Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged the Defence Ministry to speed up the first phase of the project to build border patrol roads and finalise the plan for the second phase.

Hanoi’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to organise a wide range of activities to welcome the lunar New Year Festival (Tet).

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on January 8 paid a working visit to Chieng Ban commune, Mai Son district, Son La province, as part of his tour to the northern mountainous province. 

The enforcement of the amended Constitution is one of the key tasks of all sectors and the political system in 2014, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung said at an online national conference in Hanoi on January 8.

The Hanoi People’s Court on January 8 sentenced Duong Tu Trong, former Deputy Director of Haiphong city's Police Department, to 18 years’ imprisonment on a charge of organising for a wanted person to flee abroad. 

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat has instructed local authorities to prevent forest fires and urged them to make it a top priority during this dry season.

The transport sector will kick off the construction of 35 major projects and complete 58 others in 2014, according to the Ministry of Transport.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has selected 10 outstanding events in 2013 as follows:

The World Bank (WB) released findings from its study on Vietnam’s logistics and inland waterway transport in Hanoi on January 7.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc proposed all-around links with India in an effort to carry forward bilateral ties at his reception in Hanoi on January 7 for President of the India–ASEAN Business Promotion Council Shantanu Srivastava.