More than a year after upgrading their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in March 2024, Vietnam and Australia have seen robust, wide-ranging progress across economic, trade, education, defence, security, digital transformation and sustainable development cooperation.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien put forward several strategic proposals to enhance trade cooperation, improve competitiveness, and support businesses in the region, at a CPTPP-EU Trade and Investment Dialogue held in Melbourne on November 20.

The 10th Vietnam Hardware & Hand Tools Expo (VHHE 2025) is scheduled for December 4–6 in Ho Chi Minh City, drawing 380 exhibitors from 15 countries and territories across 450 booths in the only event of its kind in Vietnam recognised by the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI).

VOV.VN - Vietnam continues to lead the region in consumer optimism driven by positive economic outlook and confidence in personal finances, according to the sixth edition of the ASEAN Consumer Sentiment Study (ACSS) by the Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB).

VOV.VN - Twenty Vietnamese athletes arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on November 21 to begin their competition at the World Kickboxing Championships for Masters and Seniors held in Abu Dhabi.

The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) has been honoured as the “Best Place to Work in Vietnam 2025,” retaining its No. 1 position in the banking sector and ranking second overall among large enterprises.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Ambassador to France and Representative of the State President to the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) Dinh Toan Thang attended the 46th session of the Ministerial Conference of La Francophonie (CMF 46) in Kigali, Rwanda, on November 19-20.

The Vietnam–Laos trade connection and product promotion fair 2025 opened in Vientiane on November 20, carrying the theme “peace – cooperation – shared development".

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Hanoi on November 20 between the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade and its Russian counterpart on cooperation in scientific research, industrial development, and innovation in the industrial sector.

The Vietnam People Army will provide full support to help Laos successfully stage the parade and ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of its National Day (December 2, 1975–2025), said Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Truong Thang.