(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam-Laos special friendship festival 2023 will take place in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue from December 11 – 15 to celebrate the 61st anniversary of diplomatic relations and 46 years of the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation between the two countries.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of National Defense launched a database of legal documents on military and national defense on Monday in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - The Japanese government has conferred the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun on Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, former Chairwoman of Vietnam’s National Assembly, in recognition of her significant contributions to the bilateral ties between Japan and Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Israel on Monday surveyed field conditions to serve the evacuation of Vietnamese citizens from Israel if the Israel-Hamas conflict spreads.

(VOVWORLD) - The Military Bank (MB) will hold an international workshop called "Digitalize to revolutionize - shaping the future digital economy" on Wednesday, to share insights and lessons related to digital transformation from around the world.

(VOVWORLD) - G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting are convening in Tokyo with Japan as the 2023 G7 chair.

(VOVWORLD) - Lion dance, folk melodies, Dong Ho folk paintings, and cuisine were featured at Vietnam Culture Night at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - The National Assembly continued its Q&A session on Tuesday, focusing on justice, internal affairs, security, social order and safety, inspection, court, procuracy, and auditing.

(VOVWORLD) - The European Union will increase its humanitarian aid for Gaza by 25 million euros ($27m). The additional funds, which were announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday, will raise the bloc’s aid fund for the bombarded enclave to 100 million euros ($108m).

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam's first electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast plans to build a plant with an investment capital of 18.6 trillion Rp (1.2 billion USD) in Indonesia, according to Presidential Chief of Staff of Indonesia Moeldoko.