President Truong Tan Sang has praised the procuracy sector for its important contributions to protecting justice as well as the legitimate rights of the State and people.

The Government has issued a resolution to speed up the realisation of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on health care in Vietnam, according to the Government Portal.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has directed the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien to pay attention to socio-economic infrastructure, particularly its transport system in a bid to shed its status as an underdeveloped locality.

Vietnamese Foreign Deputy Minister Ha Kim Ngoc and Norwegian State Secretary Morten Høglund co-chaired the sixth political consultation at a deputy ministerial level between the two countries in Hanoi on January 16.

President Truong Tan Sang has praised Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) for their efforts in maintaining their growth and overcoming difficulties in international economic integration.

The central province of Quang Binh has been included in a list drawn up by the New York Times of 52 global places to go to in 2014.

Vietnam topped the medal tally after the first competition day of the ongoing seventh ASEAN Para Games in Myanmar with 11 gold, 12 silver and 13 bronze medals.

A delegation of businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK) expressed their delight at investment policies of the northern province of Ha Nam at a meeting between businesses and local authorities on January 15.

The governments of Vietnam and France signed the second financial protocol on a project to purchase equipment for the Can Tho General Hospital in the Mekong Delta, at a ceremony in Hanoi on January 15.

Mekong Delta Bac Lieu province has asked for the Indian Institute of Public Administration to offer assistance in training local government staff in agricultural development, urban management and e-governance.