The second extraordinary session of the 15th National Assembly (NA) will open on January 5, 2023, with an agenda full of many important issues, according to a conclusion of the NA Standing Committee.

The Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education hosted a national conference to review the external information service and communications about seas and islands, border demarcation and marker planting, and border management in 2022 in Ho Chi Minh City on December 24.

2023 will be a year of forming and exploiting data to create new values, stated Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a meeting on December 25 to review one year of implementing a project on developing the application of population database, e-identification, and e-authentication for the national digital transformation in the 2022-2025 period with a vision to 2030 (Project 06).

Theatre actor, director and producer Thanh Điền of HCM City will perform in a new play of cải lương (reformed opera) featuring traditional Southern culture.

Up to 80 public construction sites around HCM City, many on major streets, are causing traffic congestion and disrupting daily life. The works are to renovate the drainage system and repair the route around the city, but it has become sluggish and has yet to reach completion so far.

The province now has more than 10,000ha of fruit trees, increasing yearly.

Smuggling, counterfeiting and trade fraud have been showing more complex developments on the border lines, sea areas and in the domestic market after Việt Nam effectively controlled the COVID-19 pandemic and resumed activities of production, business, import and export.

The entire global market is facing difficulties due to decreasing demands induced by a recession, according to Lê Tiến Trường, chairman of Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex).

Bangladesh is a country of great hospitality. The people, rich or poor, are very friendly and welcoming towards foreigners.

Blockbuster director Phan Gia Nhật Linh of HCM City has launched his latest project on Vietnamese history under the Trần Dynasty.

HCM City plans to build a parking lot spanning 3,500 m2 near Tân Sơn Nhất Airport to meet high demand for parking during the Tết holiday.

A national journalism conference was held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 24 to review activities in 2022 and launch tasks for next year, with a focus on the press' humanity aspect.

A transport infrastructure project costing VNĐ2.1 trillion (US$88.1 million) has been approved to increase the transport capacity of inland waterways in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta, according to the Ministry of Transport.

The project aims to plant 340,000 trees on an area of 17 hectares in the reserve.

Tạ Hữu Chiến, Chairman of Ba Đình People's Committee, has just asked the People's Committee of 14 wards in the district to preside over and coordinate with the District’s Traffic Inspection Teams to inspect and patrol the streets.

The zone covers two streets, Ngũ Xá and Nguyễn Khắc Hiếu.

Many localities across the country are making every effort to promote their tourism potential to international markets while stimulating domestic demand in the coming time, with the aim of capitalising on the travel season at the year's end.

GDP growth faster than expected, border reopening, and fuel shortages in many localities are among the top 10 events that shaped Vietnam in 2022, as selected by Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam’s continuous deployment and increase of personnel to UN peacekeeping operations have recorded encouraging results, leaving good impression on UN leaders, commanders of missions, and leaders of host countries.

Việt Nam Fine Art Museum is showing selected artworks from the modern art collection at an exhibition in downtown Hà Nội.