The Ministry of Public Security's investigation police agency has launched legal proceedings against and detained Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai on charge of “receiving bribes” related to an oil trading company scandal, Lieutenant General To An Xo, the ministry’s spokesperson, said on December 21.

Vietnam calls for an immediate ceasefire for humanitarian reasons, the unconditional release of hostages, and an end to hostile actions and violence in the escalating conflict between Hamas forces and Israel, said Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN Minister Counsellor Le Thi Minh Thoa.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien had a working session with leaders of Sirius International Holding of the UAE in Hanoi on December 19 to discuss business and investment cooperation opportunities in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's business trip to Japan to attend the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation in Tokyo, as well as conducting other bilateral activities, received positive reviews from the Japanese public.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has welcomed many foreign leaders and it has been elected to many important international organisations over the past few years, showing the country’s enhanced status and prestige globally, said Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.

VOV.VN - The governments of Vietnam and Japan will direct their ministries and agencies to realise the Joint Statement on the recent establishment of the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two counties.

VOV.VN - Japan is Vietnam’s leading important partner, affirmed Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during his meeting with Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Ken Saito at a meeting in Tokyo on December 16.

VOV.VN - The State visit to Vietnam on December 12-13 by Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping is the most important political event in China-Vietnam relations this year and has reaped great success, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on December 14.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha received Robert McIntosh, Senior Vice President of US-based Dell, in Hanoi on December 14.

VOV.VN - Phan Dinh Trac, chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs, hosted a reception on December 14 for Venezuelan Agriculture and Land Minister Wilmar Castro Soteldo, who is currently visiting the nation for the first International Rice Festival 2023.