Vietnam’s courts at all levels handled over 385,000 out of the 415,000 cases received, or 92.8 percent, in 2014, heard a conference on January 18.

HCM City is targeting to lure US$700 million of investment into its industrial zones and export processing zones in 2015, said the management board of the city’s Export Processing and Industrial Zone Authority (Hepza).

Vietnam sincerely wishes China success in its development cause and to play an active role in safeguarding peace and stability as well as promoting prosperity in Asia and around the globe, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh wrote in an article on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of Vietnam-China diplomatic ties. 

Energy efficiency solutions in construction and increasing the number of green buildings were a focus of an international workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on January 16 about building a city of low-carbon emission. 

A delegation of foreign journalists held talk with their Vietnamese counterparts on January 16 in Hanoi on issues related to media coverage of health care after their field trip to some medical units in Vietnam and the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien. 

A Vietnam-Japan policy dialogue on information and communications technology took place in Hanoi on January 16, with a focus on television digitalisation and next-generation broadcasting services (4k, 8k, smart TV). 

Vietnam’s Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macau and the Commissioner's Office of China's Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong held a meeting on January 16 to mark the 65 th anniversary of Vietnam – China diplomatic ties (January 18, 1950 - 2015). 

Vietnam and India will focus their defence cooperation on applying technological advances and developing information technology and defence industry, it was agreed at the ninth Vietnam-India defence dialogue in New Delhi on January 16. 

Party Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has asked the procuracy sector and each of its staff to set an example in abiding by the Party’s guidelines and policies as well as the State’s laws, thus being a real pillar of justice. 

The 14th session of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC)’s Theory Council opened in Hanoi on January 16 under the chair of the council’s head Dinh The Huynh.