Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held separate meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron and Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Mathias Cormann in Johannesburg on November 23, on the occasion of their attendance at the G20 Summit in South Africa.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held bilateral meetings with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in Johannesburg on November 23, as part of his activities on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in South Africa.

VOV.VN - Lam Dong province will host the Southeast Asia Gong Festival 2025 from December 18, 2025 to January 2, 2026, with the participation of gong performers from Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand.

VOV.VN - The US-Vietnam Friendship Festival took place in Hanoi on November 23, featuring a wide array of lively cultural and artistic activities.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Airlines on November 22 inaugurated a direct flight connecting Jakarta (Indonesia) and Hanoi (Vietnam), coinciding with the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Indonesia (December 30, 1955 – 2025).

VOV.VN - Circular economy in agriculture is increasingly recognised as a vital approach to building a modern, sustainable sector that maximises value, reduces costs, and minimises environmental impacts.

VOV.VN - A female Vietnamese athlete has won the first gold medal for Vietnam at the 2025 ASEAN School Games (ASG) currently taking place in Brunei.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has emphasised the importance of artificial intelligence (AI) in the era of digital transformation, and proposed that the G20 develop a set of AI governance standards that are fair, transparent, inclusive, and humane, with a human-centred approach.

VOV.VN - On November 23, the 917th Regiment of the 370th Division (Air Defense – Air Force), urgently carried out airlift missions to deliver relief supplies to areas severely affected by floods in Central Vietnam.

Ambassador Do Hung Viet, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations and President-designate of the 11th Review Conference (RevCon11) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), chaired a regional consultation for African member states from November 20–22, in Ethiopia.