Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung asked the US to adopt a more flexible approach to the negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for the agreement’s early signing while receiving new US Ambassador Theodore Osius in Hanoi on January 7. 

The Ministry of Health said the number of foreign patients treated by medical facilities in the country surged last year, bringing foreign currency earnings of some US$1 billion.

A workshop was held in the central city of Danang on January 6 to develop a detailed plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Danang Seafood Service Zone, and to create solutions to business development.

The European Trade Policy and Investment Support Project (EU-MUTRAP) on January 6 provided information and technology (IT) equipment to departments and units under three ministries and the National Office of Intellectual Property.

(VOV)-The State Bank of Vietnam weakened the VND by 1%, raising the USD-VND daily reference rate from 21246 to 21458, according to experts of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC). 

President Truong Tan Sang has praised efforts made by the Vietnam Ex-Youth Volunteers Association (VEYVA) in connecting thousands of members nationwide and supporting them in boosting economic development and acting as good examples for youngsters.

The People's Committee of Hanoi has kicked off a campaign to make the capital greener, cleaner and more beautiful and control traffic chaos.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung recently promulgated regulations on the responsibility of Vietnamese agencies for operating a Viet Nam-China hotline dealing with unexpected fishery incidents arising at sea.

Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City’s People Committee Le Hoang Quan asked local authorities to intensify inspections on and strictly punish violations of regulations on fire prevention and fighting in the city. 

Angelito Capindo Rojas, chef of sunken cargo ship Bulk Jupiter, was handed over to representatives of Philippine Embassy in Vietnam on January 6 in Vung Tau city, southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.