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Outstanding entries in the 2019 Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Press Awards were honoured at a ceremony in Hanoi on June 5.

The Vietnam Sports Administration (VSA) on June 4 held a meeting to prepare for the upcoming session of the Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF).

Secretary of the Hanoi municipal Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue on May 19 hosted a reception for General Director of AEONMALL Vietnam Co. Ltd. Tetsuyuki Nakagawa.

Country Director of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Vietnam Chang-Hee Lee has said that ILO Vietnam was ready to help the Vietnamese Government, employers and employees to find suitable jobs as the coronavirus takes its toll on the health and labour markets and the economy.

The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) presented 5 billion VND (217,000 USD) to the Health Ministry in Hanoi on March 18 to support the fight against COVID-19 epidemic.

The European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), scheduled to become effective in July, will help improve Vietnam’s business and investment climate and boost its institutional reform, thus contributing to fostering its growth in a long term, according to an official.

Budget carrier Vietjet Air will open three direct routes linking Vietnam’s Da Nang, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City with India’s New Delhi and Mumbai, its representative said on February 6.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh highly appreciated the significant contributions of journalists to the external work in 2019, which helped increase the image and position of Vietnam in the world.

Former minister of information and communication Nguyen Bac Son has filed his appeal against the life imprisonment sentence for him in the first instance trial of the MobiFone’s purchase of 95 percent of shares of the Audio Visual Global JSC (AVG).

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung chaired a conference in Hanoi on January 6 to review 2019 activities of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) and launch its 2020 tasks.

It is hard for the Vietnam Social Security (VSS) to complete its tasks without information-technology applications, given the huge workload thrust on its limited staff.

Over 110,700 tonnes of rice worth more than 1 trillion VND from the national reserve have been allocated to localities to support people after natural disasters, ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year festival and in forest plantation projects, and students living in especially disadvantaged areas, since the beginning of this year.

The Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) has high militancy, powerful motivation and good combat experience, said Prof. Vladimir Kolotov, General Director of the Ho Chi Minh Institute of the Saint Petersburg State University in Russia.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) pledges to support Cambodia’s news agency Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) and other agencies of the Cambodian Ministry of Information in personnel training, said VNA Deputy General Director Le Quoc Minh on December 13.

The Vietnamese Government always gives the top priority to oil and gas cooperation projects with Russia, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a reception for General Director of Zarubezhneft JSC Sergey Ivanovich Kudryashov in Hanoi on December 13.

The Vietnam News Agency and the Public Relations Department of Thailand have agreed to boost cooperation in information and news exchange.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Public Relations Department of Thailand (PRD) have agreed to boost cooperation in information and news exchange.

General Director of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Nguyen Duc Loi has highlighted necessary efforts and actions to win public trust in the fight against fake news, while addressing the 17th General Assembly of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agency (OANA) that is taking place in the Republic of Korea (RoK) from November 6-9.

The 17th General Assembly of Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agency (OANA) was taking place in Seoul on November 7-8. Vietnam News Agency’s General Director Nguyen Duc Loi attended the event.

President of the Republic of Korea (RoL) Moon Jae-in highlighted the good relations between the RoK and Vietnam in all fields while hosting delegates from the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agency (OANA) in Seoul on November 7.