VOV.VN - Despite accounting for a mere 14% of the national population and 27% of the local workforce, the annual working-class contribution to the nation makes up more than 65% of GDP and over 70% of the annual State budget.

The Party Committee of Hanoi on December 23 convened a conference, chaired by Secretary Vuong Dinh Hue, to review its anti-corruption operations, home affairs, and judicial reforms in 2020 and map out plans for 2021.

Efficient and effective law making and enforcement is the first and foremost prerequisite to promoting national development, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told a national teleconference on December 23.

Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, Tran Quoc Vuong, has called for more effort to renew the content and method and increase the efficiency of people-to-people diplomacy.

VOV.VN - The Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee has decided to convene the 13th National Party Congress in Hanoi capital in January 2021.

The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) held a national teleconference on December 21 to review the sector’s performance in 2020 and the 2016-2020 tenure and set tasks for next year.

VOV.VN - The best conditions should be created for research institutions to produce COVID-19 vaccines locally, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a meeting with permanent Cabinet members in Hanoi on Dec. 21.

VOV.VN - The Ministries of National Defence of Vietnam and Cambodia should hold more consultations and increase the sharing of information to promote cooperation between the two armies.

The information and education board of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee has decided to suspend Tat Thanh Cang, deputy head of the compilation group for the history of the city’s Party organisation, from work for three months to serve an investigation, the board said on December 20.

The 14th plenum of the 12th-tenure Party Central Committee wrapped up in Hanoi on December 18 after nearly five days of working, with all agenda items completed.

Permanent Cabinet members on December 18 looked at the Government’s draft Resolution No.1, which sets leadership and management orientations for the whole year of 2021.

The 12th-tenure Party Central Committee (PCC) reached high consensus on personnel work related to the 13th tenure Politburo and PCC Secretariat during the 14th session, which concluded on December 18 morning after nearly five working days, two days ahead of schedule.

VOV.VN - A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam on Dec. 17 voiced her opposition to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ accusations on press freedom in Vietnam and affirmed the country supports and guarantees the exercise of press freedom.

The Party Central Committee spent the second day of its 14th session debating several draft reports to be submitted to the upcoming 13th National Party Congress.

VOV.VN - In a message to the 60th anniversary of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) which was virtually held on Dec. 14, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has expressed Vietnam’s hope to receive continued support from the OECD to implement its sustainable development goals.

The 14th session of the 12th Party Central Committee (PCC) began in Hanoi on December 14.

The 14th session of the 12th Party Central Committee opened in Hanoi on December 14 under the chair of Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee President Tran Thanh Man on Dec. 12 paid an Xmas visit to Bui Chu diocese in Nam Dinh province to extend Xmas 2021 greetings to local Catholics.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has made a breakthrough in its ongoing struggle to stamp out corruption, thereby generating public consensus and building up trust among citizens in the ruling Party’s leadership, a conference was told in Hanoi on December 12.

VOV.VN - Vietnam considers the United Kingdom as an important partner and wants to boost mutually beneficial cooperation with the UK, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc told visiting Secretary of State for International Trade Elizabeth Mary Truss in Hanoi on Dec. 11.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan expressed Vietnam’s desires to strengthen cooperative ties with New Zealand, Chile and Indonesia during her separate receptions for the outgoing ambassadors of the three countries in Hanoi on December 11.

A nationwide emulation movement with the theme “Solidarity, creativity, and emulation to build and safeguard the Fatherland” was launched for the 2021-2025 period by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 10.

Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong on December 10 highlighted the contributions of the patriotic emulation movement to the country's socio-economic achievements over the past years.

VOV.VN - The opening ceremony of the 10th National Patriotic Emulation Congress took place in Hanoi on December 10 amid the presence of Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, along with various other Party and State leaders.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted a reception for delegates of the 10th National Patriotic Emulation Congress on December 9.

VOV.VN - The 51st session of the National Assembly Standing Committee opened in Hanoi on December 9 with NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan in the chair.

Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a Politburo meeting in Hanoi on December 8 to fine-tune the draft documents to be submitted to the 13th National Party Congress.

The 10th National Patriotic Emulation Congress is scheduled to take place at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi on December 9-10 with the participation of 2,300 delegates.

VOV.VN - The army must not remain idle amid unexpected developments occurring in political and security matters both regionally and globally, said Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong at the 2020 national military - political conference held in Hanoi on December 7 in Hanoi.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc lauded ethnic minority groups nationwide for their contributions to the national construction and defence over the past years, while addressing the opening of the second National Congress of Vietnamese Ethnic Minorities in Hanoi on December 4.