VOV.VN - The Ba Chua Xu (Holy Mother of the Realm) Festival on Mount Sam in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang was officially recognised by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, at the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Paraguay on December 4.

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man showed his hope for stronger legislative ties with Japan, especially cooperation between the two friendship parliamentarians’ groups during a meeting with Chairman of the Japan - Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance Nikai Toshihiro in Tokyo on December 4.

From being a minor exporter prior to 2013, Vietnam rose to number eleven in the global rankings of top exporters by 2023, emerging as a surprise player in global trade.

National Assembly Vice Chairman Tran Quang Phuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 4 for a delegation of the China International Exchange Association led by its President Ji Bingxuan.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and his spouse had a meeting with Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako at the Imperial Palace on December 4.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese national football team have been named as the most expensive team competing at the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup 2024 with the highest estimated market value of EUR7.68 million, as calculated by football website Transfermarkt.

VOV.VN - Three Vietnamese female golfers, including Nguyen Viet Gia Han, Le Chuc An, and Anna Le, have been selected to attend a training course at the Women Amateur Asian Pacific Academy (WAAP), one of the leading training programmes for female golfers in the Asia-Pacific region.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 4 for Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) Maeda Tadashi.

Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of US$16.46 billion in agricultural, forestry, and aquatic products during the first 11 months of 2024, soaring 52.8% year on year, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rearranging the organisational apparatus is a difficult task but it is essential, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed on December 4 at a Government conference to carry out the review of the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW, issued by the Party Central Committee in 2017, which seeks to streamline the political system for greater efficiency.