Vietnam will discontinue automatic stay extension for foreign nationals in the country starting January 15, as it tentatively reopens its borders, according to a notice from the Immigration Department under the Ministry of Public Security.

Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh and his entourage left Hanoi on January 10, concluding their three-day visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has voiced his hope that the public security ministries of both Vietnam and Laos will continue to uphold tradition and augment closer co-operation in dealing with strategic issues and combating cyber and drug crimes.

National Assembly (NA) deputies continued an online debate on January 10 on amendments and supplements to the Law on Public Investment, the Law on Public-Private Partnership, the Law on Investment, the Bidding Law, the Electricity Law, the Enterprise Law, and the Law on Special Consumption Tax.

VOV.VN - Minister of Public Security General To Lam has expressed his appreciation for fruitful cooperation between the two public security ministries of Laos and Vietnam in recent times, especially in apprehending people with wanted warrants.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented decisions on the promotion from the rank of Lieutenant General to Senior Lieutenant General to Deputy Ministers of Public Security Tran Quoc To and Luong Tam Quang.

Sixty four traffic accidents took place nationwide during the three-day solar New Year holiday (January 1-3), causing 38 deaths, according to the Ministry of Public Security’s Traffic Police Department.

The total social investment capital disbursed in 2021 was estimated at nearly VND2,892 trillion (US$126.5 billion), up 3.2 % annually, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - The Hanoi municipal administration has decided to put on a fireworks display at an only one venue to welcome in the lunar New Year 2022 on January 31 evening.

VOV.VN - Unlike scenes in previous years when people poured onto the streets to watch firework displays and enjoy entertainment to celebrate New Year’s Eve, public places in Ho Chi Minh City this year are much more quiet.