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The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Office for UN Peacekeeping Operations held an inauguration ceremony for the Vietnam Police Peacekeeping Unit No.1 in Hanoi on January 11.

President Vo Van Thuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 11 for Politburo member, Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee’s Secretariat and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee Li Shulei.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, his spouse, and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation will attend the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland and pay official visits to Hungary and Romania from January 16-23, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on January 11.

Various activities were held by Squadron 11 of the Coast Guard Region 1 Command in Bach Long Vi island district, Hai Phong city on January 9 and 10 ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.

As many as 67 medical staff and volunteers from Wonkwang Education Organization of the Republic of Korea (RoK) provided charitable medical examination and treatment for people in Long An province at Long An General Hospital in Ward 3, Tan An city from January 7-10.

President Vo Van Thuong on January 10 hosted separate receptions for the ambassadors of New Zealand and Peru, who came to bid farewell to the State leader.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on January 10 had a working session with relevant agencies, discussing the organisation of cultural and art activities to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Vietnam's first General Election Day (January 6, 1946 - 2026).

The Vietnamese Party and State always value and give top priority to the Vietnam-China relations, Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and head of its Commission for Popularisation and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia said on January 10.

The Trade Union of the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) on January 10 organized a program in Viet Thang Corporation to show its attention to trade union members and workers during the upcoming Lunar New Year of the Dragon.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 10 inspected several key projects in Hai Duong as part of his visit to the Red River Delta province.

President Vo Van Thuong on January 9 handed over appointment decisions to 26 ambassadors and heads of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad for 2024-2027, and assigned tasks to them.

The Party Central Committee (PCC)’s Commission for External Relations held a conference to summarize foreign affairs in 2023 and deploy tasks in 2024 in Hanoi in the afternoon of January 8.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 8 asked the banking sector to maintain its role as the “blood of life” for the national economy, while addressing a conference in Hanoi on January 8.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has assigned relevant ministries and agencies to remove any existing obstacles as soon as possible, thus providing unwavering support for the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) to further develop and ensure national energy security.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo will pay a State visit to Vietnam from January 11-13, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on January 8.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has expressed his belief that that the ongoing visit to Vietnam by Speaker of the Bulgarian National Assembly Rosen Dimitrov Jeliazkov will be a success, opening up a new chapter in the long-standing relations between the two countries.

(CPV) - On January 8, in Thu Dau Mot City, the southern province of Binh Duong province, Thu Dau Mot University coordinated with Sun Edu International Education Joint Stock Company to open an intensive training course on IC design for lecturers.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasised the position, role, and importance of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) in training staff, during a working session with representatives of the academy on January 6 afternoon.

Vietnam’s biggest listed property firm Vinhomes JSC on January 6 held a ceremony to kick off its first social housing project in Hai An district, Hai Phong city.

Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue and other NA deputies of the northern port city of Hai Phong met with local voters who are workers on January 6.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held talks in Hanoi on January 6 with his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone who is on an official visit to Vietnam from January 6-7.

(CPV) - A launching ceremony of the project "Recruiting and training German for Vietnamese trainees to study and work in the Federal Republic of Germany and Mecklenburg – Vorpommern State" took place at the headquarters of An Duong Group in Hanoi’s Gia Lam district on the afternoon of January 5.

(CPV) - The Organizing Committee of the second Dien Hong Award awarded 07 A prizes, 14 B prizes, 20 C prizes, and 38 Consolation prizes to C. The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Online Newspaper won the A prize with a series of 5 articles entitled "The vision and tectonic legislative imprint of the National Assembly" by the author group Kim Thanh, Manh Hung, Do Thoa, Kim Thoa and Kim Son.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 5 outlined tasks for all-level authorities, sectors, and localities to fulfill in 2024, which he called a year for making breakthroughs that holds special significance to the successful implementation of the five-year plan 2021 - 2025.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Bac Lieu has coordinated with the Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund and the “For beloved Hoang Sa-Truong Sa” Club to organize a ceremony to present 90 scholarships worth 1 million VND (about 41 USD) each to students from ethnic minority groups, sea and island areas and children of border guard soldiers in the southern province of Bac Lieu.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a national teleconference that opened on January 5 to review the operations of the Government and local administrations in 2023 and look at ways to implement their tasks for 2024.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has just signed and promulgated Decision No. 02/QD-TTg dated January 4, 2024 to supply rice from the national reserve to Soc Trang province on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon 2024.

This information was given by Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Huynh Le Nhu Trang at a press conference on January 4.

Politburo member, President Vo Van Thuong, who is Chairman of the Council of National Defence and Security, on January 4 chaired the 4th meeting of the council.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on January 3 visited the Moc Bai International Border Gate in Tay Ninh as part of his trip to the southern locality.