VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has hosted a welcoming ceremony for Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet who arrived in Hanoi on December 11 morning for an official visit to Vietnam.

A Vietnam labour day was held in the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Siheung city on December 10.

The upcoming state visit to Vietnam by General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping from December 12-13 has prompted Vietnamese experts and researchers to forecast the trip will create new momentum for the bilateral relations.

VOV.VN - Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping is scheduled to pay a State visit to Vietnam on December 12 - 13, aiming to promote the comprehensive strategic co-operation partnership that was established 15 years ago between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Bovor Thipadei Hun Manet left Phnom Penh for Hanoi on December 11 morning, beginning a two-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien has asked stakeholders to speed up progress, complete procedures for importing electricity and coal, and build new transmission lines from Laos to Vietnam.

Vietnam was elected as the Vice Chair of the UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage on December 8 during the committee's 18th session in Kasane, Botswana.

Vietnamese Consul General in Vancouver Nguyen Quang Trung has held working sessions with representatives of Alberta province as part of efforts to promote trade and investment collaboration between Vietnam and the Canadian locality.

Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang has visited and presented gifts to Madeleine Riffaud, a French revolutionary and former journalist of the French newspaper L'Humanité, and a close friend of the Vietnamese people.

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue cut the ribbon launching the Vietnam Town in Thailand's northeastern Udon Thani province on December 9, with the site being the first in Thailand and the world.