VOV.VN - The State visit to Vietnam on December 12-13 by Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping is the most important political event in China-Vietnam relations this year and has reaped great success, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on December 14.

Authorities of Ho Chi Minh City had a roundtable with Japanese businesses on December 14 to tackle difficulties facing the firms and share information about the southern economic hub’s investment cooperation demand.

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.