VOV.VN - The first International Rice Festival will be held in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang from December 11 to 15, aiming to turn Vietnam into a high-quality rice producer in a green and sustainable direction, a press briefing heard in Ho Chi Minh City on December 1.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese martial artists topped the medal tally at the World Vovinam Championship 2023 which was wrapped up at Phu Tho Gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh City on November 30.

VOV.VN - Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia will host a joint border defense friendship exchange in mid-December 2023, a press briefing heard in Hanoi on December 1.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Japan have issued a joint statement on upgrading their relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership during Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong’s official visit from November 26 to 30.

Vietnamese Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra held talks with French Minister of Public Transformation and Service Stanislas Guérini in Hanoi on November 30.

Permanent Vice Chairman of the Lang Son provincial People's Committee Duong Xuan Huyen held a working session with a visiting delegation from the People's Government of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on November 30 to discuss measures to facilitate exchanges and cross-border trade.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrived at Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, on November 30 evening, beginning his working trip to the UAE and attending the World Climate Summit as part of the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28).

Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Executive Council Most Venerable Thich Gia Quang has described Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's book on the promotion of the great national solidarity tradition as a guidance for the VBS to strengthen its place in the national great unity bloc.

Politburo member, permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat and Chairwoman of the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group Truong Thi Mai hosted a reception in Hanoi on November 30 for visiting former Special Ambassador for Vietnam-Japan Sugi Ryotaro.

VOV.VN - Tetsuya Watanabe, President of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), presented an ERIA publication titled ‘Vietnam 2045: Development Issues and Challenges,’ to President Vo Van Thuong of Vietnam and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan during the recent Japan-Vietnam summit in Tokyo.