National Assembly approves State President’s resignation
National Assembly approves State President’s resignation

VOV.VN - With a majority of votes in favour, lawmakers approved a resolution dismissing Nguyen Xuan Phuc from his post as State President of Vietnam and member of the National Assembly at an extraordinary session of the legislature on January 18 afternoon.

National Assembly approves State President’s resignation
Nguyen Xuan Phuc resigns as Vietnamese President
Nguyen Xuan Phuc resigns as Vietnamese President

VOV.VN - The Central Party Committee on January 17 agreed to allow Nguyen Xuan Phuc to stop serving as the country’s President, a member of the Politburo and the committee, and Chairman of the National Defence and Security Council for the 2021 to 2026 term.

Nguyen Xuan Phuc resigns as Vietnamese President
State President pays Tet visit to Vietnam Buddhist Sangha leader
State President pays Tet visit to Vietnam Buddhist Sangha leader

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 16 paid a lunar New Year (Tet) visit to Most Venerable Thich Tri Quang, supreme patriarch of the Patronage Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha on the occasion of the coming Tet festival.

State President pays Tet visit to Vietnam Buddhist Sangha leader
PM pays lunar New Year visit to border Cao Bang province
PM pays lunar New Year visit to border Cao Bang province

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 16 paid a lunar New Year (Tet) visit and presented gifts to armed forces, families of social policy beneficiaries and needy people in the northern border province of Cao Bang.

PM pays lunar New Year visit to border Cao Bang province
Top Party leader requests breakthroughs for corruption fight in 2023
Top Party leader requests breakthroughs for corruption fight in 2023

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has requested more breakthroughs to be made in the fight against corruption in the year ahead so that those masterminding notorious graft scandals will face tough punishments according to the law.

Top Party leader requests breakthroughs for corruption fight in 2023
Top Party leader pays pre-Tet visit to Thai Nguyen
Top Party leader pays pre-Tet visit to Thai Nguyen

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on January 10 paid a visit to the party Committee, administration and people of Thai Nguyen in northern Vietnam in the buildup to the coming lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

Top Party leader pays pre-Tet visit to Thai Nguyen
NA approves National Master Plan for 2021 to 2030 period
NA approves National Master Plan for 2021 to 2030 period

VOV.VN - The National Assembly (NA) has voted for the approval of a Resolution on National Master Plan for the 2021-2030 period along a vision to 2050 with a ratio of 449 out of 489 votes in favour, accounting for 90.52% of the total number of NA deputies.

NA approves National Master Plan for 2021 to 2030 period
PM pays pre-Tet visit to Phu Yen, presents gifts to workers
PM pays pre-Tet visit to Phu Yen, presents gifts to workers

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presented gifts to workers and families of social policy beneficiaries during a pre-Tet (lunar New Year) visit to the south-central province of Phu Yen on January 8.

PM pays pre-Tet visit to Phu Yen, presents gifts to workers
NA approves appointment of two Deputy Prime Ministers
NA approves appointment of two Deputy Prime Ministers

The National Assembly (NA) passed a resolution approving Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s proposal on the appointment of two Deputy Prime Ministers at its second extraordinary session in Hanoi on January 5.

NA approves appointment of two Deputy Prime Ministers
NA’s second extraordinary meeting: National Master Plan under review
NA’s second extraordinary meeting: National Master Plan under review

Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung presented a report on the National Master Plan for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050, following the opening of the 15th National Assembly’s second extraordinary meeting in Hanoi on January 5.

NA’s second extraordinary meeting: National Master Plan under review
National Assembly officially approves dismissal of two deputy PMs
National Assembly officially approves dismissal of two deputy PMs

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) deputies on January 5 voted by secret ballot to adopt a resolution approving the dismissal of Deputy Prime Ministers Pham Binh Minh and Vu Duc Dam for the 2021 to 2026 term.

National Assembly officially approves dismissal of two deputy PMs
NA convenes second extraordinary meeting
NA convenes second extraordinary meeting

VOV.VN - The second extraordinary meeting of the 15th National Assembly opened in Hanoi on January 5, which will consider and decide urgent and necessary issues in order to to promptly meet the requirements of life.

NA convenes second extraordinary meeting
Notorious corruption cases to be strictly handled in 2023, says senior Party official
Notorious corruption cases to be strictly handled in 2023, says senior Party official

VOV.VN - A senior Party official has requested that the Party’s Central Commission for Internal Affairs make timely recommendations in order to help the Party strictly handle notorious corruption cases in 2023.

Notorious corruption cases to be strictly handled in 2023, says senior Party official
Government vows strongest resolve to achieve 2023 socio-economic targets
Government vows strongest resolve to achieve 2023 socio-economic targets

The Government will instruct ministries, agencies and localities to implement the 2023 socio-economic development plan with the greatest efforts and strongest determination, Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Tran Van Son said at the Cabinet regular press conference in Hanoi on January 3, citing Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Government vows strongest resolve to achieve 2023 socio-economic targets
Party chief urges utilising opportunities for socio-economic development
Party chief urges utilising opportunities for socio-economic development

All opportunities should be optimised to successfully achieve the socio-economic targets set for 2023 and the 2021-2026 tenure, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said at a teleconference on January 3.

Party chief urges utilising opportunities for socio-economic development
Prime Minister highlights motto to realise goals in 2023
Prime Minister highlights motto to realise goals in 2023

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has highlighted the motto of “Solidarity, Discipline - Mettle, Flexibility - Innovation, Creativity - Timeliness, Effectiveness” in order to realise the goals set for 2023.

Prime Minister highlights motto to realise goals in 2023
Government-to-localities conference opens to review 2022 performance
Government-to-localities conference opens to review 2022 performance

A teleconference between the Government and the 63 provinces and centrally-run cities opened on January 3 morning to review the 2022 performance and carry out the Party Central Committee’s conclusions and the National Assembly (NA)’s resolution on the socio-economic development plan for 2023.

Government-to-localities conference opens to review 2022 performance
Breakthrough development policies to be formulated for Ho Chi Minh City
Breakthrough development policies to be formulated for Ho Chi Minh City

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has on behalf of the Politburo signed Resolution 31 on directions and tasks for Ho Chi Minh City’s development to 2030, with a vision to 2045.

Breakthrough development policies to be formulated for Ho Chi Minh City
Two Deputy PMs no longer Party Central Committee members
Two Deputy PMs no longer Party Central Committee members

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Ministers Pham Binh Minh and Vu Duc Dam will no longer hold positions as members of the Party Central Committee for the 2021-2026 tenure.

Two Deputy PMs no longer Party Central Committee members
Homeland Spring 2023 for Vietnamese expatriates slated for January 14
Homeland Spring 2023 for Vietnamese expatriates slated for January 14

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.

Homeland Spring 2023 for Vietnamese expatriates slated for January 14
Government focuses on law-making, institutional improvement: PM
Government focuses on law-making, institutional improvement: PM

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.

Government focuses on law-making, institutional improvement: PM
50 years of ‘Dien Bien Phu in the air’ victory celebrated in Hanoi
50 years of ‘Dien Bien Phu in the air’ victory celebrated in Hanoi

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.

50 years of ‘Dien Bien Phu in the air’ victory celebrated in Hanoi
Top 10 events in Vietnam in 2022 selected by VOV
Top 10 events in Vietnam in 2022 selected by VOV

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.

Top 10 events in Vietnam in 2022 selected by VOV
Second NA extraordinary session to discuss important matters
Second NA extraordinary session to discuss important matters

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.

Second NA extraordinary session to discuss important matters
PM highlights digital government as driving force behind digital economy development
PM highlights digital government as driving force behind digital economy development

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.

PM highlights digital government as driving force behind digital economy development
Public security force urged to push back new challenges in national defence
Public security force urged to push back new challenges in national defence

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.

Public security force urged to push back new challenges in national defence
NA to hold second extraordinary session next month
NA to hold second extraordinary session next month

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.

NA to hold second extraordinary session next month
Party leader attends national military-political conference 2022
Party leader attends national military-political conference 2022

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.

Party leader attends national military-political conference 2022
President attends gathering celebrating 50 years of "Dien Bien Phu in the air"
President attends gathering celebrating 50 years of "Dien Bien Phu in the air"

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.

President attends gathering celebrating 50 years of "Dien Bien Phu in the air"
Party General Secretary chairs Central Military Commission session
Party General Secretary chairs Central Military Commission session

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.

Party General Secretary chairs Central Military Commission session
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