After a hasty start, Vietnam's tra fish industry should now plan an image makeover to improve the quality of exports and be competitive, for the long term, experts said.

The US and Latin American countries have huge demand for products made by sectors in which Vietnamese companies have advantages, but they need to study these markets carefully to enter them, a forum heard in HCM City on November 17.

Logistics trading is not provided adequate conditions for development in Vietnam though it is considered a cash cow sector, Nguyen Cam Tu, deputy minister of Industry and Trade, said.

Six films, three photo exhibitions, three conferences and three activities related to the issue of climate change will be held in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi to accompany the COP21 International Climate Change Conference to be held in Paris.

Authorities plan to intensify checks of animal feed production and trading establishments and pig farming and slaughterhouses in the south from November to next February.

Duong Thuy Vi brought home a silver and a bronze medal from the ongoing World Wushu Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The Beaujolais Nouveau celebration featuring French wine and food will take place on November 19 in Hanoi.

Around twenty people from Kho Mu community in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien conducted a ritual to pray for rain on the outskirts of Hanoi on November 16.

Images, destinations, tourism potential and the special delights of the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces are on display in Hanoi.

Vietnamese and New Zealand businesses have signed four agreements during the official visit by New Zealand Prime Minister John Key to Vietnam from November 14 to November 17.