Any way out of the Thai political mess?
Any way out of the Thai political mess?

(VOV) - Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is set to attend a hearing before the National Anti-Corruption Committee on February 27 on charges of ignoring warnings that the national rice subsidy scheme was fostering corruption and causing financial losses.

Any way out of the Thai political mess?
Post-upheaval Ukraine: viable challenges
Post-upheaval Ukraine: viable challenges

(VOV) - Ukraine has begun to nominate candidates for the presidential election in May - an important step towards stabilizing the situation and moving closer to Europe. However, it is no easy task due to economic difficulties and social division. 

Post-upheaval Ukraine: viable challenges
Syria: dying hope for peace negotiations
Syria: dying hope for peace negotiations

(VOV) - Analysts say failed Geneva peace negotiations have discouraged hope for a political breakthrough to end the 3-year civil war in Syria.

Syria: dying hope for peace negotiations
Iran nuclear deal: not viable
Iran nuclear deal: not viable

(VOV) - Iran and the P5+1 resumed negotiations for a comprehensive deal on Iran’s nuclear program on February 18. However, what has happened recently indicates that this will be a long complicated process and satisfactory results will not be easily achieved. 

Iran nuclear deal: not viable
Returning to Asia with challenges
Returning to Asia with challenges

(VOV) - US Secretary of State John Kerry began a four-day tour of Asia on February 13. This is the fifth time Kerry has returned to Asia since he became US Secretary of State a year ago.

Returning to Asia with challenges
Instability in Bosnia-Herzegovina - a foreseen end
Instability in Bosnia-Herzegovina - a foreseen end

(VOV) - Bosnia-Herzegovina was separated from Yugoslavia after the 1992-1995 ethnic conflict ended. For the first time in 20 years, Bosnia-Herzegovina has again become a hot spot in Europe because of anti-government protests. However, what’s now happening there has long been foreseen. 

Instability in Bosnia-Herzegovina - a foreseen end
How sacred the word “fellow countrymen” is!
How sacred the word “fellow countrymen” is!

(VOV) - Vietnamese people are steadfastly independent and proud of their cultural roots. Since the founding of the Vietnamese state they have stood with unanimity to create a formidable strength propelling the nation forward.

How sacred the word “fellow countrymen” is!
Peace conference on Syria, challenges yet to begin
Peace conference on Syria, challenges yet to begin

(VOV) - Differences between concerned parties have cast a shadow on a peace conference on Syria (the Geneva II conference) due to open in Montreux, Switzerland, on January 22.

Peace conference on Syria, challenges yet to begin
East Sea photo exhibition asserts Vietnam’s island sovereignty
East Sea photo exhibition asserts Vietnam’s island sovereignty

(VOV) -The Hanoi Museum is currently hosting a photographic exhibition asserting Vietnam’s indisputable sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes.

East Sea photo exhibition asserts Vietnam’s island sovereignty
2013: Instability and hot spots remain
2013: Instability and hot spots remain

(VOV) - Contrary to optimistic signs of the global economy, the world witnessed several political upheavals last year. Continuous global security challenges are worrying the public about the possibility of resolving them this year. 

2013: Instability and hot spots remain
Instability in East Asia in 2013
Instability in East Asia in 2013

(VOV) - Exchanges of words and military deployments posed a great threat to North East Asia in 2013. VOV comments on the territorial disputes in this region.

Instability in East Asia in 2013
Vietnam protests China’s violation of sovereignty
Vietnam protests China’s violation of sovereignty

China’s recent acts concerning the East Sea are illegal and of no value, and seriously violating Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes. 

Vietnam protests China’s violation of sovereignty
China fishing restrictions in East Sea under fire
China fishing restrictions in East Sea under fire

(VOV) - The Vietnam Fisheries Society (VINAFIS) has rejected the Chinese province of Hainan’s unilateral ruling on fishing restrictions in the East Sea and demanded China put an end to such a wrongful act.

China fishing restrictions in East Sea under fire
Middle East: 2013’s most unstable region
Middle East: 2013’s most unstable region

(VOV) - In 2013, the Middle East topped the list of the world’s most unstable regions due to clashes between Israel and Palestine, Syria’s civil war and Iran’s nuclear program. The instability has brought the Middle East to the verge of explosion.

Middle East: 2013’s most unstable region
Hoang Sa sovereignty exhibition held in Danang
Hoang Sa sovereignty exhibition held in Danang

(VOV) -An exhibition which proves Vietnam’s indisputable sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago opened in the central city of Danang on January 9.

Hoang Sa sovereignty exhibition held in Danang
Vietnam, ASEAN towards the future
Vietnam, ASEAN towards the future

(VOV) - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has obtained significant results in building an ASEAN community by 2015, enhancing relationships with its partners, and raising the bloc’s status in a multi-polar world.

Vietnam, ASEAN towards the future
Documents assert Vietnam’s East Sea sovereignty
Documents assert Vietnam’s East Sea sovereignty

(VOV) - An exhibition providing indisputable documentary evidence of Vietnam's sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes opened at Dak Lak Museum on January 6.

Documents assert Vietnam’s East Sea sovereignty
Challenges to the Obama administration in 2013
Challenges to the Obama administration in 2013

(VOV) - More than 315 million American people are beginning their Christmas and New Year holidays. While optimistic about a better year to come, Americans can’t ignore big problems on both the domestic and foreign front.

Challenges to the Obama administration in 2013
Reasons behind Ukraine’s EU trade deal refusal
Reasons behind Ukraine’s EU trade deal refusal

(VOV) - Tensions have escalated 3 weeks after Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych refused to sign a deal with the EU to prioritize economic links with Russia.

Reasons behind Ukraine’s EU trade deal refusal
Documents assert Vietnam’s sovereignty over East Sea islands
Documents assert Vietnam’s sovereignty over East Sea islands

An exhibition that opened in Hanoi on December 15 provides indisputable documentary evidence of Vietnam's sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes.

Documents assert Vietnam’s sovereignty over East Sea islands
A historic handshake
A historic handshake

(VOV) - US President Barack Obama shook hands with Cuban President Raul Castro at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service in South Africa on December 10. Although it’s a symbolic gesture, can the cordial handshake be a historic milestone that signals a thaw in a relationship frozen for the past 50 years? 

A historic handshake
Proper policies help defeat religious abuse plots
Proper policies help defeat religious abuse plots

The Vietnamese Party and State’s religious and belief policies have vanquished schemes to abuse religions to conduct a “peace evolution”.

Proper policies help defeat religious abuse plots
Joe Biden’s difficult mission
Joe Biden’s difficult mission

(VOV) - US Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in Beijing, the second leg of his tour of Japan, China and the Republic of Korea. His visit is expected help ease tensions in the region following China’s claim of its Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea.

Joe Biden’s difficult mission
Vietnam attends East Sea workshop in Australia
Vietnam attends East Sea workshop in Australia

(VOV) - A Vietnamese representative gave historical evidence asserting Vietnam’s sovereignty over its two groups of East Sea islands, Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel), at a workshop in New South Wales on December 30.

Vietnam attends East Sea workshop in Australia
Revised Constitution opens new era for national development
Revised Constitution opens new era for national development

(VOV) - The National Assembly passed the revised 1992 Constitution in Hanoi on November 28 to meet the country’s development requirements in the new era.

Revised Constitution opens new era for national development
A test for Yingluck Shinawatra
A test for Yingluck Shinawatra

(VOV) - Thailand is facing serious instability because of demonstrations by both anti- and pro-government forces in recent days, the largest since 2010 when political strife killed more than 90 people.

A test for Yingluck Shinawatra
Vietnam, a worthy member of the UN Human Rights Council
Vietnam, a worthy member of the UN Human Rights Council

(VOV) - Vietnam has been elected to the UN Human Rights Council for 2014-16, showing the international community’s trust in the country’s human rights achievements. It’s also an opportunity for Vietnam to contribute to ensuring human rights globally.

Vietnam, a worthy member of the UN Human Rights Council
East Sea security tops Hanoi seminar’s agenda
East Sea security tops Hanoi seminar’s agenda

(VOV) - More than 200 local and foreign scholars and experts are attending a two-day international seminar in Hanoi to discuss security measures and cooperation in the East Sea.

East Sea security tops Hanoi seminar’s agenda
Iran nuclear talks: a hard nut to crack
Iran nuclear talks: a hard nut to crack

(VOV) - A new round of negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 which includes the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany opened in Geneva on November 7.

Iran nuclear talks: a hard nut to crack
Seeking military assistance- a risky step by Nouri al Maliki
Seeking military assistance- a risky step by Nouri al Maliki

(VOV) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki is on a three-day tour of the US to seek military assistance to counter the spreading violence in his country. Is this a wise step that will allow Maliki to consolidate his power and bring Iraq out of the current violence?

Seeking military assistance- a risky step by Nouri al Maliki