Current Affairs

13/03/2023

Vietnam determined to have the EU remove yellow card for IUU

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has implemented several measures to prevent illegal, unreported, unregulated (IUU) fishing and followed the EC’s recommendations since the European Commission imposed a "yellow card" on Vietnam’s fishing activities five years ago. After 3 fact-finding tours to Vietnam, the EC said Vietnam is on the right track and has made several changes, but some problems still need to be addressed. Vietnam is now taking stronger measures to prepare a 4th EC inspection in June.

11/03/2023

Draft revised Land Law expands land rights of overseas Vietnamese

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has always created favorable conditions for overseas Vietnamese to own houses and residential land in order to give them the same rights as foreign investors operating in Vietnam.

11/03/2023

Vietnam protects marine biodiversity

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has made several contributions to the UN’s Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement. The agreement was reached at the 5th session of the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction within the framework of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

10/03/2023

COVID-19 strong waves gradually gone

(VOVWORLD) -March 11th marks three years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19, a disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a global pandemic. After three years a new normalcy has been established thanks to national and global pandemic control efforts. The fierce COVID-19 waves have passed, but the WHO still maintains the highest level of warning globally to minimize further deaths and sufferings.

09/03/2023

Exercising the people's right to mastery in law-making

(VOVWORLD) - Implementing the Resolutions of the National Assembly Standing Committee and the Government, the draft revision of the Land Law is now available for public comment. This is a wide political activity to mobilize the community's wisdom to perfect the draft Land Law (amended), and also to implement Vietnam’s policy of exercising the people's right to mastery in law-making

08/03/2023

Vietnam’s accomplishments in promoting gender equality

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has achieved important milestones in the advancement of gender equality. This is the assessment of the United Nations and other international organizations of Vietnam's efforts in promoting gender equality, one of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals. Since its first Constitution mentioned the equality of men and women, Vietnam has continuously improved its legal framework and policies and made remarkable progress toward promoting gender equality.

08/03/2023

Book Festival on gender equality in Hanoi

(VOVWORLD) - A book festival themed “Soaring” has been launched as part of activities to celebrate International Women’s Day, March 8 and in response to the UN-initiated global theme “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”. The first ever book festival on gender equality is organized by the United Nations Agency on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) until Saturday at the Vietnam Women’s Museum in Hanoi.

07/03/2023

Growing chances of reviving Iran nuclear deal

(VOVWORLD) - Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Raphel Grossi paid a two-day visit to Iran last weekend. The most remarkable outcome was the IAEA and Tehran reaching consensus on international supervision of Iran's nuclear facilities, which opens a prospect of revitalizing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed in 2015 between Iran and six countries (P5+1).

07/03/2023

Vietnam targets 35 million foreign tourists in 2030

(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has issued its Vietnam Tourism Marketing Strategy to 2030 to promote Vietnam and position it as the leading tourist destination in Southeast Asia.

06/03/2023

Vietnamese government resolutely promotes innovation

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged stronger efforts and better policies to promote innovation. At a working session with the National Innovation Center last weekend, the government leader assigned ministries and sectors to create a favorable environment to tap Vietnam’s innovation and creativity potential to achieve the goal of technology-based national development.