Vietnam and Cambodia have plenty of rooms to further their ties, President Truong Tan Sang told Rasmei Kampuchea, the largest daily in Khmer language in Cambodia ahead of his visit to the country on December 23-24. 

The Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party has congratulated the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee on the 70th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (December 22). 

Vietnam won one gold, six silver and two bronze medals at the ongoing 17th ASEAN University Games (AUG 17) in Palembang, Indonesia on December 20, raising its total number of medals to 32.

Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) leaders adopted a joint declaration of their fifth summit in Bangkok , Thailand on December 20, committing to the inclusive and sustainable development of the subregion, especially the effective management and use of Mekong River water resources. 

Major news agencies around the world such as AP, AFP and Reuters on December 19 run articles on Vietnam’s successful rescue of 12 trapped workers in a collapsed hydropower plant tunnel.

President Truong Tan Sang on December 20 sent flowers and gifts to forces that made outstanding efforts in rescuing 12 workers trapped in a collapsed hydropower plant tunnel in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

The Italian Embassy in Vietnam will offer Vietnamese people an experience of Italian Christmas at Casa Italia (18 Le Phung Hieu Street, Hanoi) at 6pm on December 20. 

The 70 year-history of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) has been written with glorious victories, inspiring national liberation movements of suppressed nations around the world in the past as well as significantly contributing to the current national defence and construction, said Ambassador to France Nguyen Ngoc Son. 

The Mekong Delta region’s unhusked rice output is likely to reach 25.2 million tonnes this year, according to the Cultivation Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. 

As many as 500 young successful entrepreneurs from across Vietnam shared their start-up experience at a forum in Ho Chi Minh City on December 19.