VOV.VN - Vietnam Film Week – Itinéraire de Lumière (Vietnam Cinéma – Itinéraire de Lumière) concluded on December 12 at the Pathé Palace cinema with a screening of Red Rain, leaving a strong emotional impression on international audiences.

VOV.VN - The closing ceremony of the Hue International Tea Festival 2025 was held at Truong Sanh Palace inside the Hue Imperial Citadel on the evening of December 12, bringing to an end three days of continuous activities of the first international tea festival ever hosted in the former imperial capital.

VOV.VN - The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations, the World Trade Organization and other international organizations in Geneva hosted a photo exhibition titled “Vietnam – a Dynamic and Aspirational Nation” at the Mission’s headquarters on December 12 to mark Vietnam’s election as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2026-2028 term.

VOV.VN - The 171st repatriation ceremony for the remains of a US servicemen missing in action (MIA) in the Vietnam War took place at Gia Lam Airport in Hanoi on the morning of December 13.

VOV.VN - Japan will provide US$1.5 million in emergency non-refundable aid to help Vietnam recover from severe storm and flood damage in the central region, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on December 12.

VOV.VN - Southeast Asia’s largest automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) officially commenced operations in southern Tay Ninh province, marking a turning point in completing Vietnam’s logistics ecosystem, tackling post-harvest preservation challenges, and enhancing the international value of Vietnamese agricultural products.

The Management and Sustainable Development Institute (MSD), the lead organisation of the Social Open Innovation Community, officially launched the SOAR Initiative (Social Open Innovation for All Resilience) on December 12.

AIA Group wants to continue long-term investment and cooperation in the Vietnamese market, making practical contributions to the country’s socio-economic development, its Independent Non-executive Chairman Mark Tucker told Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc at their meeting in Hanoi on December 12.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested building a workforce for external information service with resilience, intelligence, creativity, responsibility, dedication and vision that committed to promoting the positive and addressing the negative.

Malaysian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dato’ Seri Utama Haji Mohamad Bin Haji Hasan has affirmed that Malaysia will continue assisting Vietnam in developing the Halal industry and combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.