(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has sent a New Year message calling joint efforts to finalize institutions, enhance people’s right to mastery to fulfill 2014’s tasks towards rapid and sustainable development.

President Truong Tan Sang has asked the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong fully tap its potential and strengths while accelerating scientific and technological application for higher and sustainable economic development.

(VOV) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong had a December 30 working session with the Steering Board of the Central Theory Council on its 2013 performance and tasks and orientations for next year.

Cabinet members discussed five draft revised laws during their December 25 law building session, including those on vocational training, real estate business, social insurance, civil aviation, and housing.

Lawmakers will discuss and approve an ordinance on the implementation of the revised 1992 Constitution at the 23rd session of the National Assembly's Standing Committee that opened on December 23.

The 28th Diplomatic Conference was wrapped up in Hanoi on December 20 after five days of reviewing the sector’s performance and devising measures to carry out its tasks in the coming time. 

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has praised the public security force’s achievements in 2013. 

National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Sinh Hung has asked the diplomatic sector to take advantage of support from international friends to speed up the process of international integration.

(VOV) - Building today’s cultural families need to promote fine traditional cultural values of Vietnamese families in accordance with the inevitable changes of the society.

The Defence Ministry on December 17 held a banquet in Hanoi to celebrate the 69th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army and the 24th All-People’s National Defence Day (December 22).

The elderly, with their personal prestige, experience and pool of knowledge, should continue to serve as a mainstay for their local administration and residents, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong has said.

The Office of the State President on December 12 held a press conference in Hanoi to announce a number of new laws and ordinances, including the Employment Law, the first ever of its kind.

Freedom of speech and press has always been a global issue, which is not only a concern of every nation’s leaders but also a fundamental requirement of human rights.

(VOV) - President Truong Tan Sang has underscored the need to bolster the monitoring, inspection, and management powers of State authorities responsible for the fight against corruption.

(VOV) -Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has praised HCM City for its impressive economic achievements during 2013.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung on December 2 signed to certify the revised 1992 Constitution adopted at the freshly-ended sixth session of the 13th National Assembly.

Party Politburo member Le Hong Anh, National Assembly deputy representing Can Tho city, on December 2 met voters in the city’s Phong Dien district to hear their opinions on the recently-ended sixth session of the 13th National Assembly.

The National Assemblies of Vietnam and Belarus have agreed to further their cooperation by focusing more on coordination among its committees and speeding up the implementation of reached agreements.

President Truong Tan Sang on December 2 had meetings with voters in Ho Chi Minh City’s districts 1 and 3, during which the voters expressed their pleasure at the outcomes of the National Assembly’s sixth session with the adopting of the amended Constitution.

(VOV) - It is imperative to strictly control market prices to ensure balanced supply and demand of goods as the traditional lunar New Year festival (Tet) nears.

(VOV) - The capital city needs accelerate administrative reform, improve the investment environment, spur economic growth, ensure social welfare and improve the operational efficiency of People’s Councils at all levels.

(VOV) - A high-ranking Hanoi municipal official delegation led by Party Secretary Pham Quang Nghi concluded its 11-day tour of four European countries on November 29.

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Ministry of Justice to work closely with relevant agencies to improve how laws regulating documents are enforced.

(VOV) - The 13th National Assembly’s (NA) sixth session has been hailed as historic, ushering in a new period of national construction and defence.

(VOV) - With 97.59% of votes in favour, the National Assembly passed the amended 1992 Constitution at its plenary session in Hanoi on November 28.

(VOV) - Vietnam will host the 2014 United Nations Day of Vesak themed "Buddhist Perspective towards Achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals"at Bai Dinh Pagoda in Ninh Binh province from May 7-11 next year.

(VOV) - A delegation from the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) led by its vice chairman Liu Xiaofeng has visited Vietnam.

More Cabinet members went before the National Assembly on November 20 to answer deputies’ queries on a wide range of topics.

(VOV) - President Truong Tan Sang has praised the Vietnam Committee for Catholic Solidarity  (VCCS), at the sixth congress of Vietnamese Catholic representatives, which took place in Hanoi on November 20.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat was in the hot seat over the sector's poor management during a Q&A legislative session on November 19.