On the occasion of New Year 2025, State President Lương Cường gave an interview to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA).

The PM highlighted the goal of recording a growth rate higher than the target of 8 per cent set by the Party Central Committee and the National Assembly.

Regiment 271 was established in August 1971 as a key mobile unit of Military Region 4. Shortly after its formation, it was deployed to the Trị Thiên Military Region for combat operations.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, passed away on December 29.

The leader pointed to the need that the fight against corruption, wastefulness and negative phenomena should not impede socio-economic development or enable the abuse of anti-corruption efforts for personal gain.

Senior Vietnamese leaders conveyed their congratulations to their Cuban counterparts on the occasion of Cuba's National Day.

Ten laws will come into effect from January 1, 2025, including the Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety; the Law on Roads; the Capital Law; the Law on Public Investment; and the revised Law on Organisation of People's Courts.

The two sides shared the view on the strong development of the bilateral ties across spheres, from politics to defence, security, economy, culture, education-training, and locality-to-locality collaboration.

NA Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn asked the NA Office to continue to give advice and serve the Party organisations within the NA in successfully realising the Resolution adopted at the 13th National Party Congress, as well as the 9th and 10th sessions, and any extraordinary sessions of the 15th legislature.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Monday sent a message of congratulations to Pak Thae Song, Premier of the Cabinet of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

The focus, PM Phạm Minh Chính said, should be on reducing administrative procedures and intermediary processes, and enhancing decentralisation and delegation of power at the grassroots level.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyễn Minh Tâm highlighted the formation and development of the VPA over the past 80 years, as well as the fruitful cooperation between the two defence ministries. 

Party General Secretary Tô Lâm yesterday attended the event and presented decisions on the authority, functions, tasks, organisational structures, and working relations of the 13 agencies.

Stressing decisive development opportunities, the Party leader said that science, technology and innovation are the pathways to breakthroughs in growth. 

Despite challenges in market conditions, logistics, and processing raw materials, aquatic exports in 2024 still achieved an impressive milestone of USD 10 billion, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.

Việt Nam and Russia are drafting a comprehensive plan for bilateral cooperation to 2030, with a roadmap focusing on trade and investment, industry, energy, transportation, information technology, science and education.

Regarding merging a number of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and Government agencies, the PM requested to continue studying and submitting suitable plans.

The Government leader stressed the need to boost the decentralisation of power in tandem with the allocation of resources and the improvement of implementation capabilities.

He called on Huế to invest more in science and technology, and education and training to keep up with the great transformation and new development of the country.

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