A job fair took place in the southern province of Dong Nai on January 23, offering an opportunity to local job seekers to find jobs in Japanese firms.
A ceremony to kick off the 40th anniversary year of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Germany (1975-2015) was held in Ho Chi Minh City on January 24.
Vatican Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, visited the Danang Diocese on January 23 and extended greetings on the 400th anniversary of the evangelization and the 50th founding anniversary of the diocese.
The seventh Vietnam-US Political, Security and Defence Dialogue took place in Hanoi on January 22-23 under the chair of Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc and US Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Puneet Talwar.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment introduced the first Biennial Update Reports (BUR1) of Vietnam to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at a workshop in Hanoi on January 23.
A grand ceremony was held at Bai Dinh Pagoda in the northern province of Ninh Binh on January 23 to pray for world peace and the country’s prosperity.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided Vietnam with two loans totalling US$165 million to improve secondary education for ethnic minority students in the country’s poorest areas, and upgrade rural infrastructure in six central provinces.
Ho Chi Minh City had a good start for 2015 with strong and stable growth in January, heard a regular meeting on January 23 of the municipal People’s Committee.
Deputy Minister of Public Security Le Quy Vuong hosted a reception for Matthew H.King, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security, in Hanoi on January 23.
The Union of Friendship Organisations and the Vietnam-Russia Friendship Association in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province co-organised a ceremony on January 23 to mark the 65 th anniversary of Vietnam-Russia diplomatic ties.