Groups and individuals with initiatives which help the streamlining of the payroll and improve the quality of staff, civil servants and public employees, should receive rewards, minister says.

Mẫn expressed his belief that journalists will continue their professional passion, sharp insight and unwavering determination, working alongside the NA to convey its legislation, supreme oversight, and critical decision-making process.

The 41st session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee is scheduled to take place over 1.5 days starting January 6, with Chairman Tranh Thanh Man delivering the opening remarks and alternating in chairing the event with vice chairmen.

On inspection activities, the committee will review the NA’s December 2024 report on people's aspirations and provide input on a proposed thematic oversight outline on the implementation of policies and laws on environmental protection since the 2020 Law on Environmental Protection came into effect.

Dak Nong province has recently been re-certified as a UNESCO Global Geopark for the second time in 2024. The geopark preserves remarkable values of biodiversity, unique cultural heritage, geological significance, natural beauty, and traces of prehistoric human activity. It was first recognized as a UNESCO Global Geopark in July 2020.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man paid pre-Tet visits to the families of late Party General Secretaries Truong Chinh and Nguyen Phu Trong, late NA Chairman Le Quang Dao, and visited former Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and former NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung in Hanoi on January 5.

Việt Nam's top leader urged the provincial public security force to take the pioneering role in streamlining its organisational apparatus, and show strong performance in political and ideological education for officials and soldiers of the force, building a pure, regular, elite, professional, and modern police force.

The Party leader noted the command to keep a close contact with locals, supporting them in economic development, while paying greater attention to political and ideological education for officers and soldiers.

PM Chính highlighted the nearly eight decades of remarkable contributions by HCM City's armed forces. Together with the construction and development process of the Việt Nam People's Army, the city's armed forces have enriched the revolutionary tradition of the Sài Gòn - Gia Định - HCM City region

Honouring the legacy of late PM Võ Văn Kiệt, who passed away in 2008, PM Chính lauded him as an eminent leader and an outstanding disciple of President Hồ Chí Minh.

With over 78 million internet users and 73.3 percent of the population using social networks, Vietnam possesses an ideal environment to drive the development of a robust digital ecosystem and a thriving tourism technology sector.

As the Lunar New Year Festival (Tết) is approaching, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn on January 4 visited and handed over gifts to armed forces, families of revolutionary contributors, poor residents, and those affected by typhoon Yagi in the northern mountainous province of Yên Bái.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said that Việt Nam has the right conditions to build an international financial centre, which will create a new driving force for the country’s development.

Despite many challenges and difficulties, Long An Province has met and exceeded the socio-economic development targets set by the provincial Party Committee's Resolution in 2024.

In six years, the Ministry of Education and Training has sent 429 students to study nuclear-related fields in Russia, while EVN sent 31 students to Japan and trained 24 engineers in nuclear energy.

In an interview granted to the Việt Nam News Agency (VNA) on the occasion of the New Year holidays, Renee Deschamps, Chargé d'Affaires of the Australian Embassy in Việt Nam noted “the relationship has never been better”.

The city population is estimated at 11 million by 2030 and 14.5 million by 2050. Labour productivity growth is targeted at 7 per cent annually, with its human development index (HDI) exceeding 0.85.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính emphasised that the restructuring of the organisational apparatus must adhere to the principles of efficiency and effectiveness.

President Cường congratulated the newly-promoted ambassadors and urged them to continue making contributions to concretising the foreign policy’s goals in 2025 and beyond, helping strengthen Việt Nam's position on the international arena, promote national interests, and meet the requirements of the Fatherland’s construction and protection cause.

Following its investigation, the agency upheld its recommendation to prosecute twelve defendants on charges of "abuse of power in the execution of official duties" and "negligence causing serious consequences".