VOV.VN - The Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam on December 17 conducted a final rehearsal for the Vietnam International Defense Exhibition 2024 – a major international event scheduled to take place from December 19 to 22.

VOV.VN - President Luong Cuong on December 17 received Belarussian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin who is on an official visit to Vietnam and attending the Vietnam International Defense Expo 2024.

VOV.VN - Laos gives top priority to enhancing the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation with Vietnam, reaffirmed top leaders of Laos during their separate meetings with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son in Vientiane on December 17.

A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in Bangladesh and a group of Vietnamese businesses led by Ambassador Nguyen Manh Cuong visited and worked with government agencies and business partners in Sylhet city of Moulvibazar province, and Habiganj province.

The nine National Congress of the Vietnam Youth Federation (VYF) for the 2024–2029 tenure officially opened in Hanoi on December 17 morning, with the participation of 980 outstanding delegates representing nearly 21 million Vietnamese youths at home and abroad.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Belarus signed documents to boost bilateral defense cooperation following talks in Hanoi on December 17 between the two defense chiefs of both countries.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly (NA) will streamline its organizational structure to make its operations more efficient and effective, with the restructuring scheme to be completed by March 2025 at the latest, according to parliamentary leaders.

Standing Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu hosted a delegation from the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and French Ambassadors in Asia led by Benoit Guidée, Director General of the ministry's Asia-Pacific Department in Hanoi on December 16.

VOV.VN - A large number of Saudi Arabian people flocked to Vietnamese Day in capital Riyadh to explore Vietnamese dishes, traditional culture, and art from December 13 to 15.

VOV.VN - More than 500 luxury brands will offer huge discounts in the second phase of “CITY SALE 2024” - a programme aimed at boosting the sale of branded goods – in Ho Chi Minh City from December 18, 2024 to January 1, 2025, heard a press conference on December 16