The Lao Ministry of National Defence hosted a meeting to mark the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and the 35th anniversary of the All People’s Defence Festival (December 22) in Vientiane on December 30 morning, bringing together senior officers of the Lao People's Army.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued a directive outlining key measures to boost economic growth in 2025, with the aim of securing a GDP growth rate of over 8%.

Professor Carl Thayer at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy has described Vietnam’s maintenance of political stability and economic success as its outstanding achievements in 2024.

Vietnam and Bulgaria have issued a joint statement affirming the commitments of their senior leaders to promote cooperation in areas where both sides have strengths and needs, for the benefit of the two countries’ people and for peace, stability, and sustainable development in each region and the world.

VOV.VN - The fifth annual Vietnam-India Bilateral Army Exercise (VINBAX 2024) began in Ambala city of India’s Haryana state on November 4.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry and Trade decided to hike retail petrol and oil prices as of 3p.m. on September 26.

VOV.VN - The government of Vietnam continued to lower retail petrol prices to below VND20,000 per litre as of 3p.m. on September 12, following a similar fall a week earlier.

VOV.VN - Retail sale prices of oil and petrol were all adjusted down from 3 p.m. on August 22 by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Finance.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and China have maintained stability along their land border after 25 years of signing the boundary treaty, creating conditions for border localities to increase exchanges and cooperation, said Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son.

VOV.VN - Petrol prices were adjusted down from 3 p.m. on August 1 by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Finance, the fourth time in a row.