Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse, together with a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, met with staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Vientiane on December 1 evening as part of the leader's ongoing state visit to the neighbouring country.

Vietnam’s Party, State and people attach great importance to the traditional friendship and Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Russia, and always consider the country one of Vietnam’s leading partners in its foreign policy, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha stated.

Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Company (Asahi Life) of Japan is set to acquire Vietnamese life insurer MVI Life in a deal valued at almost JPY30 billion (US$193 million).

National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Nguyen Khac Dinh held talks with visiting First Deputy Speaker of Federation Council of Russia's Federal Assembly Andrey Vladimirovich Yatskin in Hanoi on December 1.

State President Luong Cuong on December 1 hosted a state banquet in honour of Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah and the high-ranking delegation of Brunei on their state visit to Vietnam from November 30 to December 2. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh was also in attendance.

As Vietnam and Moscow mark the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations, the Hanoi–Moscow Business Forum brought together senior leaders and a large community of enterprises from both capitals, reaffirming a shared commitment to traditional friendship, substantive cooperation and sustainable development.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City is laying the groundwork to introduce English as a second language across schools, with a particular focus on enhancing teacher capacity, updating teaching methods, and piloting bilingual programs in high-quality and internationally integrated schools.

VOV.VN - Vietnam praised Thailand for its resilient economy and growing trade, noting that bilateral cooperation serves as one of the most successful economic models in ASEAN and seeks to strengthen cooperation to maximize benefits under existing free trade agreements (FTAs).

VOV.VN - A new surge of cold air advancing southward is set to bring another cold spell to northern Vietnam, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh departed for Laos on the morning of December 2 to attend the meeting between the Political Bureaus of Vietnam and Laos and to co-chair the 48th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee, taking place from December 2-3 at the invitation of Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone.