VOV.VN - Australian travel newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald has named Vietnam as one of five ideal places worldwide to enjoy the New Year with family and friends.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese athlete Dang The Hung has brought home the first gold medal at the Asian Classic Powerlifting Championships 2023, which is currently getting underway in Malaysia.

The first Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia border defence friendship exchange was held on December 14 in the tri-border area that comprises Ngoc Hoi district in Vietnam’s Central Highland province of Kon Tum, Laos’ Attapeu province, and Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province as well as in Kon Tum city.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc and Canadian Deputy Minister of International Trade David Morrison co-chaired the third political consultation at the deputy foreign ministerial level in Hanoi on December 14.

VOV.VN - A high-ranking Vietnamese delegation led by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh left Hanoi on December 15 for Tokyo to attend a commemorative summit marking half a century of the friendship and cooperation between ASEAN and Japan at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

The Vietnam-China relationship has experienced ups and downs over the past more than seven decades (January 18, 1950-2023), yet friendship and cooperation between the two countries have remained the mainstream.

The International Exhibition on Food and Beverage Products, Machinery, Equipment & Technology (Vietnam Foodtech) was launched on December 13 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City.

A regional workshop on safe and diverse information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure took place on December 14 in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province, as part of the Vietnam International Digital Week 2023.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Japan International Youth Cup U13 will take place from December 15 to December 17 in the southern province of Binh Duong as part of activities to mark 50 years since the establishment of joint diplomatic ties.

VOV.VN - An official draw held at the headquarters of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in Malaysia on December 14 sent Vietnam into the same group with Thailand in the final round of the 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup.