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NDO – Under the golden sunlight, Hanoi has been brilliantly decorated with flags and flowers to welcome the upcoming 13th National Party Congress. Banners, flowers and flags can be seen everywhere, especially along streets connecting the city centre to the National Convention Centre, where the 13th National Party Congress will take place.

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Flower and ornamental tree village in Ben Tre bustling for Tet

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IN-DEPTH

Bolstering Vietnam – Cambodia solidarity, friendship and comprehensive cooperation

Fostering Vietnam-India comprehensive strategic partnership Lifting Vietnam - Russia comprehensive strategic partnership to new heights Promoting economic connectivity in Asia-Pacific Building on and developing special solidarity and all-around cooperation between Vietnam and Cuba Strengthening solid foundation for comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Vietnam and China

OPINIONS

Director Huynh Tuan Anh: “It’s my dream to export Vietnamese culture”

Artist Trieu Trung Kien: 'Cai luong' artists must work to make their shows more appealing to young audience International economic integration - a bright spot in Vietnam’s foreign affairs in 2020 Bright prospects for Vietnam-EU cooperation Tran Trong Duong: Don’t impose stereotypes on traditional architecture Painter Ngo Xuan Khoi: I feel proud that my design has been chosen as the mascot of 2021 SEA Games

VIETNAM CORNER

Despite thorns, soldiers still view military life as filled with roses

Artisan exerts efforts to preserve Hanoi typical culinary features Waiting for spring in the land of white flowers Expats enjoy full and peaceful Christmas in Vietnam amid COVID-19 Green trees, a part of Hanoi’s soul "Weaving" scent into tea

DAILY BRIEF

A ceremony was held in the northern border province of Dien Bien on January 20 to repatriate the remains of 13 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who laid down their lives in Laos. The remains were collected by a team from Military Zone 2, with support from all-level Party committees, authorities, agencies, and the people in Laos.

The environmental protection tax on jet fuel has been reduced by 30%, from VND3,000 to VND2,100 per litre, from January 1, 2021 to December 1, 2021 under a resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee, which took effect on the first day of this year. The reduction aims to help remove difficulties for the aviation industry due to the serious impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Vietnam Agent Orange Magazine held a ceremony in Hanoi on January 20 to celebrate its fifth founding anniversary (2016-2021). Operated under the Vietnam Association of Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin Victims, the magazine has mobilised more than VND2 billion to support nearly 2,000 AO/Dioxin victims across the city.

The Ministry of Health and the Vietnam Medical Association signed an agreement on January 19 to foster cooperation in preventing breast cancer by increasing the ratio of people with access to early diagnostics and advanced treatment methods.

At a workshop held on January 19, Politburo member Nguyen Thien Nhan stated that the establishment of Thu Duc City will help Ho Chi Minh City’s economy grow faster and more sustainably as the former is well-positioned to become a creative urban area and a centre of the knowledge economy.

Vietnam recorded two new imported COVID-19 cases on January 18, bringing its total number of infections to 1,539, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.