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Current events

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attends ceremony marking 120th founding anniversary of Tra Vinh province, presents Tet gifts to needy local people (Nhan dan, p1).


National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan makes working visit to Dak Lak province (Nhan dan, p1).


Vice Chairwoman of National Assembly Tong Thi Phong stresses parliaments’ role in promoting peace, security and prosperity while addressing plenary session of 28th meeting of Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum in Australia (Quan doi Nhan dan, p8).


Reception marks 70th anniversary of Vietnam-China diplomatic ties in Hanoi (Nhan dan, p8).


Politburo member and permanent member of Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong receives Director of Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee’s International Liaison Department Song Tao (Quan doi Nhan dan, p1).


Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan hosts Australian Ambassador Robyn Mudie (Sai Gon Giai phong, p8).


Socio-economic affairs

Ministry of Industry and Trade hosts first meeting of ASEAN Senior Economic Officials in 2020 in Hanoi (Nhan dan, p2).


Vietnam’s Department of Animal Health, Dabaco Group, RTD Group and Ceva Group of France sign cooperation agreement in research and production of vaccine against African swine fever in pigs and foot-and-mouth disease (Nhan dan, p2).

Over 152,500 Vietnamese workers sent abroad in 2019 (Nhan dan, p3).
Hanoi’s aquaculture output reaches 112,900 tonnes in 2019, up 6.3 percent year-on-year, according to municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (Ha Noi Moi, p3).


Self-guided tours on rise during Lunar New Year holiday (Sai Gon Giai phong, p4).


Air pollution causes economic losses worth about 240 trillion VND to Vietnam, a study by National Economics University reveals (Lao dong, p1).


Vietnam’s industrial real estate sees a booming year as foreign direct investment in support industries and logistics grows, resulting in rising demand for land to build factories, says CBRE Vietnam (Lao dong, p8).


Bank interest rate falls sharply (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam [Vietnam Economic Times], No. 12, 10). Surging foreign remittances at the end of the year prompts foreign currency buying by the State Bank, thus pumping more Vietnamese dong into the market.


Hakuhodo – Japan’s second largest advertising company, announces its establishment of Hakuhodo Digital Vietnam, and put it into operation in January 2020.

International affairs

US-China trade tensions ease (Nhan dan, p8).


Seminar on East Sea held in Malaysia (Sai Gon Giai phong, p8)./.