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A conference on promoting social and health insurance policies and distributing health insurance cards to impoverished residents in Ho Chi Minh City was held on January 16 by the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and the Social Insurance Agency of the city.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man visited and presented gifts to armed forces, policy beneficiaries, poor households, ethnic minorities, and workers living in difficult circumstances in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on January 12, ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

State President Luong Cuong attended an art performance programme themed “Spring in border areas warms people's hearts” to celebrate the 95th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and welcome the Lunar New Year of 2025 (the Year of the Snake), in Pa Tan commune in Sin Ho district of the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau on January 9 evening.

By 2030, as many as 70% of students in Vietnam are expected to be taught swimming and water survival skills, with this figure projected to rise to 90% by 2035.

Party General Secretary To Lam had a working session with the Department of Public Security of the southern province of Binh Phuoc on January 5, during which he praised the force's contributions to ensuring security and order for socio-economic development in the locality.

Vietnam has recorded a historic low birth rate in 2024, with the total fertility rate (TFR) dropping to just 1.91 children per woman, marking the third consecutive year below replacement level.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received a delegation of aerospace, defence and security companies under the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) in Hanoi on December 18.

The Central Military Commission held its 12th conference for the 2020-2025 tenure in Hanoi on December 16 to review its 2024 military and defence tasks and chart a course for 2025.

At the closing session of the 20th meeting on December 11, the 10th-term People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City voted to approve a special policy to support tuition fees for public middle school students, non-public middle school students, and learners in regular education programs for the 2024-2025 school year.

On December 8, in Hanoi, over 2,000 local and international participants joined the 2024 Run for a Vietnam Free of Gender-Based Violence Against Women and Girls, promoting a strong, unified commitment to ending violence against women and girls.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had separate meetings with President of the Dominican Republic’s Senate Ricardo de los Santos Polanco and President of the Chamber of Deputies Alfredo Pacheco in Santo Domingo on November 20 afternoon (local time), as part of the Vietnamese leader's official visit to the Caribbean country.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, his spouse, and the Vietnamese delegation participated in the “Vietnam Day in Brazil” programme in Rio de Janeiro on November 17 (local time).

According to Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan, the pharmaceutical market is currently stable. There are no instances of speculation, hoarding, or hoarding to push up prices.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested that within the next six months, the Ministry of Health complete, hand over, and put into use Bach Mai 2 and Viet Duc 2 hospitals in Ha Nam.

State President Luong Cuong had a meeting with President of the Supreme Court of Peru Javier Arévalo Vela in Lima on November 13 morning (local time), within the framework of his official visit to the South American country.