VOV.VN - The Ministry of National Defense and the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations held a memorial service on January 19 for Lieutenant Colonel Do Anh, who passed away whilst undertaking a UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic.

VOV.VN - The naming of the "first extraordinary session" implies that the National Assembly (NA) could hold further sessions as it considers pressing and urgent issues or thematic law and ordinance building programme.

The Vietnam Seventh-Day Adventist Church convened its fourth general assembly in Ho Chi Minh City on January 17.

A national conference was held in central Da Nang city on January 17 to look into the continued promotion of judicial reform to serve the building and completion of a law-governed socialist state of Vietnam.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee will hold its 7th session in Hanoi on January 18 and 19, according to the NA Office.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has highlighted the NA's major outcomes in the first year of the 15th tenure and priorities for 2022 during an interview granted to the press as the country is preparing to welcome the Lunar New Year (Tet).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 12 chaired a meeting with representatives from ministries, sectors and localities on prevention and combat of corruption and negative phenomena, during which he stressed the need to intensify inspection and examination.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong attended and delivered a speech at the National Cultural Conference to implement the 13th National Party Congress’ Resolution held by the Politburo and Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on November 24 via videoconference.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a conference in Hanoi on January 12 to review the Presidential Office's performance of tasks in 2021 and launch missions for this year.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 11 asked the court and judicial sector to continue with reforms to adapt to the new situation and better meet requirements of national development.

VOV.VN - Lawmakers at their closing ceremony of their extraordinary session on January 11 adopted a VND350 trillion relief package for the national socio-economic development and recovery programme.

VOV.VN - Takeshi Kasai, Regional Director for the Western Pacific of the World Health Organization (WHO) has voiced his organisation’s strong support for the Vietnamese Government’s strategy of living safely with COVID-19, giving top priority to protecting people’s health.

The 15th National Assembly will convene the last sitting of its first extraordinary session in the afternoon of January 11.

National Assembly (NA) deputies continued an online debate on January 10 on amendments and supplements to the Law on Public Investment, the Law on Public-Private Partnership, the Law on Investment, the Bidding Law, the Electricity Law, the Enterprise Law, and the Law on Special Consumption Tax.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented decisions on the promotion from the rank of Lieutenant General to Senior Lieutenant General to Deputy Ministers of Public Security Tran Quoc To and Luong Tam Quang.

VOV.VN - The Government should make a greater effort to effectively implement its post-pandemic socio-economic recovery programme, along with strictly controlling inflation and maintaining macroeconomic stability, says Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Vietnam has become one of the six countries with highest COVID-19 vaccination coverage in the world, Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh told a teleconference between the Government and localities on January 5.

VOV.VN - The Government held an online conference on January 5 with all 63 cities and provinces in order to set out the implementation of socio-economic development tasks for 2022.

Deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) debated four draft documents and their verification reports on important issues of the national economy during the first day of their first extraordinary session on January 4.

VOV.VN - A delegation made up of Party and State leaders laid wreaths and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on the morning of January 4 at his mausoleum ahead of the 15th National Assembly (NA)'s first extraordinary session in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The first extraordinary session of the 15th National Assembly (NA) opened in Hanoi on January 4 via an online platform, with the participation of 62 NA delegations from all localities throughout the nation, except Hanoi deputies who join the session from the NA Hall.

Every official and Party member, first of all those holding leading and managerial posts at all levels and particularly the top posts, should be a role model, uphold the sense of responsibility, and create a high consensus in carrying out the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the National Defence Academy (NDA) to step up research and development of Vietnamese military and defence science, as well as military art and culture.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has hailed the great achievements gained by Da Nang over the past 25 years, affirming that the success of the central city lies in its ability to awaken human potential.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked each revolutionary public security officer to place national and public interests above others in any circumstance, deserving the solid “steel shield” of the Party, State and people.

VOV.VN - 2021 has seen numerous important events happen in Vietnam. Let's have a look at top 10 domestic events in 2021 as selected by VOV.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc emphasised the need to improve the image, professional reputation and status of lawyers while addressing the third National Congress of Lawyers in Hanoi on December 26.

VOV.VN - Press agencies have played a significant role in popularising several of the nation’s major issues, thereby serving as a reliable forum for local people.

A national conference was held in Hanoi on December 23 to review the external information service and communications about seas, islands, border demarcation, marker planting, and land border management in 2021.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 23 visited and presented gifts to the Catholic Church of the Hanoi Archdiocese on Christmas and New Year 2022.