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.

Vietnam always welcomes American businesses that want to invest in the country, says National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

The Russian press has widely covered the meeting between Vietnamese State President Truong Tan Sang and Russian President Medvedev on the sidelines of the 19th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC).  

The Vietnamese Party Central Committee (PCC) Commission for Mass Mobilization and the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) will work closely to welcome the “Year of Friendship and Solidarity between Vietnam and Laos” in 2012.

Vietnam’s current achievements can be attributed to great national unity, says Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

The Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa, Max Sisulu, will pay an official visit to Vietnam from November 16-19.

The 23rd APEC Foreign-Economic Ministerial Meeting took place in Honolulu, Hawaii, the US on Nov. 11, within the framework of the APEC Summit Week.

President Truong Tan Sang attended the APEC Business Summit in Honolulu , Hawaii on Nov. 11 (Hawaii time).

In addition to developing its economy, Hoa Binh should consider Party building a vital task in the province, said Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

The Governments of Vietnam and Chile should promote trade cooperation to bring two-way trade turnover to US$8-10 billion within the next ten years, says State President Truong Tan Sang.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has presented the Gold Star Order, the noblest decoration of the Vietnamese State, to the People’s Public Security Institute on the occasion of its 65th anniversary.

More than 90 percent of lawmakers voted on November 10 to adopt the Resolution on State budget estimates for 2012 which targets a total spending of more than VND903 trillion (US$43.3 billion).