The second Asian Para Games wrapped up in Incheon, the Republic of Korea on October 24, with Vietnam ranking tenth in the medal standings.
Businesses from the Republic of Korea were updated on Vietnam’s new labour policy at a workshop held by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) in conjunction with the RoK’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Hanoi on October 24.
A ceremony was held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 24 to receive the first oil flow from the Su Tu Nau (Brown Lion) oil field in Block 15.1 in the Cuu Long Basin offshore the southern region.
The Government has issued a new decree detailing and guiding the implementation of the Law on Vietnamese Nationality, creating more favourable conditions for Vietnamese residing abroad to retain their Vietnamese nationality.
National Assembly (NA) deputies voiced their opinions about the draft revised laws on housing and on real estate business during their plenary sitting at the legislature’s ongoing eighth session on October 24.
The fifth Vietnam-Japan Strategic Partnership Dialogue took place in Hanoi on October 24, under the chair of Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son and his Japanese counterpart Shinsuke Sugiyama.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Miroslav Lajcak has said his country attaches importance to Vietnam’s strategic position in the region and hopes for close coordination between the two countries.
Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan has expressed her gratitude to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) for its support of Vietnam’s fight against the pandemic.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung hosted a reception for the head of UN agencies in Vietnam in Hanoi on October 24 on the occasion of the UN’s 69th founding anniversary.
Police have confirmed that Vietnamese oil tanker Sunrise 689 was hijacked and robbed of a third of its oil load by a gang of armed pirates, suffering an estimated loss worth about VND30 billion (US$1.4 million).