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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the National Defence Academy (NDA) to step up research and development of Vietnamese military and defence science, as well as military art and culture.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has delivered a message following Vietnam’s fulfillment of its term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has signed a decision of the NA Standing Committee regarding a number of mechanisms and policies in the health care sector serving COVID-19 prevention and control activities.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a conference held by Supreme People's Procuracy in Hanoi on December 31 to review the body’s performance in 2021 and set out new tasks for 2022.

An open information society, based on the development of science and technology, especially information technology, poses challenges, but also creates a lot of opportunities for the press, requiring it to seize opportunities to create a breakthrough and comprehensive development of journalism in terms of quantity, quality, type, content and form, a senior Party official has said.

Every official and Party member should be a role model, uphold the sense of responsibility, and create a high consensus in organizing the implementation of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, towards the goal of building a more and more powerful and prosperous Fatherland and making the people more and more happy, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has said.

The number of domestic tourists to Hanoi is estimated at 4 million in 2021, which is 53% of domestic tourists last year and 36% of the year’s plan, according to the city Department of Tourism.

Despite difficulties due to weather, natural disasters and epidemics, the added value of the agro-forestry and fishery sector still increased 2.85-2.9% in 2021, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

(CPV) – Thua Thien-Hue has been honoured to win 3 ASEAN Tourism Awards in 2021, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.

Vietnam has brought an important perspective to the discussions of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), especially on the Myanmar issue.

The VTNM 9 (Vong tay nuoc My), an event held by the Vietnamese Student Association in the US, has taken place successfully with many breakthroughs, spreading positive values ​​towards the homeland of Vietnam.

Dat Lat city in the central highlands province of Lam Dong greeted about 1.97 million tourists in 2021, a decrease of 45.3% against last year; in which foreigners were estimated at 17,000 arrivals, according to statistics.

The Russian Federation’s localities are willing to further promote effective cooperation with Ho Chi Minh City and southern provinces and cities of Vietnam.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed Decision 2215/QD-TTg promulgating the national action plan to overcome the consequences of toxic chemicals/dioxins after the war in Vietnam in the 2021-2030 period.

On December 30, the Standing Board of the Central Steering Committee on Corruption Prevention guided the drastic investigation of and dealing with the case at the Viet A Technology Company.

Vietnam has shifted its strategy from “Zero COVID” to safe, flexible adaptation and effective control of the pandemic, helping to maintain economic activities, according to the Malaysian Bernama News Agency.

The 11th National Congress of the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA) elected a 52-strong Executive Committee and an Inspection Committee with 15 members at its working session in Hanoi on December 30.

Despite numerous enduring difficulties caused by the prolonged COVID-19 outbreak, Vietnam has managed to secure a GDP growth rate of 2.58% this year, beating off recent projections by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

The Vietnam National Day at World Expo 2020 Dubai officially opened on December 30 with a flag-raising ceremony at Al Wasl Plaza.

According to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, the present weather conditions in regions across the country are predicted to remain stable with no major changes during the three-day New Year holiday.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam signed Decision 2219/QD-TTg approving national book programme in the 2022-2026 period.

The number of newly-established firms in the last quarter of this year reached 31,400 with total registered capital amounting to 415.3 trillion VND (18.21 billion USD), the General Statistics Office (GSO) has said.

As of November 30, Vietnam counted 816 press agencies with 40,000 employees, of whom 17,161 have been granted with press cards.

Loc Troi Group (LTG) has announced that it completed the export of final batch of rice this year to Europe, including 4,170 tonnes of jasmine and white rice.

Ambassador Abdou Abarry, Permanent Representative of Niger to the United Nations (UN) has hailed Vietnam’s contributions to the UN Security Council (UNSC) as a non-permanent member of the council for the 2020-2021 tenure.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has selected top 10 major economic events in 2021.

As Vietnam started its role as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on January 1, 2020, UN Deputy Secretary-General in charge of peace activities Jean-Pierre Lacroix told Vietnam News Agency that he believed Vietnam would be an active and effective member of the council.

Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), on December 29 hosted a reception for a group of experts from the Japanese Ministry of Defence who is on a working visit to Vietnam to assist the country in the deployment of sapper team No 1 to join the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Abyei (UNISFA).

The Ministry of Health (MoH) on December 29 received 100,000 doses of the Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine presented by Russia to support Vietnam’s COVID-19 fight.

(CPV) - UNICEF expressed its deep sadness and concern over the recent violent death of a young girl at the hands of someone who she should have been able to trust, to protect her on December 29th 2021.