Economic diplomacy has truly become a key component in all external affairs, especially high-level diplomacy, contributing effectively to implemeting strategic breakthroughs, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam reaffirmed Vietnam’s commitment to its “Four Nos” defense policy and peaceful settlement of disputes at a grand ceremony in Hanoi on December 20 marking 80 years of the Vietnam People’s Army and 35 years of All-People National Defense Day.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s export-import turnover is likely to reach a record high of US$782 billion this year, demonstrating the country’s steady recovery amid global fluctuations, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man on December 18 met with newly-appointed ambassadors and heads of Vietnam's representative offices abroad before they take on their new assignments.

VOV.VN - A foreigner bearing Spanish nationality has been deported by the police of Vietnam after illegally using narcotics in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Embassy and Defence Attaché Office of Vietnam in Cambodia organised a get-together in Phnom Penh on December 12 with alumni of the Cambodian Royal Armed Forces (CRAF) who had studied in Vietnam. ​

VOV.VN - The 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) (1944 - 2024) and the 35th anniversary of the All People’s Defence Festival (December 22, 1989 - 2024) were celebrated by the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN) and the Vietnamese Military Attaché Office at the UN in New York on December 9 under the chair of Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, head of Vietnam's Permanent Mission to the UN.

VOV.VN - Indonesia has initiated an anti-dumping investigation into homopolymer polypropylene plastic products originating from Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, China, Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV).

Politburo member and Permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu held talks with Politburo member, Permanent member of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee’s Secretariat and State Vice President of Laos Bounthong Chitmany in Hanoi on November 4.

The banking system's credit growth had risen by 11.12% as of November 22 compared to the end of 2023, hence the 15% growth target for the whole year is reachable, according to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).