Neatly dressed in a black ao dai, Jean Sébastien Grill focused on each pen stroke. Bold, soft, and curvilinear handwriting gradually appears on the paper. As the first foreigner to participate in the Spring Calligraphy Fair 2023 in Ho Van (the Temple of Literature - Quoc Tu Giam, Hanoi)m he sees introducing Vietnamese culture in France as his personal mission.

The Radio Voice of Korea on February 1 broadcast an article, highlighting the unchanged friendship relationship over the time with Vietnam on the occasion of the 73rd founding anniversary of diplomatic ties between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Vietnam (January 31, 1950 - 2023).

The Foreign Affairs Committee of St. Petersburg city hosted a conference in both online and offline forms to mark the 73rd anniversary of Vietnam- Russia diplomatic relations in Moscow on January 30.

The Israel - Vietnam Friendship Association has been established with a view to increasing people diplomacy between the two countries.

The Vietnam - Japan Friendship Association will start a series of activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Vietnam - Japan relations soon.

On January 4, in Hanoi, Vietnam - US Society (VUS) met with PeaceTrees Vietnam (PTVN) delegation led by Jerilyn Brusseau, PTVN's Co-Founder and President. Bui The Giang, VUS Vice President, and Bui Van Nghi, Head of VUFO's Americas Department, VUS General Secretary hosted the delegation.

The establishment of the Vietnam-Chile Business Council; coordinating with the Chilean Embassy in Vietnam; supporting the foundation of new friendship associations in Latin America; researching and developing the plan to expand the network of partners and members are the focus of the Vietnam-Chile Friendship and Cooperation Association (VCFCA) in 2023.

The topic was discussed between Nguyen Thi Thu Giang, Head of the European Department, Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO), and Marius Kach, Member of the Executive Committee of the Swiss-Vietnam Friendship Association, Member of the Leadership Board, Swiss Labor Party, Founding Member of the Swiss Communist Youth at a meeting on December 27 in Hanoi.

A friendship cycling journey took place in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem district on December 11 with a view to raising public awareness of environmental protection.

Over the past 20 years, the Vietnam - Thai Friendship Association of Nghe An province has been actively contributing to enhancing mutual understanding, trust, friendship and cooperation between the people of Nghe An and the people of Thailand.

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) on December 1 held a get-together in celebration of the 47th National Day of Laos (December 2, 1975-2022).

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) on November 30 hosted a get-together to mark the 104th National Day of Romania (December 1, 1918 – 2022).

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) stands ready to support the Vietnamese government in the detailed formulation and implementation of the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) resource mobilisation plan right in 2023, UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam Ramla Al Khalidi has affirmed.

Seven foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on December 22 were granted the Vietnamese Prime Minister’s certificates of merit for their contributions to the country’s socio-economic development as well as its COVID-19 prevention and control in the 2020-2022 period.

About 18.8 million disadvantaged people have received support from the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) in 2022 with a total funding of 4.7 trillion VND (over 198 million USD), heard a conference in Hanoi on December 21.

The US Mission to Vietnam, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), on December 20 announced a new contract worth approximately 29 million USD to clean up dioxin contamination at Bien Hoa air base in the southern province of Dong Nai.

A Vietnamese delegation led by deputy head of the National Assembly’s Committee for External Affairs Le Anh Tuan attended the fifth International Conference For World Balance in Havana on January 24-28.

After a year implementing the strategy on cultural diplomacy to 2030, issued by the Prime Minister in November 2021, Vietnam has achieved marked results in the field, helping promote its relations with other countries across all channels of the Party, Government, National Assembly, and people, affirmed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc.

Women remain underrepresented in ambassadorship and global governance positions, representing around 1.6% of heads of state and 21.6% of ambassadors worldwide.

The Paris Peace Accords on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam is a milestone in Vietnamese diplomacy and our nation's history of struggle for independence, freedom, peace and reunification. People-to-people diplomacy has made an important contribution to that success.

The Canada-Vietnam Friendship Society (CVFS) on January 28 organised a virtual seminar on the nations’ 50 years of diplomatic and cooperative ties (1973-2023), attracting participation of Canadian scholars, international friends, and Vietnamese expatriates.

The victory of the Paris Peace Accords and the Paris Conference nearly 50 years ago (January 23, 1973 - January 23, 2023) has left profound lessons, which can be studied and applied in the current foreign policy. That is the statement made by many experts and scientists at the scientific seminar "50 years of Paris Peace Accords" taking place on November 29, 2022 in Hanoi.

More than 200 documents, photos and objects featuring the Paris negotiations for the signing of an agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords) 50 years ago are being displayed in Hanoi.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has highlighted Vietnam’s achievements in 2022 and their impacts on the country's growth in 2023.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh outlined main tasks to improve the material and spiritual life of labourers at a meeting on coordination between the Government and the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) in Hanoi on February 1.

An Asian countries like Vietnam, the Lunar New Year (or Tet Nguyen Dan in Vietnamese) has been a special occasion for thousands of generations. It is a time when everyone wants to return home to welcome in the new year with their families. For foreigners in Vietnam for the first time, Tet is truly a new and intriguing experience.

"In 2023, Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) aims to improve the effectiveness of people-to-people diplomacy activities to achieve the country's socio-economic development goals," said VUFO President Nguyen Phuong Nga at a meeting with officers and staff at the beginning of the Lunar New Year 2023 on January 27, in Hanoi.

In continuation of moving their production hubs, this year many of the giants in the world of technology and electronics have announced business expansion plans in Vietnam.

A delegation of the Vietnam Lawyers Association (VLA) led by its Vice President and General Secretary Tran Cong Phan attended an international seminar on the East Sea held in Moscow, Russia, on November 22.

The 14th international conference on the East Sea, themed ‘Peaceful Sea-Solid Recovery’, convened in the central city of Da Nang on November 16, with the participation of nearly 40 speakers from close to 20 nations worldwide.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China are now working on the second draft of the Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC), according to the bloc’s Secretary General Lim Jock Hoi.

The joint working group of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China held their 37th meeting on the implementation of the Declaration of Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) in Cambodia on October 1-3, according to Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang.