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.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese senior leaders on January 5 offered condolences to the Vatican on the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

VOV.VN - Last year saw citizen diplomacy prosper alongside the two pillars of Party diplomacy and State diplomacy to make a breakthrough after a long hiatus, thereby making substantial contributions to the process of recovery and socio-economic development of the country following the pandemic.

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.

VOV.VN - In a commentary programme on the South China Sea, known locally as the East Sea, recently held by Russia's Avrova news channel in Moscow, Russian international political expert Grigory Trofimchuk, chairman of the Council of Experts of the Eurasian Research Fund, highlighted Vietnam’s view on the issue.

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.

VOV.VN - Indian and Australian Ambassadors have expressed their optimism about relations with Vietnam this year across multiple fields in their remarks for the New Year.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 1 extended their congratulations to First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez on Cuba’s 64th National Day (1959 - 2023).

Under the Party’s leadership and the State’s management, forces in charge of foreign affairs have fulfilled their important tasks of contributing to maintaining a peaceful and stable environment at home and raising the country’s position in the international arena, a senior Party official has said.

VOV.VN -In a video clip released on December 31, United States Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper extended 2023 New Year greetings to Vietnamese people, and at the same time looked back the achievements recorded in mutual relations in 2022.

VOV.VN - Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended holiday and 2023 New Year’s greetings to heads of foreign states and governments, including Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has highlighted Vietnam’s achievements in 2022 and their impacts on the country's growth in 2023.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 30 sent a letter of congratulations to Sonexay Siphandone who was approved by the Lao National Assembly as Prime Minister.on the same day.

Vietnam has recorded an impressive percentage of women in UN peacekeeping operations, said Caitlin Wiesen, former Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam.

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.

VOV.VN - Vietnam reopened its doors at the start of the year following a two-year hiatus caused by COVID-19, creating conditions for diplomatic activities to reach full steam once again, marked by top Vietnamese leaders’ overseas trips.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 29 for Cambodian Ambassador Chay Navuth, who came to say adieu at the end of his tenure in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Luong Nguyen Minh Triet, vice secretary of the Party Committee of the central city of Da Nang, hosted a reception on December 28 for Phoxay Xayasone, secretary of the Party Committee and Governor of the Laotian province of Salavan.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc received the outgoing ambassadors of Sri Lanka and Cambodia, who came to bid their farewells, in Hanoi on December 28.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang hosted a reception for Queen Mother of Bhutan Gyalyum Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck on December 28 in Hanoi, during which the host affirmed that the Vietnamese side will always place great importance on its strong friendship with Bhutan.

Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh thanked Vietnam for its assistance in agricultural development while receiving Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan in Vientiane on December 28.

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.

Senior officials of central Quang Tri province and Laos’ Savannakhet and Salavan provinces held talks in the Vietnamese locality’s Dong Ha city on December 27, during which they signed cooperation agreements in various fields for 2023-2025.

The Politburo has decided to give stern criticism of Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and demand him to make serious self-criticism, learn from lessons and promptly direct remedy for violations and mistakes at the Foreign Ministry and report to the Politburo.