VOV.VN - The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has hailed the dialogue and measures taken by the nation in the protection and promotion of children’s rights.

The French Embassy in Vietnam on September 12 held a press conference to provide the media with information on a project named “Share and protect Vietnam’s heritage” and the component to be carried out in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

Vietnam has made significant efforts to implement UNESCO Convention for the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage since its ratification of the treaty on October 19, 1987.

VOV.VN - A mural painting street was inaugurated on August 29 in Man Thai ward in Son Tra district of Da Nang city which is expected to attract tourists to the central locality.

The 50th anniversary of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage will be marked with a ceremony in northern Ninh Binh province on September 6.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson has requested that Cambodia launch a probe into a case in which 42 Vietnamese citizens escaped a Cambodia casino and risked their lives swimming across a river into Vietnam.

In Vietnam, elephants are classified as critically endangered in the Vietnam Red Book, and are included in the group with the highest conservation status, whose exploitation for commercial purposes is strictly prohibited. ​

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opened a four-day law-making session in Hanoi on August 15, with 11 draft laws, ordinances and resolutions to be tabled for discussion.

VOV.VN - Tran Sy Thanh, chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, received a visit from Kim Kil-soo, chairman of the Korea & Vietnam Economic and Cultural Association (KOVECA), in Hanoi on August 11.

Japanese investors have so far poured almost US$6 billion in the southern province of Binh Duong, Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Mai Hung Dung said at a working session with a delegation of the Kansai Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI Kansai) on August 4.