The Vietnam-Hau Giang International Rice Festival 2023, themed “Centennial Journey of Vietnamese Rice”, opened in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on December 12.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports and the British Council co-hosted a dialogue on November 21 to seek ways to further develop the capital’s brand as a creative city and human resource hub.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on November 1 hosted First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Chang Ho-jin on the occasion of his visit to Vietnam to co-chair the fifth deputy foreign ministerial level strategic dialogue on diplomacy, security and defence between the two countries.

Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Hoang Xuan Chien and Secretary General of the Indonesian Ministry of Defence Lieut. Gen Donny Ermawan Taufanto co-chaired the third Vietnam-Indonesia defence policy dialogue in Hanoi on October 31.

A Vietnamese delegation paid a working visit to the US from October 10-22 during which Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang called on both sides to increase constructive dialogue to clarify religious issues and avoid misunderstandings that may impact bilateral relations.

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) – Southeast Asia Business Network on October 26 held the Business Roundtable and Public-Private Policy Dialogue on Sustainable Investment in Hanoi.

A dialogue on preventing and responding to gender-based violence in cyberspace was held at FPT Hanoi University by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam on October 18.

Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong chaired an official reception ceremony for and held talks with visiting Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces General Vong Pisen in Hanoi on October 17.

The second defence policy dialogue between Vietnam and Canada took place in Ottawa on September 21 under the chair of Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien and his Canadian counterpart Bill Matthews.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien and United States Assistant Secretary of Defence Dr Ely Ratner recently co-hosted the annual Vietnam – US Defence Policy Dialogue in Washington, D.C.