The construction work began on the Thu Thiem 2 Bridge, which costs VND4.26 trillion (US$199.67 million), following a groundbreaking ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on February 3.

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Vuong Dinh Hue held a reception for a Chinese delegation led by Liu Shijin, Vice Director of the Development Research Centre of the State Council, in Hanoi on February 3. 

Low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific on February 3 officially launched a new air route between the central province of Thanh Hoa and Buon Ma Thuot in Central Highlands Dak Lak province. 

President Truong Tan Sang made a working visit to the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai where he delivered gifts to war veterans and poor people on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

A delegation of Hanoi leaders headed by Politburo member and Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Pham Quang Nghi offered incense at the relic site House No.90 – Tho Nhuom St, where the first Party General Secretary Tran Phu wrote the political thesis, on February 3.

From improving institutions to devising detailed plans for each sector, Vietnam is making every effort in order to dramatically reduce CO2 emissions by 2030.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai called upon relevant Ministries and agencies to rapidly implement the action plan for the Vietnam Industrialisation Strategy (VIS), a part of the Vietnam-Japan cooperation framework through 2020.

Vietnam was the second largest mobile phone exporter to Peru in 2014, according to the Centre for Foreign Commerce (CCEX) under the Lima Chamber of Commerce.

A workshop to enhance women’s involvement in politics was held in central Ha Tinh province on February 2.

Italy is willing to support Vietnam in training and improving professional skills for Vietnam’s traffic police force, an Italian official has said.