In this paper, we give a brief survey of recent results on axially symmetric Navier-Stokes equations (ASNS) in the following categories: regularity criterion, Liouville property for ancient solutions, decay and vanishing of stationary solutions. Some discussions also touch on the full 3 dimensional equations. Two results, closing of the scaling gap for ASNS and vanishing of homogeneous D solutions in 3 dimensional slabs will be described in more detail.In the addendum, two new results in the 3rd category will also be presented, which are generalizations of recently published results by the author and coauthors. Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Regularity Criterion 5 2.1. Critical and slightly super critical regularity conditions 5 2.2. Criticality of ASNS and closing of the scaling gap 8 3. Ancient Solutions 11 4. Stationary Solutions 17 4.1. D solutions 17 4.2. Self-similar solutions 27 4.3. Addendum: Extra results on D solutions, by Xinghong Pan and Q. S. Zhang 30 Acknowledgments 37 References 37 2020 Mathematics Subject Classification. 35Q30, 76N10.