The exhibition industry is expected to start recovering by the middle of next year and rebound in 2022 if the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control in the next few months, industry insiders said.

Hanoi authorities on December 5 recorded two coronavirus-positive patients, including a man who again tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 after being discharged from hospital in Dong Da district, and a diplomat entering Vietnam and under stay-at-home quarantine in Bac Tu Liem district.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong on December 6 hosted a reception for a high-ranking delegation of Laos led by Politburo member and Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith who are on a visit to Vietnam to attend the 43rd meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith witnessed the signing of 17 cooperation agreements and memoranda of understanding at the 43rd session of the Vietnam-Lao Inter-Governmental Committee on bilateral cooperation in Hanoi on December 6.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese and Lao Governments have affirmed their diplomatic commitments to developing the bilateral relationship of great friendship, special solidarity, along with comprehensive co-operation at the 43rd session of the Inter-governmental Committee.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh addressed a debate of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) under the chair of President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa on December 4 to discuss co-operation activities between the UN and the African Union (AU).

VOV.VN - Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith is on a visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and set to co-chair the 43rd session of the Vietnam – Laos Inter-governmental Committee from December 4 – 6.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on December 4 hosted a reception for Vice Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Lee Tae-ho, who is in Hanoi for the 8th Mekong - RoK Business Forum.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam-Poland Friendship Association came together with the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) on December 4 to hold a meeting to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Vietnam-Poland diplomatic relations after they were first established in 1950.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Defence Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien hosted a reception on December 4 in Hanoi for Japan’s Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takia, during which he thanked the Ambassador for his attention and efforts to enhance the development of friendly co-operation between the two countries, including defence ties.