VOV.VN - Vietnam's Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu and his Japanese counterpart Funakoshi Takehiro co-chaired the eighth Vietnam-Japan Strategic Partnership Dialogue and held talks within the framework of the former's working visit to Japan from December 11 to December 13.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Hang and Assistant Foreign Minister for Asian Affairs of Kuwait Samee Essa Johar Hayat co-chaired the fourth political consultation between the two foreign ministries in Hanoi on December 13.

VOV.VN - State President Luong Cuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 13 for outgoing Algerian Ambassador to Vietnam Sofiane Chaib.

The Vietnam National Defence Academy and Laos' Kaysone Phomvihane National Defence Academy, the two leading military educational institutions with critical roles in training and military scientific research for both nations, commemorated their 15 years of twinning cooperation in Vientiane, Laos, on December 12.

The Embassy and Defence Attaché Office of Vietnam in Cambodia organised a get-together in Phnom Penh on December 12 with alumni of the Cambodian Royal Armed Forces (CRAF) who had studied in Vietnam. ​

The Vietnamese Embassies and defence attaché offices in Cambodia, South Africa and Malaysia held ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and the 35th anniversary of the All-People Defence Festival (December 22) on December 12.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Mission to the UN in New York held a ceremony on December 12 to announce the nation’s candidature for re-election to the UN Human Rights Council for the 2026 to 2028 term.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam hosted a reception on December 12 for General Secretary of the United Left Movement (MIU) Party and Minister of Regional Integration Policies of the Dominican Republic Miguel Mejia, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

Vietnam always attaches importance to the traditional friendship and multi-faceted cooperation and wants to strengthen the relations with with Poland – a priority partner of Vietnam in Central Europe, a Vietnamese official has said.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son his Cambodian counterpart Prak Sokhonn rejoiced over the positive outcomes of the bilateral cooperation in recent times during their phone talks on December 12.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man has affirmed Vietnam’s readiness to create a favourable legal framework for investment, production, and business activities of enterprises from the Republic of Korea (RoK), including the Samsung Group.

VOV.VN - Over the past 80 years, the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) has continued growing and playing a crucial role in the Vietnamese national liberation process, building, and safeguarding, said Marcelo Rodríguez, head of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Argentina (CPA).

VOV.VN - The Secretary (East) at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs has highlighted Vietnam as one of the first countries with which India has engaged in a multi-dimensional manner as part of the South Asian nation’s Act East policy.

The Party, State, and people of Vietnam strongly support Laos's renovation efforts, Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Chief of its Office told Lao leaders on December 11 during his two-day visit to the country.

VOV.VN - The 80th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) (December 22, 1944 - 2024) and the 35th anniversary of the All People’s Defence Festival (December 22, 1989 - 2024) have been marked in US and Poland.

VOV.VN - Argentina aspires to boost co-operation with Vietnam in terms of biotechnology, hi-tech agriculture, and energy, towards achieving a common goal of developing a green economy, according to newly-appointed Argentinian Ambassador to Vietnam Marcos A. Bednarski.

VOV.VN - Implementing the foreign policy of the Party and State, realizing the goals, viewpoints, and directions of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence, recent years has seen international integration and defence diplomacy carried out synchronously and proactively, achieving comprehensive results, and continuing to be one of the important pillars of Party diplomacy, State diplomacy, and citizen diplomacy.

VOV.VN - The 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and the 35th anniversary of the All People’s Defence Festival were celebrated by the Embassy and Defence Attaché Office of Vietnam in Algiers on December 10.

The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak and Nevers city of France’s Nièvre province expressed their hope to set up friendship and collaboration in the fields of cultural exchange, IT development and digital transformation, urban planning, healthcare professional development, and high-technology agricultural production under a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two sides in Paris on December 10.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu has held a recent meeting with Chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) Luo Zhaohui as part of activities within the framework of the 16th Meeting of the Vietnam - China Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation which was held on December 10 in Beijing.

VOV.VN - The 35th anniversary of diplomatic ties with Venezuela (1989–2024) was recently celebrated in Caracas by the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela, in co-ordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relevant Venezuelan agencies.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the Vietnam Society of International Law, on December 10 organised a seminar on the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement).

As a coastal nation with more than 3,260 kilometres of coastline and thousands of islands, Vietnam’s commitment to responsible implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is in line with the country’s thorough foreign policy, stated Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam on December 10 received General David Petraeus, a Partner at the Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) global investment firm and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 10 for a delegation of the US Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) led by its Chairman John Neuffer.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son attended a ceremony in Beijing on December 10 marking 25 years since the signing of the Vietnam-China Land Border Treaty and 15 years since the signing of three legal documents on the land border between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, and Politburo member, Director of the Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee’s Commission for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi co-chaired the 16th meeting of the Vietnam-China Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation in Beijing on December 10.

Socio-economic and foreign relation achievements provide foundations for Vietnam to enter the “Era of the Vietnamese Nation’s Rise” mentioned recently by Party General Secretary To Lam, said Kyril Whittaker, British researcher of Vietnamese politics and history and member of the Communist Party of Britain.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 10 for David Petraeus, a Partner at the Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) global investment firm and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) (1944 - 2024) and the 35th anniversary of the All People’s Defence Festival (December 22, 1989 - 2024) were celebrated by the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN) and the Vietnamese Military Attaché Office at the UN in New York on December 9 under the chair of Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, head of Vietnam's Permanent Mission to the UN.