VOV.VN - The construction of a Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Monument commenced on December 9 in Svay Rieng province in Cambodia.

More than 100 Vietnamese and Lao military doctors provided health checkup for over 2,000 border residents of the two countries from December 5-8.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong welcomed Laos National Assembly Chairman Xaysomphone Phomvihane in Hanoi on December 7, saying his visit to Vietnam would help promote the special friendship and relationship between the two countries.

President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Nguyen Phuong Nga held a working session with the Switzerland-Vietnam Friendship Association (SVFA) in Bern, Switzerland, on November 27.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Nguyen Thi Bich Hue has paid a working visit to the Veneto region to promote economic and trade cooperation between the two sides.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), on November 23 awarded the medal For Peace and Friendship among Nations to outgoing Mexican Ambassador Sara Valdes Bolano.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc presented the Friendship Order from the President to Lianys Torres Rivera, former Ambassador of Cuba to Vietnam at a ceremony on November 22.

Kim Sang Yeol, Founder and Chairman of Hoban Construction has been honoured with Vietnam's Friendship Order in recognition for his outstanding contribution to promoting economic, cultural and educational exchanges and boosting the strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries.

Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue has offered congratulations to Hosoda Hiroyuki on the latter’s election as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is currently the ninth largest trading partner and the seventh largest foreign investor in Myanmar, with two-way trade turnover reaching US$860 million in 2018 and US$1.02 billion in 2019, exceeding the target set for 2020.