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Vietnam places high priority on awareness raising activities among government agencies, people with disabilities, and family members of people with disabilities. Vietnam always gives priority to activities to raise the awareness of State agencies, persons with disabilities and their family members as well as the whole community. "No one is left behind" The 12th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in New York, entitled "Ensuring the participation of people with disabilities through the full implementation of the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities", attracted the attendance of many ministers, senior representatives of the Convention's member states, and representatives of many non-governmental organizations. Sharing the efforts and experiences of Vietnam, Dinh Nho Hung, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Vietnam Mission to the United Nations, said that Vietnam has for the first time completed a … [Read more...] about Vietnam commits to effective implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Chairwoman Ngan affirmed that the talks were a success, with two sides discussing issues related to the cooperation between the two countries and legislative bodies as well as directions for the Russian Year in Vietnam in 2020. Ngan said she and Matviyenko had agreed to assign the committees for external relations and the friendship parliamentarians' groups of the two legislative bodies to plan events for the Russian Year in Vietnam in 2020. She informed that the two sides are committed to continuing coordinating and consulting each other at multilateral and inter-parliamentary forums with a view to supporting viewpoints that are beneficial to both Vietnam and Russia as well as peace, friendship and development in the region and the world as a whole. Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (L) and Chairwoman of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko at a press conference after their talks The Vietnamese NA and the Russian … [Read more...] about Vietnamese, Russian legislative bodies’ leaders meet press on talks’ outcome

AT&T Inc said on Saturday it agreed to buy Time Warner Inc for $85.4 billion, the boldest move yet by a telecommunications company to acquire content to stream over its network to attract a growing number of online viewers. The biggest deal in the world this year will, if approved by regulators, give AT&T control of cable TV channels HBO and CNN, film studio Warner Bros and other coveted media assets. The tie-up will likely face intense scrutiny by U.S. antitrust enforcers worried that AT&T might try to limit distribution of Time Warner material. AT&T will pay $107.50 per Time Warner share, half in cash and half in stock, worth $85.4 billion overall, according to a company statement. AT&T said it expected to close the deal by the end of 2017. Dallas-based AT&T said the U.S. Department of Justice would review the deal and that the companies were determining which Federal Communications Commission licenses, if any, would be transferred to AT&T in the deal. … [Read more...] about AT&T to buy Time Warner for $85 bln, create telecom-media giant

Awareness of human rights is still limited among a group of people in Vietnam. Therefore, the provision of accurate information is extremely important. Awareness of human rights is still limited in a group of people. The provision of accurate information is extremely important. Human rights in Vietnam and many other countries still have some limitations and differences. For example, some socio-economic rights in Vietnam, due to lack of resources, are not as good as they are in developed countries. Regarding some civil and political rights such as the right to freedom of speech and press freedom, due to historical and cultural traditions, the Vietnamese laws prescribe that it is not allowed to insult leaders or commit religious discrimination ... However, human rights in Vietnam have always been respected and guaranteed both in the field of thought, politics, law and in reality. The continuous improvement of Vietnam's legal system is a premise and offers conditions for Vietnam to … [Read more...] about Proactively sharing information about human rights and civil rights