The great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos will continue to deepen and become increasingly effective, affirmed Permanent Vice Chairman of the Laos-Vietnam Cooperation Committee Viengsavanh Vilayphone.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Minh Tam has expressed confidence that the Laos visit by Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his co-chairing of the 47th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee will make a great success.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation are set to pay a visit to Laos and co-chair the 47th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee from January 9-10, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on January 6.

Vietnam set a target of being in top three in the 33rd Southeast Asian Games, the national most important sport task in 2025.

VOV.VN - Running with the theme of "Da Lat Flowers - Symphony of Colors", the 10th Da Lat Flower Festival has ended, bringing in a tourism revenue of over VND3.6 trillion to the city.

VOV.VN - After nearly three months of discussion and negotiation on documents, the Fifth Committee which is the Committee of the General Assembly with responsibilities for administration and budgetary matters held a plenary session on December 24 and adopted more than 20 resolutions on organisational, administrative, and budgetary issues of UN agencies and member countries' contributions to the organisation's 2025 budget.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh on December 22 conveyed Christmas and New Year 2025 greetings at the Hanoi Archdiocese, the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North), and the Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien, and Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) Muto Yoji co-chaired the 7th meeting of the Vietnam-Japan Joint Committee on Industry, Trade and Energy Cooperation in Tokyo on December 20.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam has directed the integration of anti-waste measures into inspection and supervision activities, emphasizing that this is a key task in management and governance.

Party General Secretary To Lam on December 19 asked the Party Central Committee's Office to strictly uphold regulations and procedures, ensuring the protection of state secrets, and preventing corruption, wastefulness, and other negative phenomena in every agency and unit.