A ceremony took place in Hanoi on December 21 to award winners of a competition on Australia and its people, as part of activities marking the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Australia diplomatic ties.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong underlined the need to develop the diplomatic sector imbued with the identity of "Vietnamese bamboo" at the 32nd Diplomatic Conference which opened in Hanoi on December 19.

VOV.VN - The 32nd diplomatic conference opened on December 19 in Hanoi amid the presence of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

VOV.VN - The 11th international food festival, an annual event held by the Service Department for Diplomatic Corps since 2014, is set to get underway in Hanoi from December 9 to December 10, with the event offering visitors an array of dishes from different cultures.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Hungary has attended the annual diplomatic charity fair 2023 organised by the Diplomatic Spouses of Budapest club under the patronage of Szilvia Szijjártó-Nagy, the wife of the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

The Vietnamese Committee for Solidarity with the Palestinian People (VCSPP), in coordination with the Palestinian Embassy in Vietnam and the Vietnam-Palestine Friendship Association in Hanoi held a meeting on November 29 to mark the 35th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Palestine (1988 -2023) and the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and the Vietnam-France Friendship and Cooperation Association on November 27 held a ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-France diplomatic relations (1973-2023).

Members from foreign representative agencies in Ho Chi Minh City attended a 'pho' (noodle soup) cooking class under the guidance of chefs from the Saigon Professional Chefs Association (SPC) on November 23.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Norway have successfully maintained traditional friendship ties and co-operation across a variety of fields since first establishing diplomatic relations on November 25, 1971.

Vietnam and Luxembourg are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their diplomatic relations (November 15, 1973 - 2023), which is believed to herald a new chapter of their ties that Vietnam should optimise in the time ahead.