A New Year gathering was held in the northern border province of Lao Cai on January 29 evening, with a delegation from the provincial Party Organisation and authorities and their counterpart from Honghe county of China’s Yunnan province taking part.

VOV.VN - The severe cold spell which has blanketed northern and north-central localities of Vietnam over the past nine days is dissipating, and the localities are expected to get warm in a couple of days in the lead-up to the lunar New Year’s Eve.

VOV.VN - A statue of Maitreya Buddha weighing 5,112 metric tonnes, the largest of its kind in the world, has been officially placed on top of Ba Den Mountain, a famous travel destination in the south-western province of Tay Ninh.

VOV.VN - Despite recording somewhat slow growth in recent times, Vietnam and Russia are believed to have overcome difficulties to further promote their comprehensive strategic cooperation, especially in economics, trade, and investment, Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Gennady Bezdetko has said.

The year 2023 was an important milestone in the Vietnam-Netheralnds relations as the two countries celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic ties.

President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) Nguyen Xuan Thang held a working session in Hanoi on January 29 with Chancellor of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA) Park Cheol-hee.

Da Lat strawberry last month was recognised among the top ten specialties of Vietnam in 2023 by Asia Book of Records.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong and his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Marcos Jr are scheduled to hold talks in Hanoi on January 30 to discuss measures on future cooperation between Vietnam and the Philippines.

The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) on January 29 held an annual dialogue on enhancing the Vietnam - RoK comprehensive strategic partnership for peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific.

VOV.VN - Japanese financial newswire Nikkei Asia has published an article saying that Washington is prepared to pump funds into the Vietnamese chip sector in a bid to shore up supply chains, whilst the Vietnamese side remains keen to "take advantage" of its bid to reduce reliance on China