The Ho Chi Minh City Investment an Trade Promotion Centre (ITPC), in collaboration with the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Ho Chi Minh City (JCCH), organised the 2025 Japanese business roundtable on December 12.
Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung on December 12 held online talks with his Lao counterpart, Thongsavanh Phomvihane, to discuss bilateral cooperation and exchange views on regional and global issues of mutual concern.
A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos headed by Ambassador Nguyen Minh Tam visited the Kaysone Phomvihane Museum and the Laos – Viet Nam Friendship Park in Vientiane on December 12 to lay wreaths in commemoration of President Kaysone Phomvihane on his 105th birth anniversary (December 13, 1920–2025).
The Viet Nam–China International Trade and Tourism Fair 2025 officially opened in Quang Ninh Province on December 11 under the theme “Cooperation in Industries – Joint Strength for Development”.
Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong highly valued the positive and fruitful cooperation between the Viet Nam People’s Navy and the JMSDF, saying that this has helped enhance professional skills and technical expertise while fostering friendship and mutual understanding between the two forces.
The Viet Nam–Cambodia Border One Commune One Product (OCOP) Trade Fair is under way in Tinh Bien ward, Viet Nam's An Giang province, featuring more than 200 booths by 80 enterprises of the two countries.
A Comprehensive Strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Viet Nam–Korea Businessmen and Investment Association (VKBIA) and the Hwaseong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI) at a ceremony on December 11 in Hwaseong, Republic of Korea (RoK).
Although biological pesticides are regarded as key to green, low-emission and sustainable agriculture, the transition from chemical to biological products remains challenging.
Malaysian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dato’ Seri Utama Haji Mohamad Bin Haji Hasan has affirmed that Malaysia will continue assisting Viet Nam in developing the Halal industry and combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Vietnamese businesses and diplomats from many African countries gathered at the “Meet Africa 2025” event held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 11.
AIA Group wants to continue long-term investment and cooperation in the Vietnamese market, making practical contributions to the country’s socio-economic development, its Independent Non-executive Chairman Mark Tucker told Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc at their meeting in Ha Noi on December 12.
Under the announced framework, the 2026 festival will take place from January to November and feature eight groups of activities, ranging from exhibitions, fairs and forums to creative projects, design awards and the development of creative infrastructure.
The inaugural International Tea Festival–Hue 2025 opened at Truong Sanh Palace inside the Hue Imperial Citadel on the morning of December 11. This marks the first time the heritage city has transformed its royal precinct into a vast “tea pavilion”, bringing together global tea cultures within the solemn grounds of the former imperial court.
Viet Nam’s merchandise export and import value in the first 11 months of 2025 reached a record high of nearly 840 billion USD, with a trade surplus at 20.5 billion USD.
Each year, as Tet approaches, amid the fast-paced rhythm of modern life and the bustling crowds, Ho Chi Minh City still preserves something uniquely its own: the warmth that comes from compassion, from the way the city ensures that no one is left behind, especially the workers who have contributed their sweat to the steady development of this metropolis of more than ten million people.
