State President Truong Tan Sang held a reception for a delegation of Sri Lankan businesses that want to seek investment and trade promotion opportunities in Vietnam.  

Five ministers will be grilled over hot social issues at the current session of the National Assembly (NA), according to the NA Standing Committee.

The first visit to Vietnam by Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa Max Vuyisile Sisulu represents a new landmark in the friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two legislative bodies, and opens up prospects for boosting bilateral cooperation at regional and international levels.

On November 17, Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and the Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Juan Antonio Yanez-Barnuevo, conducted political consultations between the two foreign ministries.

Canada is strengthening friendship and cooperation with Vietnam through exchanges in culture and education, said David Johnston, the Governor General of Canada.

Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Israel, will pay an official visit to Vietnam from November 22-26.

ASEAN countries should show a stronger political commitment and allocate necessary resources to realise the ASEAN Community by 2015 on schedule, says Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Vietnam and Switzerland will create favourable conditions for their enterprises to increase cooperative exchanges investments.

Vietnam is ready to share experience and work closely with Cambodia to help the neighbouring country fulfill its role as ASEAN Chair in 2012.

A Vietnamese working group on judicial reform research led by Le Thi Thu Ba, Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform, has concluded its working visit to Argentina.

Vietnam wants Canada to open its door for Vietnamese goods and intensify its investment in the country, with the goal of bringing two-way trade turnover up to US$2 billion in the near future, said State President Truong Tan Sang.

The 14th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology (AMMST-14) and the 62nd meeting of ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology (COST-62) will be held in HCM City from November 21-26.

Ho Chi Minh City wishes to cooperate with the US State of California in many fields, said an official of the city.

Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang has received a delegation of the Japan People’s Diplomacy Promotion Council, headed by its president Nakagaki.

A high-level government delegation led by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, left Hanoi for Bali, Indonesia on November 16 to attend the 19th ASEAN Summit and related meetings scheduled for November 17-19.

Deputy Defence Minister Lieut. Gen. Truong Quang Khanh received Chairman of the Russia subcommittee of the Coordinating Committee for the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Centre (CVRTC) Dmitry Sergeyevich in Hanoi on November 15. 

Lieut. Gen. Vo Tuan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army received Bang Hyo-Bok, Director of the Institute for Defence Analyses of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Hanoi on November 15. 

Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has reaffirmed Vietnam’s policy of strengthening ties with Myanmar and Malaysia.  

Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch, Swiss State Secretary for Economy, began an official visit to Vietnam on November 15.

Increasing transparency is the most effective way to combat corruption in Vietnam because it involves the people and the community in supervision, says Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

The newly appointed Lao ambassador to Vietnam, Xomphon Sychaleun, greeted Minister General Phung Quang Thanh at the Ministry of National Defence headquarters on November 15.

Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh joined his counterparts from other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at their 19th meeting in Bali, Indonesia, on November 15.

Minister of Defence General Phung Quang Thanh received Roman Aleksandrovich Golovchenko, First Vice Chairman of the State Military Industrial Committee of Belarus in Hanoi on November 15.

Vietnam strongly supports APEC 's targets for strong, sustainable and balanced growth.

Vietnam will continue upholding its active, positive and responsible spirit at the 19th ASEAN Summit and related meetings.

A high-ranking Vietnamese delegation has attended activities of the 19th APEC Leaders’ Week, reflecting the country’s growing strength and power after 25 years of renewal, said Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

Vietnam welcomes Japan’s decision to conduct consultations with members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in a move to join the TPP talks, Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi said.

The Governor General of Canada, David Johnston, is scheduled to visit Vietnam from November 16-19 at the invitation of State President Truong Tan Sang.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received Myanmar’s visiting Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services General Min Aung Hlaing in Hanoi on November 14.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Vice Chairman of the Japan-ASEAN Cultural and Economic Exchange Committee, Yoshihiko Nagasaki, in Hanoi on November 14.