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.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Red Cross Society will send another US$600,000 to Syria as part of efforts to help overcome the consequences of the February earthquake, raising the total aid from the Vietnamese Government and people to the Middle East nation to US$900,000.

VOV.VN - Regional and international media have widely covered the State visit to Vietnam by General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping, emphasizing that the trip has contributed to strengthening mutual understanding and trust between the two Parties and two States.

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.

The official visit to Vietnam on December 11 - 12 by Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet has come under the spotlight of the media in Cambodia, which stressed the mutual assistance throughout history and the sustainable friendship between the two neighbouring countries.

VOV.VN - Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and his wife left Hanoi on December 13 afternoon, concluding a two-day State visit to Vietnam at the invitations of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Vo Van Thuong.