VOV.VN - Countdown events held in order to mark the start of 2023 will be organised in downtown Ho Chi Minh City and Hoi An City on December 31, according to plans recently unveiled by local authorities.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who is Secretary of the Central Military Commission, chaired the commission’s fifth session in Hanoi on December 19 to consider the approval of a report on the implementation of military and defence tasks in 2022, and orientations for 2023, and several draft resolutions.

Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen has held talks with Governor of Phnom Penh Khuong Sreng, during which both officials emphasised the importance of continuing to strengthen the good cooperative relationship between the two cities.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with President of the Workers’ Party of Belgium Raoul Hedebouw on December 15 as part of his official visit to the country.

The Party and State always treasure and highly value the role and position of the youth, considering them a big social force, a mainstay and a future owner of the country, and one of the factors behind the success of national industrialisation, modernisation, international integration, and socialism building.

The Vietnamese Party, State and people appreciate its faithful relationship with fraternal Lao counterparts in the past struggle for national liberation and current national development, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said.

Nguyen Trong Nghia, head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, held talks in Hanoi on December 12 with Khamphanh Pheuyavong, head of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee’s Commission for Propaganda and Training.

VOV.VN - Several hostile forces have recently made unfounded allegations relating to the ongoing anti-corruption drive in Vietnam, stating that the fight initiated and led by the Communist Party is having a negative impact on the local economy.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Henri, at the Grand Ducal Palace on December 10 as part of his official visit to the European nation.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always places importance on comprehensive cooperation and partnership with Luxembourg, a founding and important member of the European Union, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during his talks with Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel on December 9.