On December 15th in Hanoi, the Central Committee of the Vietnam-Singapore Friendship Association (VSFA) held a plenary meeting of its Executive Board to summarize activities in 2025 and set directions and tasks for 2026. Delegates affirmed the increasingly substantive role of people-to-people exchanges within the framework of the Vietnam-Singapore Comprehensive Strategic Partnership; identifying 2026 as a pivotal year, focusing on business networking, innovation, and preparation for the 3rd Congress.

Minister Le Hoai Trung affirmed that Vietnam is ready to coordinate with ASEAN countries, including Thailand, to make active contributions to joint efforts to maintain long-term peace and stability in the region.

On December 14, 2025, in Hanoi, the Vietnam-UK Friendship Association (VUFA) held its 5th National Congress of Delegates for the 2025-2030 term.

As part of its annual work plan, a delegation of the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Association, led by Standing Vice President of the Association Bui Khac Son, paid a visit to and held working sessions in Japan from December 5 to 10, 2025. The primary objective of the visit was to strengthen people-to-people friendship between Vietnam and Japan, and to gradually further expand connections and coordination with Japanese friendship organizations with Vietnam, as well as with organizations and individuals in Japan.

The inauguration ceremony of President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house was held at the Ho Chi Minh President Relic Site in Udon Thani province, Thailand, on the morning of December 14. The project carries profound historical and cultural significance, expressing the affection and gratitude of the Vietnamese community in Thailand and international friends toward President Ho Chi Minh, while contributing to the preservation and dissemination of the values of his ideological, moral and lifestyle legacy.

Recently, in Geneva, Switzerland, the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international organizations organized a seminar honoring President Ho Chi Minh, attracting the participation of a large number of Vietnamese expatriates living, studying and working in Switzerland, along with international friends.

Amid the busy pace of life abroad, preserving the Vietnamese language for children remains a concern for many overseas Vietnamese families. Drawing from her own parenting experience, Dr. Tra My, President of the Vietnamese Business Association in China, has shared practical lessons on how her daughter, CiCi (SIMONA Tu Mac), has mastered Vietnamese despite being born and raised in China. According to her, the core secret lies in creating a fully Vietnamese-speaking environment at home from the moment the child is born, combined with bringing the child back to Vietnam during long holidays to interact with the extended family.

After two years of formation and development, the Tulip Vietnamese Language Center in the Netherlands has become a familiar cultural meeting place for the Vietnamese community in the land of tulips. From its modest first classes, the center has gradually expanded, contributing to preserving and nurturing Vietnamese for the second and third generations of overseas Vietnamese, while also spreading the beauty of the Vietnamese language to international friends.

After a 14-year hiatus, the leaders of the India–Brazil–South Africa (IBSA) Dialogue Forum assembled in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the sixth IBSA Summit on the sidelines of the twentieth G20 Summit

India’s renewed export momentum is entering a decisive new phase — one marked by scale, confidence and a clear outward-looking vision.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, agreed Sunday to deepen their countries' cooperation in a wide range of areas including security as well as the economy and investment.

At the G20 summit in Johannesburg this November, Australia, Canada, and India formalized a landmark trilateral partnership centered on technology, innovation, and critical minerals that signals a new chapter in international cooperation.

In the first 11 months of 2025, the total number of international tourists to Vietnam has reached more than 19.1 million, which increased by 20.9% compared to the number of a year earlier. This number is the highest breakthrough of Vietnam, surpassing its pre-pandemic peak of more than 18 million arrivals in 2019, according to the General Statistics Office under the Ministry of Finance.

Vietnam, currently implementing the Green Tourism Development Program for the 2023–2025 period, reaffirmed its commitment to building sustainable destination models, enhancing digital transformation, reducing carbon emissions, and spreading benefits to local communities.

On the morning of November 7, the garden within the Vietnamese Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, was filled with laughter and chatter as more than 40 international guests attended a Vietnamese cooking class. The participants included members of the International Diplomatic Spouses Association in South Africa and representatives of the South African Women’s Association.

The People’s Committee of Quang Tri Province announced its approval of the eco-tourism project “Exploring the Calocedrus Rupestris Forest and Kling Cave” within Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park on October 23.