Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held talks with his Beninese counterpart Olushegun Adjadi Bakari in Hanoi on December 14.

The Vietnam-China relationship has experienced ups and downs over the past more than seven decades (January 18, 1950-2023), yet friendship and cooperation between the two countries have remained the mainstream.

VOV.VN - Phan Dinh Trac, chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs, hosted a reception on December 14 for Venezuelan Agriculture and Land Minister Wilmar Castro Soteldo, who is currently visiting the nation for the first International Rice Festival 2023.

VOV.VN - Deputy President of South Africa Paul Mashatile has emphasized that his ongoing visit to Vietnam aims to further boost bilateral ties in the fields of economics, trade, education - training, biodiversity, and environmental conservation as a means of adding fresh impetus to the multifaceted ties between the two nations.

VOV.VN - Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan hosted a welcome ceremony on December 14 at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi for Deputy President of South Africa Paul Mashatile, who is currently on an official working visit to the country.

Minister of Public Security Gen. To Lam on December 13 welcomed and held talks with a delegation from the Security Council of Belarus led by its State Secretary Volfovich Aleksandr Grigoryevich in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's attendance at the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation is viewed as a good opportunity for senior ASEAN leaders and their Japanese counterparts to review achievements in co-operation, thereby setting goals to develop ties in the new period on a par with the comprehensive strategic partnership framework.

VOV.VN - Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping paid a State visit to Vietnam on December 12-13 at the invitations of Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Vo Van Thuong.

Chairman of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vuong Dinh Hue met with visiting General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping in Hanoi on December 13.

Vietnam and China on December 13 issued a joint statement on continuing deepening and elevating the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries, and building a Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.