An official from Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS) assumed the position of Director for Plans and Programmes at the ASEAN National Police (ASEANAPOL) Secretariat on January 11.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training coordinated with the Lao Ministry of Education and Sports to hold a handover ceremony for a vocational school built with Vietnamese funding in Nongbok district, Khammouane province, Laos, on January 11.

Vietnam’s Finance Ministry will continue to create favourable conditions for foreign direct investment (FDI) companies to operate effectively and sustainably in the country, Finance Minister Ho Duc Phoc said on January 10 when meeting Samsung Electronics President and Chief Financial Officer Park Hark-kyu.

VOV.VN - Scenarios for the Vietnamese economy will be examined at a forum to be jointly held in Hanoi on January 11 by Vietnam Economic Times and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed the Ministry of Transport allow air carriers to increase the size of their fleets in order to meet domestic demand and utilise opportunities generated by the recovering international market.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has announced environmental protection rankings on its own indicators for assessing the results of environmental protection in localities nationwide.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has well performed its role as a strategic advisor of the Government, especially in COVID-19 prevention and control and socio-economic recovery and development strategies, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at a year-end conference held by the ministry in Hanoi on January 4.

VOV.VN - With the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s trade surplus with Vietnam reaching US$34.26 billion, Vietnam has become the Republic of Korea’s largest trade surplus partner for the first time when the latter enjoyed a trade surplus of US$34.26 billion with the former in 2022, according to the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE).

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong has emphasised the necessity to strengthen supervision and take more samples for COVID-19 testing at border gates besides maintaining the current pandemic prevention and control measures as usual.

The Ministry of Public Security is striving to complete investigations into the Viet A and rescue flight cases in January, Chief of the Office of the ministry Lieut. Gen To An Xo informed the press during the Government’s regular press conference in Hanoi on January 3.