV.VN - Protecting and promoting human rights continues to be one of the nation’s unswerving policies, said Pham Thu Hang, deputy spokesperson of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the Ministry’s routine press conference held in Hanoi on March 23.

VOV.VN - The Government Committee for Religious Affairs released a white book on religions and religious policies in the nation at a conference held on March 9 in Hanoi by the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications.

VOV.VN - Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General for South Sudan and Head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), on March 3 appreciated the active and effective contributions, creativeness and efforts to overcome difficulties of medical officers and soldiers of the level-2 field hospital and peacekeepers of Vietnam at the UNMISS.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) held a get-together on February 2 to celebrate India’s Republic Day (January 26).

Vietnam will work alongside the international community to build a world of peace, where all people, states and nations may benefit from the fruits of development and social progress, and where no one is left behind, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has said.

VOV.VN - Politburo member Nguyen Xuan Phuc was sworn in as the new State President of Vietnam for the 2016 - 2021 tenure during a ceremony held on April 5 in Hanoi which saw him elected by lawmakers of the ongoing National Assembly (NA) session.

VOV.VN - World Report 2021, Human Rights Watch (HRW)’s 31st annual review of human rights practices and trends globally, features misleading reports that the Vietnamese Government restricts basic civil and political rights, such as freedom of expression, association, assembly, and the right to practice beliefs and religion.

Lawmakers proposed solutions to promote socio-economic development in the 2021-2025 period during the 10th sitting of the 14th National Assembly (NA) in Hanoi on November 3.