Personnel is one of the important issues in preparation for the 2021-2026 term.

 Besides South Korea, Japan and the US are also promoting their new investment strategies into Vietnam.

 Vietnam supports Palestinian’s righteous fight for their inviolable rights, stated Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of Vietnam's Permanent Mission to the UN.

Hanoi’s well-known Bat Trang ceramics village is busy making pottery piggy banks these days as the Vietnamese lunar new year festival, Tet, is drawing near.

A group of young engineers is seeking solutions to optimize software to decode human gene sequences. If they succeed, it would help doctors and scientists treat serious genetic diseases.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese fans are heading to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to support the national football team for the AFC Asian Cup 2019 quarter-final against Japan on Thursday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two international-standard football pitches will be put into use in March in HCM City, according to the city’s football federation.

World-renowned bubble artist Fan Yang, who has enchanted audiences all over the world with his unique and fantastic shows combining lasers and music, has returned to Vietnam to dazzle spectators.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pop star Thanh Thao will perform in California at a show for fans celebrating her 25-year career. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts have warned that many teachers could be overloaded with work, while others could become redundant under the new general education program.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked Hanoi to promptly build a pilot management project in the model of urban administration and submit to the Politburo for consideration. 

The number of Vietnamese public administrative services that have been made available online is still low, even after five years of implementing Resolution No.19 on the improvement of the business climate.

 Authorities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are speeding up plans to limit motorbikes entering inner-city areas and eventually phase motorbikes out in downtown areas to ease traffic jams.

 Police in the central province of Ha Tinh have busted a ring of people who illegally traded wild animals for meat, saving a total of 215 pangolins from cages.

 The first casino in Vietnam that allows locals to gamble has opened in Phu Quoc Island, the southern province of Kien Giang.

 A Vietnam-UK educational investment and cooperation forum held in London on January 22 was successful beyond expectations with the signing of 23 memoranda of understanding.

Vietnam regards the Universal Periodic Review as an obligation of a responsible member of the UN as well as an opportunity to introduce the country’s consistent policies, efforts and achievements in protecting human rights.

 Of China's US$36 billion in financing for coal-fired plants in 23 countries, Vietnam has second most proposed coal-fired capacity after Bangladesh, totaling 13,380MW, with the fourth most funding, totaling US$3.6 billion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem will face the world’s strongest chess players at the Gibraltar International Chess Festival 2019 in the UK.

Nguyen Thien Nhan, Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee, yesterday proposed the Government Inspectorate quickly publicize its conclusions on the responsibilities of HCMC officials involved in the Thu Thiem New Urban Area development project.