Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov has sent a congratulatory message to delegates attending the 12th National Congress of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) for the 2022-2027 tenure in Hanoi.

A new building of the Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce’s Department of SME Promotion, built with funding from the Vietnamese Association in Vientiane, was handed over to the Lao ministry on December 15.

The Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism co-hosted a conference promoting tourism cooperation between Vietnam and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries on December 15.

An exhibition named “Dien Bien Phu in the air – an immortal epic” was opened at the National Library of Vietnam in Hanoi on December 15, marking the 50th anniversary of the historical victory.

VOV.VN - Vietnam leads the way in terms of biodiversity preservation in the Asia-Pacific region, according to Marco Lambertini, director general of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International.

VOV.VN - The Department of Overseas Labour (DOLAB) has unveiled plans to begin receiving applications for the recruitment of nurses and orderlies to work in Japan, with this scheme being under the terms of the Vietnam-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Innovation Network in Europe (VINEU) is determined to become an independent organisation and pioneer among the overseas Vietnamese (OV) community in the path of innovation in Vietnam, Pham Huy Hoang, president of the VINEU, told Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung on December 14.

VOV.VN - Leaders from Vietnam, the UK, and the EU announced on December 14 a new ambitious Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP).

VOV.VN - Every Christmas the Catholic neighbourhood located on Pham The Hien street in District 8 and other similar areas across Ho Chi Minh City are filled with colourful decorations and nativity scenes set up by religious families and parishes.

Over 100 photos and documents are being displayed at an exhibition in Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the “Hanoi-Dien Bien Phu in the Air” victory.

Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieut. Gen Nguyen Duy Ngoc held a working session with head of the Belgian general department in charge of identity and citizenship affairs Philippe Moreau in Brussels on December 14 to share experience in building a population database and connecting it with the national databases for socio-economic development.

VOV.VN - A strong cold air front is moving toward Vietnam from the north and it is forecast to cause temperatures to fall sharply to below 10 degree Celsius when it reaches the northern border this weekend.

The south-central province of Binh Dinh is determined to have no local fishing boats violating foreign waters in the next six months before the European Commission (EC) review the “yellow card” against Vietnamese fisheries sector, according to Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Ho Quoc Dung.

VOV.VN - As many as 26,200 new cases of lung cancer are recorded each year in Vietnam, with the disease now ranked second among the top causes of death, according to Globocan, an online database which provides global cancer statistics.

VOV.VN - An earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale shook Da Bac district of Hoa Binh province, a mountainous locality in the north of Vietnam, on December 14.

VOV.VN - The impact of the cold front currently hitting northern Vietnam dragged temperatures in Ho Chi Minh City down to around 20 - 22 degrees Celsius on December 14, forcing local residents to bring out their winter wardrobe.

VOV.VN - The 12th National Congress of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) opened in Hanoi on December 14, drawing the participation of 980 delegates representing over 22 million members of the union both at home and abroad.

The 13th meeting of the Vietnam-China joint working group on meteorological cooperation was held online by the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) on December 13.

The Ministry of Public Administration and Security of the Republic of Korea (RoK) (MOPAS) said it will coordinate with the Vietnamese Ministry of Home Affairs to organise a forum on public administration on December 14.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) will offer 30 scholarships to Vietnamese high school students for the 2023-2024 academic year, heard a recent webinar co-hosted by the Vietnamese Consulate General in Hong Kong (China) and CUHK.

The Pou Chen Corp of Taiwan (China), the world's largest manufacturer of branded sports footwear with factories in Vietnam, will spend VND1.5 trillion (US$63.49 million) on year-end bonuses.

VOV.VN - A new passage has been found in Cave C7, which is part of the Krong No volcanic cave system and is notable for being the longest of its kind in Southeast Asia, stretching for a length of about 199 metres, said the Management Board of the UNESCO Global Geopark Dak Nong on December 13.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Team K72, under the jurisdiction of the southern province of Binh Phuoc’s Military Command which is responsible for repatriating the remains of the Vietnamese soldiers who died in Cambodia, unearthed the remains of 39 martyrs after a one-month search.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Public Security Nguyen Duy Ngoc had a working session in the Netherlands on December 12 with representatives from the National Office for Identity Data, Logius - digital government service, and the Digital Society Department under the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK).

VOV.VN - An exhibition opening with the theme of “Vietnam-Italy Space Technology and Applications. Looking Beyond” launched on December 12 in Hanoi, with the event featuring images of the earth as seen from the sky.

TOTO Architect Talk 2022 is a hotly anticipated forum for the architectural community in Vietnam, which will be held in Hanoi on December 17, featuring a speech by famous Japanese speaker and architect Akihisa Hirata.

The Association of Vietnamese in France (UGVF) convened its 16th congress in Paris on December 11, with the participations of nearly 100 delegates.

VOV.VN - The capital of Vietnam has seen a further two deaths due to dengue fever over the past week with 42 fresh outbreaks, according to the Health Ministry’s Preventive Medicine Department.

VOV.VN - Hundreds of scientists, university graduates, and Vietnamese and international students studying and living in the Republic of Korea attended a conference in Seoul on December 11 to share ideas and present new research results.

The Ministry of Science and Technology, UNDP in Vietnam, and UNDP SDG Impact co-hosted a conference in Hanoi last week with policymakers, experts, investors, and businesses to explore barriers and opportunities to unlocking private investment to accelerate the development of science and technology (sci-tech) and innovation in Vietnam.