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Mong Cai city in the northern border province of Quang Ninh has launched free Wi-Fi service system and QRCode scanning points that enable easier access to local tourism information as part of efforts to promote its tourism activities.

Under a joint programme between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK), from January 9-13, doctors from the RoK university will offer checkups and treatment for 1,500 people from Tinh Ha and Tinh Phong communes of Son Tinh district, and Binh Chau and Binh Tan Phu communes of Binh Son district, the central province of Quang Ngai.

The focal task of the diplomatic sector is to serve sustainable and self-reliant national development and to guarantee national interests at the highest possible level, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told the sector’s teleconference on January 10.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on January 10 paid a working visit to and worked with the Standing Board of the Party Committee and key leaders of the northern province of Thai Nguyen on the results of the implementation of socio-economic development, and security-defence tasks.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) should focus on digital transformation and energy transition, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said while addressing the group's conference in Hanoi on January 10 to review its 2022 activities and launch tasks set for 2023.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a dispatch directing ministers, heads of ministerial-level and State agencies, and chairmen of People’s Committees of centrally-run cities and provinces to strengthen measures to prevent the spreading of COVID-19 during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival and the festive season of 2023.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a ceremony in Hanoi on January 9 to celebrate the traditional day of the Logistics-Engineering force of the Vietnam People’s Public Security (January 25, 1948-2023).

The 15th National Assembly was scheduled to vote on a number of important laws and resolutions on January 9, the last working day of the legislature’s second extraordinary session.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended an annual programme to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year for workers in the south central province of Phu Yen on January 8.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has recommended that the border guard force in the central province of Quang Binh further promote its effective operation models to foster close ties with local people and better their engagement in the local Party building and poverty reduction work.

Many legislators voiced support for the National Assembly (NA)'s issuance of a resolution on the national master plan for 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, while discussing the plan at the parliament’s ongoing second extraordinary session on January 7.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received outgoing Cambodian Ambassador Chay Navuth in Hanoi on January 6.

The second extraordinary meeting of the 15th National Assembly entered the second working day in Hanoi on January 6.

A flight school at Rach Gia airport, the first civil pilot training facility in Kien Giang province and the southern region, has been inaugurated in the southern province of Kien Giang.

Many activities were organized by the High Command of the Vietnam Coast Guard Region 1 on January 3-4 to bring the early Tet (Lunar New Year Festival) atmosphere to people in Bach Long Vi Island district in the northern city of Hai Phong.

The second extraordinary meeting of the 15th National Assembly (NA) opened in Hanoi on January 5 under the chair of NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

The National Assembly (NA) passed a resolution approving Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s proposal on the appointment of two Deputy Prime Ministers at its second extraordinary session in Hanoi on January 5.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has just announced the ranking of the results of the implementation of the Environmental Protection Performance Index (PEPI) of the provinces and centrally-run cities in 2021 (PEPI 2021), in which Da Nang City leads the country with 79.82 points.

On the occasion of the approaching Lunar New Year Festival, the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam (Agribank) spent more than VND90 billion giving presents for thousands of poor households, near-poor households, policy families and social protection beneficiaries across 64 localities.

The People's Committee of Quang Tri province has just issued a decision on the allocation of investment capital to implement the National Target Program for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in 2023; accordingly, over VND192 billion will be spent on the program.

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong stated that it is necessary to increase the collection of COVID-19 test samples at the border gate and send them to institutes or hospitals for genetic sequencing to assess the risk.

In 2022, Quang Binh province created jobs for 21,000 laborers, including more than 4,000 going to work abroad. In 2023, the province strives to create jobs for about 18,000 people, of which nearly 3,700 go to work abroad under contracts, the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has reported.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has highlighted the motto of “Solidarity, Discipline - Mettle, Flexibility - Innovation, Creativity - Timeliness, Effectiveness” in order to realise the goals set for 2023.

All opportunities should be optimised to successfully achieve the socio-economic targets set for 2023 and the 2021-2026 tenure, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said at a teleconference on January 3.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended and launched a groundbreaking ceremony for 12 components of the second phase of the north-south expressway project in the central province of Quang Ngai on January 1.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on December 31 announced that it will offer a free flight to bring workers with difficult circumstances in southern provinces to their homes in the North for Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration.

The 7th National Congress of the Vietnam War Veterans’ Association (VWVA) wrapped up in Hanoi on December 31.

Under the Party’s leadership and the State’s management, forces in charge of foreign affairs have fulfilled their important tasks of contributing to maintaining a peaceful and stable environment at home and raising the country’s position in the international arena, a senior Party official has said.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has highlighted Vietnam’s achievements in 2022 and their impacts on the country's growth in 2023.

Vietnam has recorded an impressive percentage of women in UN peacekeeping operations, said Caitlin Wiesen, former Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam.