VOV.VN - Vietnamese football has marked a historic year, with seven national teams successfully qualifying for continental final tournaments-a first for the country within a single calendar year.

VOV.VN - Ahead of their opening match in Group B of the SEA Games 33 men’s football tournament, U22 Laos head coach Ha Hyeok-jun hailed the Vietnamese team and his counterpart Kim Sang-sik, acknowledging that they have built a strong, strategically disciplined squad.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Phan Thi Thang of Vietnam and Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment of Cuba Deborah Rivas Saavedra on December 1 co-chaired the first meeting of the Joint Committee for Implementation of the Vietnam–Cuba Trade Agreement, discussing measures to raise bilateral trade to US$500 million in the coming period.

With perceived flexible regulations, foreign-friendly incentives, and fintech sandboxes, Vietnam’s International Financial Centre (IFC) is becoming a magnet for both global and local digital asset players seeking growth and compliance in one of Asia’s largest crypto markets.

VOV.VN - The 2025 Vietnam–China Business Friendship Golf Tournament is scheduled to take place in Phu Tho province on December 21 with the participation of 120 golfers, announced the Vietnam Olympic Committee and the Vietnam–China Business Council (VCBC) on December 1.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrived in Vientiane on December 2, beginning his working trip to Laos to attend a high-level meeting between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP), and to co-chair the 48th meeting of the Vietnam–Laos Intergovernmental Committee.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s athletics team will compete at SEA Games 33 with its largest squad among all sports, fielding 51 athletes with the ambition of winning 12 gold medals in Thailand.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse, along with a high-level Vietnamese delegation, attended the inauguration of the Laos-Vietnam Friendship Park in the capital, Vientiane, on the afternoon of December 2.

VOV.VN - The US Mission to Vietnam, in collaboration with Vietnamese rapper Suboi, has launched “Never Before,” an original music video (MV) marking the 30th anniversary of US-Vietnam relations.

Vietnam’s active participation in the 18th International Tourism Fair of Venezuela (FITVEN 2025) has opened up new opportunities for cooperation between Vietnamese travel firms and partners in Venezuela in particular, and Latin America at large, helping foster two-way tourism exchanges between Vietnam and the region.