VOV.VN - Laos gives top priority to enhancing the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation with Vietnam, reaffirmed top leaders of Laos during their separate meetings with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son in Vientiane on December 17.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh proposed that Yamaguchi Prefecture of Japan increase cooperation with Vietnamese localities, especially Binh Duong province, during his reception for Yamaguchi Governor Muraoka Tsugumasa in Hanoi on December 16.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 15 inspected the construction of the Can Tho–Ca Mau Expressway, during which he encouraged workers at the site and directed measures to speed up the project's progress.

VOV.VN - The semiconductor industry has grown tremendously and is one of the key sectors propelling the information revolution and Industry 4.0 forward.

Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc on December 12 urged ministries and sectors to do their utmost to implement the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)’s 17 recommendations to lift Vietnam out of its list of Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring (grey list) related to money laundering.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has laid stress on the need to complete the resolution of obstacles for renewable projects by February 2025 to prevent wastefulness, contributing to ensuring electricity for development.

The National Defence Academy should develop itself into a regional training and research centre by 2030 and a globally-recognised institution by 2045, aligning with the heroic stature of the Vietnamese military and people, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha chaired a meeting of the Vietnam Subcommittee of the Vietnam-Russia Intergovernmental Committee on economic-trade and scientific-technical co-operation on December 12 in Hanoi.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a national conference on human rights education on December 11 with the online participation of leaders of all 63 centrally-run and provinces across the country.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, and Politburo member, Director of the Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee’s Commission for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi co-chaired the 16th meeting of the Vietnam-China Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation in Beijing on December 10.