VOV.VN - Iraklis Tsavdaridis, executive secretary of the World Peace Council (WPC), has commended Vietnam's consistent policy on human rights protection and promotion.

VOV.VN - The United Nations Human Rights Council on September 27 adopted Vietnam’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) cycle IV report within the framework of its 57th regular session in Geneva, Switzerland.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), World Trade Organisation, and other international organisations in Geneva, has recently gave a speech at a general debate on UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk’s Global Update on the human rights situation, held within the framework of the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council.

The Ministry of Information and Communications held a conference in Hanoi on August 22 to provide an update on Vietnam’s implementation of recommendations from the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).

VOV.VN - FPT Play announced that it has won the exclusive ownership of the broadcast rights for the 2024/25 Shopee Cup™ and the 2024 Mitsubishi Electric Cup™, two leading football tournaments in Southeast Asia.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Television Cable Corporation (VTVcab) announced on August 8 that it has the won official broadcasting right to show the 2024 Olympics in Paris, the world’s biggest sporting event from August 8 to August 12.

VOV.VN - Though there are three days left till the opening of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Vietnam has yet to secure the broadcasting rights to the world’s biggest sporting event.

VOV.VN - Population and family planning work has significantly contributed to the country's socio-economic development, while all population policies ensure that fundamental human rights are at the centre.

Vietnam, on behalf of the Core Group which also includes Bangladesh and the Philippines, will table the 2024 Resolution on Climate Change and Human Rights with the theme of ensuring human rights in the energy transition process at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)’s 56th session that opened in Geneva on June 18.

Though the 2023 EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World reflected some achievements and progress Vietnam has made in protecting human rights, it continued to put forth a number of unobjective comments, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Pham Thu Hang said on June 6.