VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense of Australia Richard Marles proposed increasing defense-security between Australia and Vietnam, while meeting with Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue in Canberra on November 30.

VOV.VN - Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son affirmed the country’s readiness to make furhter contributions to UN peacekeeping operations during a meeting held on November 25 in Hanoi with visiting Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations.

Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan on November 24 held a working session with the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).

VOV.VN - ASEAN should maintain its solidarity and central role in promptly responding to emerging traditional and non-traditional security challenges such as armed conflicts, competition between major powers, natural disasters, epidemics, and climate change.

VOV.VN - The 22nd Assembly of the World Peace Council (WPC) officially opened on November 21 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Vietnam imported 999,750 tonnes of rice last year, a figure that is likely to create competition with domestic products and impact the lives of local producers, as well as food security in general, according to industry insiders.

The People’s Committee of southern Long An province and the Japanese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City signed a non-refundable aid contract within the framework of the Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects (GGP) on November 18.

VOV.VN - Vietnam consistently supports the reform of the UN Security Council to ensure its representation, democracy, transparency and efficiency so that it can better respond to global challenges.

The 16th Vietnam-US labour dialogue took place in Hanoi on November 16, gathering representatives from the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), the US Department of Labour, and the US Embassy in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Minister of Public Security General To Lam was upbeat about the bilateral friendship between Vietnam and Norway whilst speaking at a reception on November 15 in Hanoi for new Norwegian Ambassador to Vietnam Hilde Solbakken.