Elderly People Committee has new Vice Chairman
VGP - The PM has appointed Ms. Phạm Thị Hải Chuyền, Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs as Vice Chairwoman of the National Committee for Vietnamese Elderly People in replace of former Minister Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân.

State employees to have 9 days off for Tết holiday
VGP – The Prime Minister approved the proposal which was submitted by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) on nine-day holiday for the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival.
Flood-hit farmers to receive financial assistance
VGP - Nearly US $1.5 million in Danish non-refundable aid left over from the Agriculture and Rural Development Sector Program Support (ARDSPS) in the 2007-2012 period will be used to assist rice growers hit by floods in 2011.
New mineral strategy ratified
VGP – PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has just ratified the Mineral Strategy until 2020, with a vision to 2030 in order to dig into Việt Nam’s real mineral reserves.
Rural water supply target program receives aid
VGP – PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has approved the portfolio of a project in support of the national target program for rural water supply and sanitation (RWSS NTP III) in the 2011-2015 period.
Rural water supply target program receives aid
VGP – PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng has approved the portfolio of a project in support of the national target program for rural water supply and sanitation (RWSS NTP III) in the 2011-2015 period.

Foreign-funded agreement approved
VGP – The Prime Minister has approved a draft credit agreement between the German development bank (KfW Entwicklungsbank) and the Vietnamese Ministry of Finance (MoF) for a waste water and waste management program in nine provinces and cities.

Foreign-funded agreement approved
VGP – The Prime Minister has approved a draft credit agreement between the German development bank (KfW Entwicklungsbank) and the Vietnamese Ministry of Finance (MoF) for a waste water and waste management program in nine provinces and cities.
Gov’t names national target programs
VGP – The Prime Minister on December 18 issued Decision 2406/QĐ-TTg listing 16 national target programs in the 2012-2015 period.

Gov’t submits TOC Convention for approval
VGP – The Prime Minister has sent a statement to the State President to ask for ratification of the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons.