(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who is on a State visit to Indonesia, was welcomed by his counterpart Joko Widodo at a ceremony held at the Presidential Palace in Bogor city, West Java province, on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) -The US will provide 1.85 billion USD in additional military assistance for Ukraine, including a transfer of the Patriot Air Defense System, said President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong held the sixth China-Australia Foreign and Strategic Dialogue in Beijing on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lynne Tracy, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be ambassador to Russia, ending the position’s vacancy over the past 3 months due to escalation of the conflict in Ukraine.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam earned 3.1 billion USD from vegetable and fruit exports as of November and will earn 3.4 billion USD for the year, according to the General Department of Customs.

(VOVWORLD) -The People's Army of Vietnam on Thursday marked its 78th founding anniversary and the 33rd All People's Defense Festival, December 22. The Army has performed glorious feats and is growing stronger, ready to defend the nation.

(VOVWORLD) -The West’s supply of weapons to Ukraine does not work in Ukraine’s favor and will only worsen the Ukraine-Russia conflict, says Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

(VOVWORLD) -Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, met with Selwin Hart, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General and Assistant UN Secretary-General of the Climate Action Team on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Indonesian President Joko Widodo presided over a State-level welcome ceremony for President Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the Presidential Palace in Bogor City, West Java province, on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) -President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Do Van Chien visited the Episcopal Palace of Kon Tum Diocese to offer Christmas greetings to the Catholic community in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on Wednesday.