VOV.VN - Vietnam posted a trade surplus of US$24.77 billion last year, with total import and export reaching US$786.29 billion, up 15.4% compared to the previous year, according to details given by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - Disbursement of foreign investment last year reached about US$25.35 billion, up 9.4% compared to the figures from 2023, recording the highest disbursement level recorded so far, according to the latest data released by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Box Office Vietnam announced that the total box office revenue in Vietnam for 2024, from January 1 to December 31, reached nearly VND4.7 trillion (US$185 million), marking the highest annual figure ever recorded.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of National Defense held a ceremony on January 2 to present the State President’s decision and the Defense Minister’s decision to assign eight more officers to United Nations peacekeeping missions in the Central African Republic and South Sudan.

VOV.VN - Relations between Vietnam and Saudi Arabia have made significant progress across various fields this year, providing important momentum for promoting bilateral cooperation in the upcoming years, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Dang Xuan Dung.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos held a ceremony on December 25 to confer orders and medals from the Vietnamese Party, State on one collective and several individuals of the Lao Presidential Office in recognition of their remarkable contributions to the great friendship between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Australia still hold great potential for economic, trade, investment cooperation, particularly in areas such as agriculture, food processing, renewable energy, and digital economy development, according to Nguyen Phu Hoa, trade councilor of the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia.

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.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Italy and the Vietnamese Defence Attaché Office in Spain and Italy have jointly organised a ceremony in Rome to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and the 35th anniversary of the All-People Defence Festival (December 22).

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.