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Internally displaced Somali men perform prayers over the body of a man who died of starvation July 25, 2011 at an IDP camp in Mogadishu. The UN World Food Program was set on Tuesday to start airlifting food to Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya after an emergency meeting in Rome on the drought-stricken Horn of Africa region. An estimated...

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A foreign tourist wades down a flooded street in the tourist town of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam in 2009. The World Meteorological Organization reported that globally, 2010 was the hottest year on record. Nine of the ten hottest years ever recorded were in the first decade of this century. The Earth is warming...

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VnnNews – For months, concern has been growing over China’s aggressiveness in claiming a major portion of the East Sea as its own lake, most recently through the deployment of a flotilla of some of its most modern warships into the Spratly archipelago on a three-week military exercise. East Sea dispute must be resolved...

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Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange can completely believe in the UNDP’s support in their fight for justice, said UNDP Administrator Helen Clark. President Nguyen Minh Triet (R) receives UNDP Administrator Helen Clark in Hanoi June 14 (Photo: SGGP) VnnNews – Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange can completely believe...

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Vietnam treasures cooperation with Japan; Vietnam attends the 16th Future of Asia Forum; Vietnam joins 20th Global Women Summit; Statue of President Ho unveiled in Mexico; Vietnam’s report on MDGs praised at ESCAP Vietnam treasures cooperation with Japan  While visiting Japan, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan on May 21 had...

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VN pushes for world peace as UN marks WWII end; PM receives new Sri Lankan, Greek ambassadors; UN, Vietnam’s move marks trusted partnership; NA leader vows to support RoK investors Core naval force’s feat of arms praised The brilliant achievements and heroic feats of arms made by the Vietnam People’s Navy...

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The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived on Sunday in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Caribbean nation Haiti, which was destroyed by a Tuesday quake that registered 7.3 on the Richter scale. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, and Edmond Mulet, the acting chief of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti, visit the collapsed U.N. headquarters...

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Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh talked with VietNamNet’s readers about Vietnam’s position after its two years as an elected member of the UN Security Council.  Two years after joining the UN Security Council’s (UNSC) activities as an elected member, what has Vietnam contributed and gained from the experience? First...

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PM Nguyen Tan Dung on January 28 delivered a speech at the World Economic Forum’s Plenary Session on Reshaping the Global Governance in Davos, Switzerlands. Below is the speech in full. PM Nguyen Tan Dung speaks at the WEF on January 28 (photo: government’s website).I would like to share with you my thoughts on reshaping...

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Gov’t leaders meet with Indonesian FM; Chief ASEAN, Chinese prosecutors vow to increase cooperation; Argentina-Vietnam friendship parliamentarians group visits Hanoi Gov’t leaders meet with Indonesian FMPrime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on November 25 received the visiting Foreign Minister of Indonesia, Marty Natalegawa, at his government...

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