The Vietnam-Hau Giang International Rice Festival 2023, themed “Centennial Journey of Vietnamese Rice”, opened in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on December 12.

VOV.VN - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has made its GDP growth forecast for Vietnam in 2024, projecting the rate to remain at 6.0%, according to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) released on December 13.

VOV.VN - Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping laid a wreath at President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi on December 13 in commemoration of the great Vietnamese President.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien on December 12 held a working session in Hanoi with Cambodian Minister of Commerce Cham Nimul and Minister of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation Hem Vandy, on the occasion of an official visit to Vietnam by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet.

A Vietnam-Africa policy dialogue workshop on South-South cooperation to support food system transformation took place in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on December 12, as part of the ongoing Vietnam-Hau Giang International Rice Festival 2023.

VOV.VN - Vice President of South Africa Paul Mashatile and his wife will begin a two-day official visit to Vietnam on December 13 at the invitation of Vice President of Vietnam Vo Thi Anh Xuan.

VOV.VN - Major media agencies of China have given extensive coverage of Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping’s State visit to Vietnam over the past two days.

The State visit to Vietnam by General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping on December 12-13 is expected to develop the Vietnam – China relations to a new high, according to the Global Times, an English-language publication under the CPC’s flagship newspaper - People’s Daily.

The Vietnam International Digital Week 2023 opened in the northern province of Quang Ninh on December 12.

The upgrade of the Vietnam - US relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership for peace, cooperation, and sustainable development will create a new impetus and an open corridor for further promoting bilateral ties in the future, said Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Dung.