The 12th deputy ministerial-level annual meeting between Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and the Ministry of Home Affairs of Singapore took place in Hanoi on October 8.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 8 worked with staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and Vietnamese representative agencies in Laos on the occasion of his attendance at the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits and related summits in Vientiane.

Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Tran Quang Phuong paid a courtesy call on Chairman of the Lao NA Saysomphone Phomvihane in Vientiane on October 8, saying that the Vietnamese side supports Laos’s Chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA).

Indonesian Coordinating Minister of Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy on October 8 announced that the country will allocate US$1 million to aid Vietnam's efforts to recover from severe damage caused by Typhoon Yagi in September.

A delegation of the Supreme People's Court of Vietnam led by its Deputy Chief Justice Nguyen Tri Tue on October 8 had a working session with representatives of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) as part of their working trip to Switzerland.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 8 attended and delivered an important speech at the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ASEAN BIS) as part of his attendance to the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits in Vientiane, Laos.

A trade conference to foster connections between industrial machinery and equipment businesses of Ho Chi Minh City and Spain’s Basque Country was held in the southern largest economic hub of Vietnam on October 8.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. in Vientiane, Laos, on October 8 on the occasion of their attendance at the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits and related summits.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam’s freshly-ended trip for state visits to Mongolia and Ireland, an official visit to France, and attendance at he 19th Francophonie Summit produced outstanding results, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son.

Platinum, in association with the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), has experienced a remarkable acceleration as it emerged as the most actively traded product in Vietnam in third quarter of this year, statistics from the Vietnam Commodity Exchange (MXV) showed.