Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 5 outlined tasks for all-level authorities, sectors, and localities to fulfill in 2024, which he called a year for making breakthroughs that holds special significance to the successful implementation of the five-year plan 2021 - 2025.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a national teleconference that opened on January 5 to review the operations of the Government and local administrations in 2023 and look at ways to implement their tasks for 2024.

Politburo member, President Vo Van Thuong, who is Chairman of the Council of National Defence and Security, on January 4 chaired the 4th meeting of the council.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on January 2 inspected the implementation of the component project No. 3 of the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau expressway project in Phu My township, and the Southern Petrochemical Complex Project in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau.

President Vo Van Thuong has hailed the Presidential Office in supporting the President and Vice President in performing both domestic and external affairs tasks assigned by the Party and the State this year.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is scheduled to hold a dialogue with farmers nationwide in Hanoi on December 30 to address their concerns.

Activities of the National Assembly Office are becoming increasingly professional and effective, said NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue during a conference in Hanoi to review its 2023 work and outline tasks for next year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 28 asked the transport sector to pay more attention to infrastructure development, considering this as a key, priority task in 2024.

VOV.VN - Promoting the fundamental rights of ethnic minority people has been made the top priority in Vietnam’s development strategies and is clearly prescribed in the 2013 Constitution.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue asked press agencies to continue promoting their role as a bridge between the legislature and people and voters nationwide while chairing a meeting in Hanoi on December 27.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh outlined certain tasks for the public security force while attending the 79th National Public Security Conference opened in Hanoi on December 27.

VOV.VN - The Political Bureau has recently issued a directive aimed at strengthening the Party’s leadership in terms of thrift practice and waste prevention.

VOV.VN - 2023 was considered a challenging year for Vietnam amid domestic and global difficulties, but the country yielded outstanding achievements across various fields. Let’s look at the top 10 events of the year as chosen by VOV

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting in Hanoi on December 26 to consider seven proposals on drafting laws, ordinances and two bills.

VOV.VN - General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has expressed hope that the Vietnamese peasantry will continue to grow and become a true stakeholder and the centre of the process of developing agriculture, the rural economy, and building new rural areas.

The Presidential Office on December 25 held a press conference to announce the President’s order on the promulgation of the laws approved by the 15th National Assembly at its recent sixth session.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is viewed as boasting huge potential and advantages for developing cultural industries, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said while chairing the National Conference on developing Vietnam's cultural industries held on December 22 in Hanoi.

President Vo Van Thuong examined the training and combat readiness at Brigade K3 of General Department II, the Ministry of National Defence, on December 21, on the occasion of the 79th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (December 22, 1944 - 2023) and the All People’s National Defence Festival (December 22, 1989 - 2023).

The Inspection Commission of the Party Central Committee scrutinised the outcomes of inspections of some Party organisations and Party officials at a meeting in Hanoi from December 18-20.

President Vo Van Thuong examined the training and combat readiness at the Special-task Arm in Hanoi on December 18, on the occasion of the 79th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (December 22, 1944 - 2023) and the All People’s National Defence Festival (December 22, 1989 - 2023).

VOV.VN - The National Assembly is likely to convene a thematic session in mid-January to address outstanding and urgent issues, according to the National Assembly chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a national conference in Hanoi on December 7 to discuss solutions aimed at unlocking capital sources for businesses that have been crippled with credit access in order to maintain and spur production.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has demanded priority be given to promoting economic growth and securing the best possible results for the aspects failing to meet targets this year.

President Vo Van Thuong had a working session on December 5 with the Military Region 5 Command, which comprises 11 central and Central Highlands localities, on the military-defence situation in the region.

The Politburo and the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee on December 4 jointly organised a national conference on popularisation and studying of the resolution released at the eight plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has asked the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) to develop long-term social welfare programmes for employees to better cater to their needs and to ensure they feel comfortable at work.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Human Rights Network (VHRN) headquartered in California, USA, recently published its 2022-2023 report which continues to provide distorted information about the human rights situation in a number of countries and territories, including Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The sixth session of the 15th National Assembly concluded in Hanoi on November 29 after 22 and a half days of sitting.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly on November 19 approved a resolution to extend the ongoing policy of reducing the value added tax (VAT) on selected lines of products and services from 10% to 8% for another six months till June 30, 2024.

VOV.VN - With more than 93% of votes in favour, the National Assembly approved a resolution on applying additional corporate income tax in line with the Global Anti-Base Erosion Rules (global minimum tax), due to take effect as of January 1, 2024.