Hanoi, Dec. 24 -- As 2025 is nearing its end, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has selected the top 10 outstanding domestic events in the year. 1. Apparatus streamlining completed 5 years ahead of schedule

The streamlining of the organisational apparatus, carried out from central to local levels, has reduced 34.9% of units under central-level agencies; 100% of Party delegations and Party civil affairs committees; 46% of provincial-level administrative units; and 66.9% of commune-level administrative units. This means Vietnam has completed the targets on organisational streamlining set out in Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW (the 12th Party Central Committee) five years ahead of schedule. From July 1, Vietnam simultaneously began operating a two-tier l...