(VOVWORLD) -Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and his wife together with Party General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping and his wife on Wednesday attended the meeting of 400 friendship activists and young people of Vietnam and China.

(VOVWORLD) -President Vo Van Thuong affirmed that the traditional friendship between Vietnam and China, painstakingly nurtured by generations of predecessors of the two countries, has overcome the ups and downs of history and become the precious asset of both countries and needs to be inherited, preserved and promoted by present and future generations.

(VOVWORLD) -Welcoming Party General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping on his state visit to Vietnam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday emphasized the shared perceptions reached between the two General Secretaries during this visit, especially establishing a new positioning for the two countries' relationship, building a "Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance."

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue expressed his pleasure at the important achievements and shared perceptions that General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping achieved during Tuesday meeting as the two sides agreed to build a "Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance."

(VOVWORLD) -National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue chaired the 28th meeting of the Assembly’s Standing Committee in Hanoi on Wednesday. The Committee will consider 19 important issues, focusing on 5 groups.

(VOVWORLD) - The annual Homeland Spring (Xuan Que Huong), the biggest external and cultural event for overseas Vietnamese on the Lunar New Year, will be organized in Ho Chi Minh City on February 1‑2, 2024 (the 22nd and 23rd days of the 12th lunar month).

(VOVWORLD) -The inauguration of the renovated Lao People’s Army History Museum was held in Vientiane on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has raised its economic forecast for developing economies in Asia and the Pacific, after robust domestic demand drove higher-than-expected growth in China.

(VOVWORLD) - US President Joe Biden said Tuesday that Israel is beginning to lose global support because of what he described as “indiscriminate bombing” of the Gaza Strip as it seeks to destroy Hamas.

(VOVWORLD) - Finland will reopen two of eight crossings on its border with Russia later this week, officials said Tuesday, following a sudden influx of illegal migrants in November.