The Vietnamese Government has issued a decree detailing the implementation of marriage and family practices while calling for an end to backward ones. 

A ceremony was held in Hanoi on January 7 to mark the 65th anniversary of the Vietnam’s Students’ Day (January 9), and to present “Sinh vien 5 tot” (Five-Virtue Student) and “Sao Thang Gieng” (January Star) awards to outstanding students nationwide. 

President Truong Tan Sang on January 7 met 102 outstanding students in Hanoi on the 65th anniversary of the Student Traditional Day and the Vietnamese Student Association.

ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh on January 7 started a working visit to Malaysia, according to a press release by the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

Four women from the Netherlands aim to bi-cycle around 22 countries in 400 days in a project called R4WR (Ride for Women's Rights).

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung issued a plan to simplify administrative procedures and cut at least 25% of related fees.

Vietnam will send its sport teams to 25 international sport events in the first quarter of 2015, according to the General Department of Sports and Physical Training.

The Central Commission of Health Care for Senior Officials has dismissed rumours surrounding the health of Nguyen Ba Thanh, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs.

The draft political report, which will be submitted to the upcoming 12th National Party Congress, was the focus of the third working day of the 10th plenum of the Party Central Committee on January 7. 

The appeal court upheld the life imprisonment sentence for Huynh Thi Huyen Nhu, former deputy chief of the Risk Management Department of the Ho Chi Minh City branch of the Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank), on January 7.