NDO/VNA – The eighth congress of the Ukraine-Vietnam Friendship Association was held in Kiev on December 12. 

NDO/VNA – The fourth national congress of the Vietnam Ex-Youth Volunteers Association took place in Hanoi on December 14. 

NDO – The Son Hai Group Company Limited organised an inauguration ceremony on December 13 in Ta Lieng hamlet, Dakrong district, Quang Tri province to inaugurate the Dakrong4 hydroelectric power plant. 

NDO – President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man extended his Christmas greetings to Christian dignitaries and followers based in Dak Lak province on December 13. 

NDO – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has urged the authorised sectors to accelerate inspection and seriously handle any food safety violations, focusing on the major issues, such as the illegal imports of food; the use of banned substances in animal husbandry; the abuse of antibiotic chemicals in farming, animal husbandry and aquaculture; and the supervision of slaughter establishments. 

NDO – Hundreds of garment factories participating in the Better Work Vietnam programme have reported that improving working conditions can help businesses succeed in the global economy. 

NDO – The Government will continue to accompany Vietnamese youth to help the country’s future owners to become talented, virtue people, who take the lead in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed. 

NDO – All six Vietnamese students won prizes at the 16th International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) held in Qatar including three gold medals and three silver medals. 

NDO - The 39th edition of the National Television Festival opened on December 12 in the south central province of Khanh Hoa in the presence of Vo Van Thuong, head of the Central Commission for Communication and Education. 

NDO – Vietnamese Professor, Dr. Pham Hoang Hiep has been awarded with the 2019 Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). 

NDO/VNA – Military Hospital 175 should work to turn itself into a strong medical facility in the region, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on December 11. 

NDO – The National Action Month on Population 2019 and the Vietnam Population Day (December 26) were launched in Hanoi on December 10 by the Ministry of Health. 

NDO – A forum entitled “Plastic waste pollution and solutions” was opened in Hanoi on December 10 in a bid to seek measures to reduce plastic waste pollution in Vietnam. 

NDO - The recommendations for the sustainable energy development in Vietnam focus on areas of renewable energy, energy efficiency, reforms in the energy sector, access to energy, and energy data and statistics.