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.

Africa is struggling to cope with the worst outbreaks of cholera and dengue fever in the past 25 years. The continent’s efforts to handle these crises are becoming ever more difficult as the global health sector faces increasingly tight finances due to cuts in funding.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Le Anh Tuan attended the 63rd session of the Asian–African Legal Consultative Organisation (AALCO) in Kampala, Uganda, from September 8-10.

In early September, millions of children around the world joyfully began the new school year. However, not all children are able to enjoy this happiness and fundamental right. More than 270 million children and teenagers are burdened with livelihoods threatened by conflict, violence, and poverty.

The 2025 African Defence Leaders’ Conference, which was recently held in Kenya, highlighted a wide range of security challenges facing the continent, including violence, extremism, the climate crisis, and misinformation. Despite Africa’s abundant mineral potential, a multitude of overlapping crises continue to hinder the continent’s development and integration.

Although the “fever” of food prices has cooled down globally, food security challenges remain serious for African countries, as drought, unrest and power shortages are still pushing millions of Africans into starvation.

To help Africa overcome its most severe food crisis ever, the development partners have pledged tens of billions of US dollars to boost food production in the continent over the next five years. Analysts said the key to solving hunger in Africa is the enhancement of production capacity, instead of depending on imports and aid.

The call for increased assistance for vulnerable countries to respond to climate change has been receiving widespread support from the international community.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed that developed economies are responsible for the majority of greenhouse gas emissions throughout their history.