Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has called on member parliaments of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) to continue with their comprehensive and close cooperation in all spheres.

 The People’s Court of Hanoi has decided to open the first-instance trial on January 28 for two former Deputy Ministers of Public Security.

A painting exhibition, themed “the Year of the Pig”, featuring 60 works by 33 contemporary painters, is taking place in Hanoi from January 15 to 23.

 The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) has recently taken effect in Vietnam, which will bring about both opportunities and challenges for many fields, including agriculture. 

 The Road-Railway Traffic Police Division (PC08) under the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Police on January 15 launched a breath-testing campaign on drivers in 24 districts of the city.

 Representatives of Mekong Delta localities, central departments, and agencies, as well as scientists gathered at a conference on January 15 to discuss the potential impacts of the Pak Lay hydropower project in Laos.

 The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) has announced its pre-tax profit in 2018 rose 11 percent year on year to 9.62 trillion VND (around 414.2 million USD).

 The seventh annual Buon Ma Thuot coffee festival will be held in Buon Ma Thuot city, and the districts of Buon Don and Lak in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak from March 9-16, heard a press conference on January 15. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 15 sent a letter to encourage the national men’s football team before their participation in the last match of the Group D round with Yemen at the Asian Cup 2019. 

 Over the past year, most investment funds in Vietnam’s equity market have seen negative growth in net asset value per share (NAVPS) due to the poor performance of the market indices.

 Vietnam’s first car manufacturer VinFast, under Vingroup, presented the designs for its new line of vehicles named Premium, and officially launched a contest to select the public’s favourite designs on January 15.

 The central province of Quang Tri’s People’s Committee held a ceremony on January 15 to announce and hand over the Prime Minister’s decision that approves the construction of My Thuy port. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed that the Vietnamese Government will continue to always create favourable conditions for foreign firms to do business in Vietnam, including those from Japan. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) to increase Vietnam’s rankings in information and communication technology (ICT) as ICT is the foundation of all areas, including the digital economy.

 A walk along Huong river was inaugurated and put into use in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on January 15. 

 Vietnam has called for help from Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia to search for 10 fishermen who have been missing since December 2018.

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has asked the Cambodian NA to instruct relevant Cambodian agencies to coordinate with Vietnamese counterparts to early complete land border demarcation and marker planting. 

Urbanization has gradually increased its pressure on agriculture land of HCMC year by year. 

 Vietnamese surgeons of the National Cancer Hospital in Hanoi had performed an operation on a Japanese 62-year-old engineer to remove a 4x5 tumor in his rectum, said the hospital yesterday.

 Surgeons reattach scalp of a woman whose whole scalp was peeled in an awful labor accident.