Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has lauded the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin (VAVA) for its strenuous efforts in support of AO victims over the past 10 years.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) and the Korea Foundation on December 23 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation exchange and experience sharing between the two countries’ youth.

President Truong Tan Sang said he believes the court sector will keep up with the reform of the judicial system in line with the newly-adopted Constitution and Party’s Resolutions.

Nuclear power lecturers and students have gathered at a seminar in Hanoi to discuss light water reactor (VVER) technology as well as post-Fukushima experience and assessments. 

The Government has promulgated a series of additional preferential policies to encourage businesses to invest in agriculture and rural development.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 21 visited the Ho Chi Minh City Archdiocese and the General Confederation of the Evangelical Churches of Vietnam (South) on the occasion of Christmas.

A Belgian national, who has been intentionally wanted by the Interpol since 2006 for sexual abuse, has been arrested in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

The newly-formed Vietnam Maritime Pilots Association made its debut at a ceremony held in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on December 20.

Vietnamese player Nguyen Hoang Yen won the silver medal in the women’s xiangqi (Chinese chess) category at the third SportAccord World Mind Games in Beijing, China, which took place from December 12-18.

Chief Representative of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Vietnam Lotta Sylwander has hailed Vietnam for its successful universalisation of primary education.