VOV.VN - The 50th anniversary of Vietnam-New Zealand diplomatic relations (1975-2025) was celebrated in Ho Chi Minh City, attended by Caroline Beresford, New Zealand’s Ambassador to Vietnam, members of its business community and residents in the city, as well as numerous Vietnamese officials and alumni who studied in New Zealand.
VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will co-chair the 48th Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee meeting from December 2 to 3 in Vientiane, Laos.
Within the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) framework, Japan–Vietnam relations are closer than ever, with progress in dialogue and exchanges built on deep mutual trust between the two countries’ senior leaders.
VOV.VN - Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) senior delegation, led by Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Nghia, Deputy Chief of General Staff, attended the 26th ASEAN Chiefs of Army Multilateral Meeting (ACAMM-26) in Singapore from November 25 to 28, as well as the closing ceremony of the 33rd ASEAN Armies Rifle Meet (AARM-33), following an invitation from Major General Cai Dexian, Chief of Army of Singapore.
The upcoming State visit to Vietnam by Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah demonstrates Brunei’s high regard for Vietnam as a reliable partner in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Vietnamese Ambassador to Brunei Tran Anh Vu has told the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s correspondent on the thresholds of the trip.
Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s Committee of northern Lang Son province Nguyen Canh Toan held local talks with Wei Tao, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China) on November 27 to tighten cross-border economic ties.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) on November 27 convened a Policy Dialogue Conference with international partners to strengthen coordination across areas of shared interest, expand partnerships, and promote more effective use of resources in line with Vietnam’s socio-economic development priorities.
The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations under the Ministry of National Defence, in coordination with the Indian side and relevant units, organised an integrated field scenario demonstration in Hanoi on November 27, as part of the 2025 Vietnam – India bilateral army exercise on UN peacekeeping operations.
VOV.VN - China’s Guangxi and Vietnam’s localities should continue expanding and deepening cooperation across various fields, especially in economics, trade, and infrastructure, to fully tap their vast potential.
Ambassador Do Hung Viet, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations and President-designate of the 11th Review Conference (RevCon 11) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), chaired regional group consultations with regional groups, member countries in Vienna, Austria.
Vietnamese Party and State leaders attended a banquet in Hanoi on November 26 evening, hosted by the Lao Embassy in Vietnam to celebrate the 50th National Day of Laos (December 2, 1975-2025).
National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Thanh received UNICEF Regional Director for East Asia and the Pacific June Kunugi, and Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Sophie Kiladze in Hanoi on November 26.
A delegation of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU), led by its President Nguyen Thi Tuyen, visited the Lao Embassy in Vietnam on November 26 to extend congratulations on the 50th anniversary of National Day of Laos (December 2, 1975 – 2025).
Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung and his New Zealand counterpart Winston Peters co-chaired the third Vietnam - New Zealand Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM-3) and signed an Action Plan to realise the bilateral Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for 2025-2030 in Hanoi on November 26.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung held talks with Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Varsen Aghabekian Shahin, who is on an official visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on November 26.
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha paid official visits to New Zealand and Australia from November 20–25, aiming to deepen substantive cooperation with these key Oceania partners.
Vietnam considers the fight against human trafficking a top priority, Minister-Counsellor and Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN Nguyen Hoang Nguyen told the United Nations (UN) General Assembly’s high-level session in New York on November 24-26.
VOV.VN - Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, member of the Central Military Commission’s Standing Committee, and Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence, and Irineo C. Espino, Philippine Undersecretary of National Defence, co-chaired the 7th Vietnam-Philippines Defence Policy Dialogue on November 26 in Hanoi.
VOV.VN - Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) held a meeting in Hanoi on November 26 with Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, Vice President of the World Bank (WB) for East Asia and the Pacific, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.
VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung hosted a reception on November 26 in Hanoi for Varsen Aghabekian Shahin, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Palestine, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.
VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam, together with his spouse and a high-level Vietnamese delegation, will pay a state visit to Laos to attend the 50th National Day of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and co-chair the high-level meeting between the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party from December 1-2.
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 26 held a host of meetings with Stephan Mergenthaler, Managing Director of the World Economic Forum; Chang Lih Kang, Malaysia’s Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation; and Hen Vandy, Cambodia’s Minister of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation on the sidelines of the Autumn Economic Forum 2025.
VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long received June Kunugi, UNICEF Regional Director for East Asia and the Pacific, and her delegation in Hanoi on November 16 to mark 50 years of Vietnam–UNICEF cooperation and 35 years since Vietnam ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc received in Hanoi on November 25 Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, the World Bank (WB)’s Vice President for the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) Region, during which he appreciated the WB’s support for Vietnam in recent years.
Member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung held talks with member of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Wei Tao in Hanoi on November 25.
Ships 09 and 17 of Brigade 171 under Naval Region 2 docked at the brigade’s port in Ho Chi Minh City’s Rach Dua ward on November 25, completing the 39th joint patrol in the Gulf of Tonkin between the Vietnamese and Chinese navies.
New Zealand is one of Vietnam’s most important partners in the region, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung told Winston Peters, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the southwestern Pacific Ocean country, during their meeting in Hanoi on November 25.
VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Trinh Thi Tam met Sri Lankan Environment Minister Dammika Patabendi, who also serves as Chair of the Sri Lanka–Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group, in Colombo on November 25 to discuss ways to advance bilateral ties, parliamentary cooperation and people-to-people exchange.
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh shared key directions for Vietnam’s socio-economic development in the digital era at the CEO 500 – Tea Connect dialogue programme, held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 25 as part of the ongoing 2025 Autumn Economic Forum.
Vietnam is advancing with a strong sense of strategic autonomy, resilience and confidence as it enters a new phase of development, and seeks to exchange experience with India - a rapidly rising major power.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and Acting Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Paola Pampaloni has co-chaired the 6th session of the Vietnam - EU Joint Committee in Brussels to realise the Vietnam-EU Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA).