VGP – Only Vietnamese expats with seriously urgent needs would be repatriated on rescue flights from now to the Lunar New Year festival, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang told a room of reporters Thursday.

VGP – Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong has extended congratulations to newly-elected General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea Kim Jong Un. ​

VGP – Thai Son Nam FC is among the ten nominees in the “Best Club in the World” category, while its coach Pham Minh Giang is up for “Best Club Coach in the World” at the Futsalplanet Awards 2020, the 21st edition of the most traditional and recognized futsal awards.

VGP – Party General Secretary, State President Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc separately conveyed congratulatory messages to Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Viet Nam and Kuwait.

VGP - As the world struggles with surging COVID-19 cases, Viet Nam along with Chinese Taipei and Singapore, has succeeded in limiting local transmission to almost zero, according to Nikkei.

VGP - Viet Nam’s representative offices in Iran and the Republic of Korea (RoK) are willing to conduct necessary citizen protection measures to protect the legitimate rights and interests of Vietnamese sailors on board a tanker of the RoK detained by Iran.

VGP - As many as seven flights carrying 1,970 Vietnamese citizens from Chinese Taipei, Japan, Canada, the Europe, Africa, and the U.S. landed in Viet Nam from December 28, 2020-January 3, 2021, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

VGP - The International Labor Organization (ILO) welcomes new rights of workers and employers in Viet Nam from 1 January 2021 as the revised Labor Code adopted in 2019 takes effect.