VOV.VN - Homeland Spring, an annual programme for Vietnamese expatriates ahead of the lunar New Year holiday, is scheduled to take place at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi on January 14, with the participation of approximately 3,000 delegates.

The Government has focused on the implementation of law-making and institutional improvement throughout 2022, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the government’s last monthly law-making session this year in Hanoi on December 26.

VOV.VN - The capital of Hanoi and the Ministry of Defence jointly held a ceremony on December 26 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ‘Dien Bien Phu in the air’ victory over Hanoi skies.

VOV.VN - 2022 can be considered a successful year for Vietnam as the country yielded outstanding achievements across various fields. Let’s therefore look at the top 10 events of the year as chosen by VOV.

The second extraordinary session of the 15th National Assembly (NA) will open on January 5, 2023, with an agenda full of many important issues, according to a conclusion of the NA Standing Committee.

VOV.VN - A digital government is the major driving force, leading the building of a digital economy, digital citizenship and digital society, contributing to the successful implementation of the Resolution adopted at the 13th National Party Congress.

The public security force needs to continue its core and pioneering role in preventing and pushing back emerging risks and challenges in national defence, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on December 21.

VOV.VN - The 15th National Assembly (NA) second extraordinary session is set to open on January 5 and conclude on January 9, 2023, Bui Van Cuong, general secretary of the NA and chairman of the NA Office, said on December 21 at the 18th meeting of the NA in Hanoi.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who is also Secretary of the Central Military Commission, on December 20 attended the national military-political conference in 2022 which reviewed the military and defence work in the year and sketched out orientations for implementing tasks in 2023.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 19 attended a get-together held by the Air Defence-Air Force to mark the 50th anniversary of the "Dien Bien Phu in the air" victory in 1972.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who is Secretary of the Central Military Commission, chaired the commission’s fifth session in Hanoi on December 19 to consider the approval of a report on the implementation of military and defence tasks in 2022, and orientations for 2023, and several draft resolutions.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the 78th National Public Security Conference that opened in Hanoi on December 19, saying that the force has greatly contributed to Vietnam’s achievements this year.

Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man visited the Da Nang Diocese and the Vietnam Christian Mission on the occasion of the upcoming Christmas festival on December 19.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited the Border Guard High Command in Hanoi on December 18, hailing the force’s achievements which have contributed to Vietnam’s successes in 2022.

VOV.VN - A national conference was held on December 17 in Bac Ninh province as part of efforts to explore ways to perfect institutions and improve the efficiency of using resources for cultural development in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 17 visited and presented gifts to the Hanoi Archdiocese and the Vietnam Committee for Catholic Solidarity on Christmas 2022.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee held a press meeting on December 16 to announce the outcomes of the union’s 12th National Congress that had wrapped up earlier the same day.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on December 16 chaired a meeting of the Political Bureau and Secretariat of the Party to consider punitive measures against eight high-ranking officials for their wrongdoings.

VOV.VN - Secretary of the Party Central Committee and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Do Van Chien on December 16 visited Phan Thiet Diocese in Binh Thuan province on the occasion of Christmas 2022.

The Party and State always treasure and highly value the role and position of the youth, considering them a big social force, a mainstay and a future owner of the country, and one of the factors behind the success of national industrialisation, modernisation, international integration, and socialism building.

The 18th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee opened in Hanoi on December 13.

VOV.VN - Several hostile forces have recently made unfounded allegations relating to the ongoing anti-corruption drive in Vietnam, stating that the fight initiated and led by the Communist Party is having a negative impact on the local economy.

The 13th-tenure Party Central Committee’s resolution on the continued enhancement of national industrialisation and modernisation by 2030, with a vision to 2045, was part of the focus of a national conference on December 6.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on December 2 chaired a Politburo meeting on a project to review the 10-year implementation of a resolution on the orientations and tasks for the development of Ho Chi Minh City until 2020 and 2030, with a vision to 2050.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged all sectors and localities to drastically and synchronously implement tasks and solutions aimed at fulfilling all targets set for this year, while chairing a regular monthly cabinet meeting on December 1 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 30 presided over a national urban conference in Hanoi aiming to make a breakthrough in urban development in the coming years.

Since its introduction into Vietnam, Buddhism has integrated into the Vietnamese social life and become an important element in the national culture, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said in a reception for a delegation of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) after the success of the 9th National Buddhist Congress on November 29. ​

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a national hybrid conference on November 29 to disseminate and launch the implementation of the 13th-tenure Politburo’s resolution on orientations for socio-economic development and defence - security safeguarding in the Red River Delta.

VOV.VN - Lawmakers are expected to convene an extraordinary session in January 2023 to examine key issues, National Assembly General Secretary Bui Van Cuong said at the 17th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee on November 28.

Ho Chi Minh City's socio-economic development results make an important contribution to stabilising the macro-economy and ensuring major balances of the whole country, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed on November 27 at his meeting with leaders of the city.