(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh is visiting India from January 7-10 where he is scheduled to attend a conference reviewing the Vietnam-India Friendship Year 2012 on January 9.

(VOV) - The Hanoi Party Committee will conduct a pilot vote of confidence scheme on members of the Standing Board and a number of key position holders in the city at its ongoing 10th conference.

A national conference to launch the public poll on the draft amendments to the 1992 Constitution was broadcast live in all the 63 cities and provinces on January 8. 

(VOV) - HCM City will do its utmost to realize Vietnam-Laos cooperation agreements and expand cooperation with Vientiane capital and other southern Lao provinces. 

(VOV) - Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Sinh Hung on January 8 received a delegation from the State Audit Office of Hungary led by President Laszlo Domokos.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and the Vietnam - Cambodia Friendship Organisation (VCFA) in Ho Chi Minh City hosted a ceremony on January 7 to celebrate the 34th Victory Day of Cambodia.

Vietnam’s National Assembly (NA) attaches importance to strengthening cooperation in energy between Vietnam and Russia and creates favourable conditions for Russian enterprises to expand their activities in Vietnam.

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged Cao Bang province to tap its agricultural and forestry potential, and encouraged the development of household-based economy to reduce poverty.

(VOV) - The Vietnamese and Lao National Assemblies need to actively implement cooperation agreements, increase information and expertise sharing, and work closely together at regional and global inter-parliamentary forums for peace, cooperation and development.

(VOV) -The Da Nang Institute for Socio-economic Development (DISD) has unveiled the receiving of more valuable documents affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes. 

(VOV) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on January 6 visited the border commune of Ban Lau, Muong Khuong district, Lao Cai province, during his tour of northwest provinces.

(VOV) - The northern Yen Bai province needs to tap its potential and exploit its strength to create products capable of delivering developmental progress.

(VOV) - The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security and the Cambodian Ministry of Interior have been urged to continue their effective cooperation on law enforcement and social order maintenance over 2013—especially in adjacent border provinces.

(VOV) - Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Cam Tu led a Vietnamese delegation joining 50 delegates from other ASEAN member countries at the 23rd meeting of the High Level Task Force on ASEAN Economic Integration (HLTF-EI) in Kuala Lumpur on January 4.

(VOV) - A meeting was held in Ho Chi Minh City on January 4 to celebrate Cuba’s 54th National Day (January 1).

(VOV) - State President Truong Tan Sang received Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs, Sar Kheng, in Hanoi on January 4.

(VOV) - Philippine Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario has voiced his faith in the role of the new ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh who succeeded Surin Pitsuwan on January 1.

(VOV) - President Truong Tan Sang and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on January 3 sent their greetings to President of Myanmar Thein Sein marking the 65th anniversary of his country’s Independence Day (1948-2013).

The third session of the Vietnam-China Land Border Joint Committee convened in Beijing, China, from December 23-27.

(VOV) - Vietnam and the Republic of Korea have great potential for strengthening bilateral cooperation, especially in economics, in 2013.

(VOV) - Chinese surveillance vessels conducted 58 East Sea patrols in 2012, according to the State Oceanic Administration of China (SOA).

(VOV) - The 1992 Constitution revision draft was made public on January 2 for public feedback, in line with Resolution 38/2012/QH13 adopted by the National Assembly on November 23, 2012.

Cultural similarities and a respect for each other are the foundations for the two countries increased ties in recent years, he said.

On the occasion of the new year, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, who is also a Politburo member, has written an article voicing the nation’s resolve to overcome weaknesses and challenges, curb inflation and promote growth and sustainable development.

External activities in 2013 will continue to play a part in maintaining a peaceful and stable environment for national development, said Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh. 

(VOV) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong held a working session with the Standing Board of the Theory Council of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee in Hanoi on December 31.

(VOV) - 2012 has been an eventful year for the Vietnamese-Russian relationship, witnessing the implementation of major agreements signed during recent years.

(VOV) - The northern mountainous province of Bac Kan needs to push socio-economic development, ensure national security and defence and reduce poverty.

(VOV) - Ambassador Duong Chi Dung has reported that despite political changes in France, bilateral Vietnamese-French ties continue to develop positively.

(VOV) - Lao Deputy Prime Minister Thoonglun Sisulit presented the Issara (Freedom) Order commendation to a number of Vietnamese individuals and localities, part of celebrations for the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties and the 35th anniversary of the Friendship and Cooperation Treaty.