VOV.VN - Situated in the northern province of Lao Cai, Bac Ha market has become a trading centre for ethnic minority people residing in Bac Ha district and neighbouring areas, offering a wide range of products, including clothes, farm tools, and household utensils.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 1 extended their congratulations to First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez on Cuba’s 64th National Day (1959 - 2023).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 30 sent a letter of congratulations to Sonexay Siphandone who was approved by the Lao National Assembly as Prime Minister.on the same day.

VOV.VN - When the first flowers blossom on To Day trees, also known as wild peach blossom, H’Mong people joyfully celebrate their traditional Lunar New Year festival on the first three days of the 12th lunar month.

The fifth congress of the Vietnam-Thailand Friendship Association (VTFA) for 2022-2027 tenure was held in Hanoi on December 27, electing Vice Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council Nguyen Van Thanh as Chairman of the association for the 2022-2027 tenure.

Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man launched the first Dien Hong award – the national press award on the NA and People’s Councils, during a ceremony in Hanoi on December 27.

Sen. Lieut. Gen. Luong Dinh Hong, Political Commissar of the National Defence Academy, visited Laos and attended an exchange programme with Lao military alumni who studied in Vietnam from December 22-24 at the invitation of the Lao Ministry of Defence.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc met Speaker of the House of Representatives of Indonesia Puan Maharani and Deputy Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) of Indonesia Arsul Sani on December 22 as part of the Vietnamese State leader’s ongoing visit to Indonesia.

The Vietnamese Embassy and the liaison board of Vietnamese war veterans in Hungary co-organised a ceremony on December 20 to mark 50 years of the signing of the Paris Agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords) (January 27, 1973) and the 78th anniversary of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) (December 22, 1944).

VOV.VN - The 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) was celebrated on December 20 by the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee.