Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 16 for Yoneda Gen, Director-General of the JICA's Southeast Asia and Pacific Department during which he appreciated JICA’s role and practical contributions to Vietnam’s development over more than three decades.

The documentary "Once Upon a Bridge In Vietnam" by French-Vietnamese director François Bibonne has been screened at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, offering an opportunity for the spirit and image of Vietnam and its people to resonate at one of the world’s leading centres of scholarship.

VOV.VN - The women’s football final at the 33rd SEA Games in Thailand will deliver a landmark showdown on December 17, as the Philippines contest their first-ever SEA Games gold-medal match against defending champions Vietnam, who are chasing a record fifth consecutive title.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Greece organised a seminar and business-matching sessions from December 11–15 to promote labour cooperation between the two countries, with a focus on skilled Vietnamese workers as Greece faces labour shortages across multiple sectors.

“Vietnamese Women” app, a secure digital platform designed to enable millions of Vietnamese women to connect, share experience, acquire new knowledge and skills, foster mutual growth, and build a strong Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU), is now available for download on Google Play and App Store.

Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son has signed a decision on the coordination mechanism among agencies involved in ASEAN cooperation.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged both sides to promptly accelerate the establishment of the Lao-Vietnam University and the Vietnam Cultural Center in Laos, and to coordinate the enrollment of Lao students from border areas into Vietnam’s semi-boarding inter-level schools.

A series of large-scale foreign direct investment (FDI) projects were granted investment registration certificates in November, contributing to Vietnam’s strong FDI performance in the first 11 months of the year.

Vietnam’s securities market in 2025 maintained stronger growth than many regional peers, thanks to flexible direction by the Government and the Ministry of Finance, alongside efforts to reform institutions and modernise information technology infrastructure, according to the State Securities Commission (SSC).

VOV.VN - Vietnam U22 will take on Thailand U22 in the men’s football final at the 33rd SEA Games, with head coach Kim Sang Sik poised to make history.