VOV.VN - The upcoming visit to Indonesia by President Nguyen Xuan Phuc is of great significance as both sides will continue to discuss how they can utilise their combined strength in a substantive way and work together in order to become the economic locomotive of the region.

VOV.VN - Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang received visiting Minister of State of the Cambodian Ministry of the Interior Gen. Sante Chan Ean on December 14 in Hanoi.

Politburo member and Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) Nguyen Xuan Thang hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 13 for new Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Sandeep Arya.

VOV.VN - Local model Hoang Viet An has been named as the Vietnamese representative to compete at Mister Friendship 2022, with the male beauty pageant underway in Khon Kaen, Thailand.

A friendship cycling journey took place in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem district on December 11 with a view to raising public awareness of environmental protection.

Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member and Permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, received Special Advisor to the Japan - Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance Takebe Tsutomu in Hanoi on December 9.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association working in collaboration with the Cuban Embassy in Vietnam and the Vietnam National University, Hanoi organised an event on December 9 to introduce the first-ever Vietnamese-Spanish dictionary.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia held a ceremony on December 8 to mark the 50th anniversary of the “Dien Bien Phu in the air” victory.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh gave a reception to visiting Lao Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith in Hanoi on December 7.

VOV.VN - A ceremony was held on December 7 at the headquarters of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence in Hanoi in order to bestow Cuba’s orders on leaders, former leaders, and officers of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA).