Italy’s financial news website Firstonline recently posted a story by analyst Ciro Caliandro giving his valuations on Vietnam’s economy as well as opportunities that Italian businesses can gain from their investments in the country.

Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Sen. Lieut. Gen. Do Ba Ty met with Commander of the Guangxi province military zone of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Maj. Gen. Xiao Yun Hong in Hanoi on November 27.

The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development have called for close supervision to detect cases of avian influenza in humans and poultry throughout the country.

Vietnam will work harder to fully realise the rights of people with disabilities that are prescribed in its Constitution, international conventions and programmes. 

The Non-governmental Organisations-Information Centre (NGO-IC) held a workshop in Hanoi on November 27 to call for joining hands with Vietnamese agencies in a bid to draw a roadmap for the ban of white asbestos use in the country.

The Vietnamese version of a French book on Indochinese workers in France in the 20th century’s first half was published recently, giving the public an insight into a little-known part of the history of French colonisation of Vietnam. 

Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Martin Chungong asserted the organisation’s readiness to work closely with Vietnam in organising the IPU’s 132nd General Assembly successfully. 

Vietnam and Belarus issued a joint statement on strengthening and fostering their friendship and all-faceted cooperation during Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s official visit to Belarus on November 26-27. 

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha appreciated Vietnam in facilitating operations of Thai enterprises involved in oil gas and fishing in the country at his meeting with President Truong Tan Sang in Hanoi on November 27.

National Assembly deputies discussed and adopted several laws and draft laws during their November 27 sitting of the legislature’s eighth session.