VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Defence Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien was joined by New Zealand's Secretary of Defense Andrew Bridgman as the pair chaired the third Vietnam-New Zealand defence policy dialogue via an online platform, with numerous ambassadors and defence personnel from each side in attendance.

VOV.VN - A number of universities throughout Ho Chi Minh City have granted permission to students to remain at home from December 2 in an effort to fight the potential spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) following community cases being detected in the southern city.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 2 chaired a regular Government meeting for November, with there now being less than 30 days until the end of the year, which has represented a period full of fluctuations, challenges, and difficulties.

VOV.VN - Nearly 360 Vietnamese citizens, including children under the age of 18, the elderly, people with illnesses, students without accommodation due to dormitory closure and others in extremely difficulty circumstances were repatriated home safe and sound on December 1.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed the nation’s readiness to boost closer coordination with other nations in containing the COVID-19 pandemic during his phone talks with his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte on November 30.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, in co-ordination with competent Vietnamese agencies in Europe, North America, and Africa, conducted repatriation flights on November 29 and November 30 to bring home roughly 350 Vietnamese citizens left stranded abroad by the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

VOV.VN - A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa, led by Ambassador Hoang Van Loi, paid a working visit to Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces from November 22 to November 29 in order to seek opportunities for the further enhancement of investment, trade, and tourism co-operation between both sides.

VOV.VN - Over 210 Vietnamese citizens in Japan, including pregnant women, the elderly, minors under 18, people suffering from dangerous diseases, and other extremely difficult cases flew home aboard a VietJet Air flight on November 29.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Switzerland has recently chaired the fourth meeting of the ASEAN Committee in Bern (ACB) in 2020.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh and Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumsay Kommasith have agreed that the Vietnam-Laos relationship has been growing steadily in recent times despite numerous difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.