(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese embassies in Moscow, New Delhi, and Tel Aviv on Tuesday held ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army and the 35th anniversary of the All-People Defense Festival (December 22).

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Culture Week 2024 opened in Vientiane, Laos, on Tuesday, celebrating the longstanding friendship between the two countries.

(VOVWORLD) - UN Women and the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) organized an annual meeting in Hanoi on Tuesday to mark World AIDS Day 2024, December 1.

(VOVWORLD) - Ten Vietnamese universities have secured spots in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2025, which were recently released by the UK-based education organization Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

(VOVWORLD) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) raised its 2024 and 2025 growth forecasts for Vietnam to 6.4% and 6.6% from previous predictions of 6.0% and 6.2%, driven by stronger trade activities and ongoing fiscal stimulus measures.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the Vietnam Society of International Law, on Tuesday organized a seminar on the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement).

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relevant Venezuelan agencies, organized a ceremony on Monday in Caracas to celebrate the 35th founding anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the two nations (December 18, 1989 –2024).

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, and Politburo member, Director of the Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee’s Commission for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi co-chaired the 16th meeting of the Vietnam-China Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation in Beijing on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary To Lam on Tuesday called on foreign businesses, including US firms, to increase investments in Vietnam, particularly in digital transformation, green transition, renewable and clean energy, and climate change adaptation.

(VOVWORLD) - South Korea’s opposition-controlled parliament passed a bill Tuesday to appoint an independent special counsel to investigate President Yoon Suk Yeol and other top military officials over the introduction of martial law a week ago.