Quang Nam, 18 June 2013 - The second UNESCO Culture and Development Week in Viet Nam will be hosted in Quang Nam Province within the framework of the 5th Quang Nam Heritage Festival from 19-26...

Ha Noi, 17 June 2013 – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) today launched a project to improve social insurance system in...

Ha Noi, 12 June 2013 - The imbalance of Sex Ratios at Birth (SRB) is an increasing concern in some Asian countries, where about 117 million women and girls are reported as “missing”. In Viet Nam,...

Ha Noi, 12 June 2013 – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are calling for special attention to child domestic workers on...

As published in Vietnam+ on 9 April 2013

With a view to contributing further to the joint efforts of the UN and the international community in promoting and protecting human rights on the...

An op-ed by Pratibha Mehta, UN Resident Coordinator in Viet Nam as published in Viet Nam Net on 5 April 2013.

I’m sure you can visualize the agony of a runner who enters the last lap of a race...

As published in TrustLaw on 20 December 2012

BANGKOK (TrustLaw) - Fish farmer Doan Van Vuon became something of a folk hero earlier this year when he used homemade landmines and guns to stop...

An op-ed by Pratibha Mehta, UN Resident Coordinator in Viet Nam as published in Viet Week on 7 December 2012.

On 9 December, International Anti-Corruption Day is marked around the world and...