(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam pursues a consistent policy of promoting and protecting human rights, considering people as the center and driving force of the Doi Moi (national renewal) process and national development, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang.
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son had a working session with ASEAN Secretary General Kao Kim Hourn on the sidelines of the ASEAN Future Forum in Hanoi on Tuesday.
(VOVWORLD) -Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on Wednesday met Japanese Ambassador Yamada Takio and Algerian Ambassador Abdelhamid Boubazine who came to say goodbye as their working terms in Vietnam end.
(VOVWORLD) - The book “Rice talks: Food and Community in a Vietnamese Town” by Israeli anthropologist Nir Avieli takes you on a fascinating journey to explore Hoi An’s cuisine, revealing how cuisine shapes social bonds, cultural identity, and community motivation through family meals and community parties. Author Avieli shows you how food relates to class relations, gender roles, religious practices, cosmology, ethnicity, as well as local and national politics. This week’s That’s Life will describe how a person with a predestined connection with Hoi An turned his own fieldtrip experience into a thought-provoking book.