2025 was an incredibly significant year for Vietnam-US relations, marked by a series of major anniversaries and substantive advances across multiple areas of cooperation, US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper said in a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese President Luong Cuong hosted meetings with outgoing Ambassador Mohammed Ismaeil A. Dahlwy of Saudi Arabia, and outgoing Ambassador Meynardo Los Banos Montealegre of the Philippines at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on December 31.

VOV.VN - The year 2025 has been a landmark period for Vietnam-Russia relations, Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Gennady Bezdetko said during a year-end press briefing in Hanoi on December 29.

Vietnam–Indonesia relations are entering a new phase after 70 years of development on a foundation of close historical ties (December 30, 1955 – 2025), with plenty of room for further development, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Ta Van Thong.

VOV.VN - Vietnam continues to enhance political trust, strengthen coordination in defence and security, promote economic, cultural, and educational cooperation, and foster people-to-people exchanges with Cambodia.

Spanish Ambassador to Vietnam Carmen Cano De Lasala has described 2025 as a “highly important and special” year, marked by pivotal milestones that laid a solid foundation for the two countries to elevate the bilateral relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership in the near future.

Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Rogelio Polanco Fuentes bestowed the Medal of Friendship from Cuba’s Council of State on Nguyen Thanh Nghi, member of the Party Central Committee and head of its Commission for Policies and Strategies, during a ceremony in Hanoi on December 26.

Vietnam has steadily reaffirmed its role, reputation, and distinct identity at the United Nations (UN) by actively and responsibly engaging in hundreds of UN meetings and making substantive contributions to common global efforts, according to Ambassador Do Hung Viet, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN.

VOV.VN - As Vietnam and Indonesia mark 70 years of diplomatic relations (December 30, 1995 – 2025), the two countries are entering a new phase of cooperation marked by upgraded strategic ties, expanding economic complementarities and growing coordination on regional and global challenges.

Vietnam’s ongoing efforts to streamline its political apparatus and the dynamism of its economy are creating a solid prerequisite for the country to enter a new era of development, Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Rogelio Polanco Fuentes has said.