The Government and its members, and leaders of ministries and localities commit to successfully completing all tasks set for 2025, an important year with many significant events of the nation, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed at a conference held in Hanoi on January 8 to review the Government and local administrations’ performance in 2024 and launch tasks for 2025.

Party General Secretary To Lam, State President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, and other officials attended an online conference on January 8 connected to all 63 centrally-run cities and provinces across the nation to review operations of the Government and local administrations in 2024 and sketch out tasks for 2025.

Indonesia kicked off its annual superior commodities exhibition called Apkasi Otonomi Expo in Jakarta on July 10, aiming at promoting the trade, tourism and investment sectors.

A workshop to share experience of Vietnam and Laos in management of public servants and local administrations was jointly held by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) of the two countries in Hanoi on July 10.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh speaks to the newspaper Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam (Vietnam Economic Times) about the nation’s determination to win the war against border smuggling.

Twelve more communes in central Nghe An province have been qualified as new rural areas so far this year, bringing the total communes of their kind to 117.

The 11th Party Central Committee has decided to convene the 12th National Party Congress in Hanoi from January 20-28, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong announced.