Politics - Society

President Tran Dai Quang joined the "Spring in all Regions Nationwide" Festival 2017 at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi on February 4th, during which he extended New Year wishes to all ethnic groups across Vietnam.

The Bai Dinh Pagoda Festival kicked off in Gia Vien district, the northern province of Ninh Binh, on February 2 (the sixth day of the first lunar month).

The northern province of Ninh Binh should increase efforts to become a top tourist destination in Vietnam as well as push its tourism sector to make breakthroughs and become a spearhead economic sector, bringing high profits to the province, President Tran Dai Quang has said.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong hosted a reception on January 23 in Hanoi for chief representatives of diplomatic agencies from nine ASEAN countries who extended Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to the Party, State and people of Vietnam.

Local authorities have visited and presented Tet gifts to needy people and social policy beneficiaries across the province on the occasion of the Lunar New Year festival.

President Tran Dai Quang acknowledged Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's role in and devotion to nurturing the Vietnam-Japan extensive strategic partnership at a meeting in Hanoi on January 16.

Party and State leaders visited and presented gifts to needy people and ethnic minority groups around the country on January 14 on the occasion of the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

The top Party leaders of Vietnam and China discussed major orientations to reinforce trust and friendship, step up win-win cooperation across the board, maintain peace and stability at sea, and continue the healthy and sustainable bilateral relationship during their talks in Beijing, China on January 12.

President Tran Dai Quang paid a Lunar New Year (Tet) visit to sick soldiers and war invalids being cared for at the Nho Quan nursing centre in the northern province of Ninh Binh on January 10.

Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs Samdech Sar Kheng and a delegation of senior officials paid a friendly visit to Ninh Binh on January 10.

The sixth session of the 14th National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) began in Hanoi on January 9 under the chairmanship of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

The Red Sunday programme for blood donation was launched across 25 cities and provinces on January 8.

The mass mobilisation work has played a significant role in connecting the Party and people, contributing to facilitating the country's socio-economic development, promoting the people's cultural lifestyle, and consolidating the great national unity bloc in national construction and defence.

The sixth conference of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee was held in the southern city of Can Tho on January 4 in the presence Party General Secretary, Nguyen Phu Trong.

The northern province of Ninh Binh and the southernmost province of Ca Mau sealed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on multi dimensional cooperation on December 31 as part of a 3-day visit to Ca Mau by a delegation of Ninh Binh officials.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc highlighted 10 remarkable socio-economic achievements in 2016 and nine outstanding problems while chairing a conference of the government and localities in Hanoi on December 28th.

The Prime Minister has decided a list of the National Steering Committee on International Integration.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan extended Christmas greetings to Catholic dignitaries and followers in Thanh Hoa, Ninh Binh and Thai Binh during his visits to the provinces on December 23.

Parishioners in the Red River Delta province of Ninh Binh have been eagerly preparing for the upcoming Christmas by practising art performances and decorating churches.