VOV.VN - Vietnamese chess players brought home five gold medals in the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Youth Rapid & Blitz Championships 2024 which closed in Slovenia on December 17.

VOV.VN - Conglomerate Sunwah of Hong Kong (China) recently surveyed a number of industrial parks in the southern province of Binh Duong, southern Vietnam, in an effort to seek investment opportunities in the locality.

VOV.VN - General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense of Vietnam, hosted a welcoming ceremony in Hanoi on December 17 for Lieutenant General Viktor Gennadievich Khrenin, Minister of Defense of Belarus, on his official visit to Vietnam.

A delegation from the Missionary Training Centre (MTC) under the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) and the Asia Area Office of LDS Charities (LDSC) in Hong Kong (China) led by President of the Hanoi branch Rob Howell held a working session with the VUFO in Hanoi on December 16.

President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Phan Anh Son chaired a discussion with an Indian delegation in Hanoi on December 16 to share insight on Vietnam’s current situation and enduring friendship between Vietnam and India.

Police of the southeastern province of Tay Ninh and Cambodia’s Svay Rieng and Tboung Khmum provinces on December 16 held a meeting to review their border crime prevention and security cooperation this year and sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on collaboration for the first half of 2025.

Vietnam’s business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce export value is estimated at VND145.2 trillion (US$5.8 billion) by 2028, with micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) projected to contribute 25%.

Australians are continuing to travel in record numbers with the latest data revealing Vietnam as one of the three top-growth destinations, according to the Singapore-based asianaviation.com on December 16.

The Vietnamese Embassy in China on December 16 hosted a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and 35th anniversary of the All-People Defence Festival (December 22).

Retail sales in Ho Chi Minh City rang in at over VND567.98 billion (US$22.36 million) in 2024, a year-on-year rise of 11%, the municipal Department of Industry and Trade has reported.