The Vietnam One Health Partnership high-level annual forum for zoonoses 2024 was held in Hanoi on December 10, focusing on preventing zoonotic diseases and promoting environmental management in the 2021 - 2025 period.

VOV.VN - The nation are scheduled to compete in the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women’s U21 World Championship, with the competition due to take place from August 7 to August 17 in Indonesia.

VOV.VN - Beauties from nearly 40 countries and territories worldwide touched down in the nation on December 9 as they prepare to compete in the Miss Charm 2024 pageant which is being hosted by Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) (1944 - 2024) and the 35th anniversary of the All People’s Defence Festival (December 22, 1989 - 2024) were celebrated by the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN) and the Vietnamese Military Attaché Office at the UN in New York on December 9 under the chair of Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, head of Vietnam's Permanent Mission to the UN.

VOV.VN - Indonesia has initiated an anti-dumping investigation into homopolymer polypropylene plastic products originating from Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, China, Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV).

VOV.VN - Vietnam will share Group F with Malaysia, Laos, and Nepal, according to the result of a draw conducted by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on December 9 for 24 teams playing in the 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification stage which is due to run from March, 2025, to March, 2026.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese representative Vu Thi Hoa took home the Mrs Earth International 2024 title in its grand final held on December 9 in the Philippines.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment hosted the Vietnam Circular Economy Forum 2024 on December 10 in Hanoi, with a view towards proposing innovative solutions in a bid to promote circular economy development in Vietnam.

Vietnam's Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi and Cuba's Minister of Agriculture Ydael Jesus Perez Brito discussed strengthening collaboration in rice production at a meeting in Hanoi on December 9.

Vietnam exported 235,335 tonnes of pepper, including 207,498 tonnes of black pepper and 27,837 tonnes of white pepper, in January - November to earn US$1.22 billion, with the US being the biggest importer, according to the Vietnam Pepper and Spice Association (VPSA).