Berggruen Holdings is willing to cooperate with Vietnam in personnel training, affirmed Founder and Chairman of the US-based company Nicolas Berggruen while he and Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at the Columbia University Nguyen Thi Lien Hang were received by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Hanoi on January 7.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for a shift in law-making process, stressing that laws should not only ensure effective governance but also foster openness and harness all available resources to facilitate national development.

Ho Chi Minh City is temporarily halting tours of its People’s Committee and People’s Council headquarters, which have become a popular attraction for local and foreign visitors alike.

Ho Chi Minh City is set to develop a 49-km metro line connecting the downtown area to Can Gio district to synchronise its urban railway network and improve public transportation.

The People’s Court of the northern province of Thai Binh on January 7 opened the first-instance trial against a case of extorting property and abusing positions and power to influence others for personal gain involving two former National Assembly deputies and three other defendants.

The “Theory Meets Experiment: Astrophysics and Cosmology” (TMEX2025) international conference opened in Quy Nhon city in the south-central province of Binh Dinh on January 6.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Colombo hosted an early Lunar New Year celebration on January 5, bringing together hundreds of Vietnamese living and working in Sri Lanka.

A strong US dollar will still be a major factor influencing the USD/VND exchange rate in 2025, causing the Vietnamese dong to depreciate by about 3% against the dollar, experts forecast.

The 7th Overseas Vietnamese World Golf Championship is scheduled to take place in the northern city of Hai Phong from January 9 to 11.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the Government’s law-building session in Hanoi on January 7, which discussed seven draft laws and resolutions from the National Assembly (NA), many of which are related to the improvement of the legal system to make it coherent to the restructuring of political system’s organisational apparatus.