Viet Nam & World

The inauguration and official handover ceremony of the Laos-Viet Nam friendship hospital in Houaphanh province, northern Laos, took place on December 4.

Viet Nam and Japan held their first Foreign and Defence Vice-Ministerial Consultation in Tokyo on December 4, engaging in frank and open discussions on diplomatic and security ties as well as broader global and regional developments.

Bui Thi Minh Hoai, President of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, on December 4 received 500,000 USD in relief aid from the Chinese Government, delivered through the Chinese Embassy in Viet Nam, to support flood-hit communities.

Following reports of heavy rains and widespread flooding caused by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka, which have resulted in heavy loss of life and property, Vietnamese leaders on December 4 sent messages of sympathy to their Sri Lankan counterparts.

A delegation from the Viet Nam Ministry of National Defence, led by Deputy Chief of the General Department of Defence Industry Maj. Gen Phan Thi Hoai Van recently paid a courtesy call to Egyptian Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Salah El-Din Mostafa in Cairo.

Viet Nam consistently supports and creates favourable conditions for the operations of foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs), helping to foster friendship and cooperation between Vietnamese people and the international community while mobilising resources for national poverty reduction and sustainable development, Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son has said.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s working trip to Laos has helped shape and realise the freshly upgraded relationship framework of “great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation, and strategic cohesion” between Viet Nam and Laos.

General Secretary To Lam and his spouse, together with a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, have successfully concluded their state visit to Laos to attend a ceremony marking the 50th National Day of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and co-chair a high-level meeting between the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP).

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) on December 3 released its annual Trade Monitoring Report, with Viet Nam among 46 members actively providing data for the assessment of global trade developments.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hoang Long and EU Ambassador to Viet Nam Julien Guerrier co-chaired the 4th meeting of the EU-Viet Nam Sustainable Energy Transition Programme (SETP) Steering Committee in Hanoi on December 3.

The 48th meeting of the Viet Nam – Laos Inter-Governmental Committee, co-chaired by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone, has marked an important milestone in deepening the two countries’ special relationship and elevating it to a new strategic level.

In the new development phase, the Viet Nam News Agency (VNA) and Xinhua News Agency should continue innovating methods of collaboration to meet the requirements of the digital technology revolution.

The 2025 Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) Global Summit opened on December 3 in Ho Chi Minh City, bringing together more than 600 urban leaders, technology experts and international investors.

The Viet Nam News Agency (VNA) launched a photo exhibition on the Viet Nam – Laos great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation, and strategic connectivity in Vientiane on December 3, within the framework of the Viet Nam–Laos Inter-Governmental Committee’s 48th meeting.

Viet Nam attaches great importance to the fight against corruption, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh affirmed during a meeting on December 3 with a visiting delegation from Russia's Presidential Civil Service, Personnel and Anti-Corruption Directorate led by Aide to the Russian President Dmitry Mironov.

Viet Nam attaches great importance to its traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Belarus and wishes to further advance bilateal ties, Party General Secretary To Lam told visiting State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Aleksandr Grigorievich Volfovich on December 3.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh returned to Ha Noi on the evening of December 3, concluding a two-day trip to Laos at the invitation of his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone co-chaired the Viet Nam - Laos investment promotion conference in Vientiane on December 3, mapping out ways to realise major economic, investment, and trade goals agreed for 2026 and the 2026-2030 period.

Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang held talks with State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Volfovich Aleksandr Grigorievich held talks on December 3 in Ha Noi, where they also signed a protocol to establish a joint working group to expand and strengthen cooperation in security.

The 48th meeting of the Viet Nam–Laos Intergovernmental Committee on Bilateral Cooperation was highly productive, delivering important and practical results for bilateral ties, according to Lao Deputy Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith.