As ASEAN chair, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will attend the G20 Summit in Seoul, the capital city of the Republic of Korea on Nov.11-12.

The Chairman of the Committee for Solidarity with Palestinian People (CSPP) Ho Anh Dung received Saleh R.S. Saleh, standing member of Palestinian Liberation Organization, in Hanoi on Nov. 8.

President Nguyen Minh Triet will attend the Leaders’ Meeting of the 18th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum from November 11-15 in Yokohama, Japan.

Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and her delegation paid a courtesy visit to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on November 8, as part of their six-day visit to Cambodia from November 5-10.

Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh attended a national festive day in Mo Che ward, Song Cong town, the northern province of Thai Nguyen on November 7.

On October 7, the Central Standing Committee of the Vietnam-Russia Friendship Association laid wreaths at the Monument of V.I Lenin in Hanoi to mark the 93rd anniversary of the Russian October Revolution (1917-2010).

In addition to the achievements recorded, there remain some limitations that need to be resolved such as the instability of the national economy, a low competitiveness, and high inflation rate and price hikes.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung chaired a cabinet meeting on November 6 to discuss measures on socio-economic development in the year’s two remaining months, focusing on price control.

The Ministry of Public Security’s Investigation Agency arrested Cu Huy Ha Vu on November 5 under the warrant from the Supreme People’s Court to investigate his activities related to spreading anti-state propaganda.

By adopting certain fiscal policies for coping with climate change, Vietnam has been restructuring its economy on an environmentally friendly and sustainable basis.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Gia Khiem granted the Socialist Republic of Vietnam’s Friendship Medal to the outgoing Ambassador from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Ma Chol Su in Hanoi on November 5.

The 57th anniversary of Cambodia’s Independence Day, November 9 was celebrated in Ho Chi Minh City on November 5.

Vietnam on November 5 protested against a Chinese agency’s map that violates Vietnamese sovereignty in the East Sea.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on November 5 hosted a reception for UK Ambassador Mark Kent who has finished his term in Vietnam.

On November 5, State Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan received a delegation from the Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics which has attended the third Vietnamese Catholic congress highlighting the good deeds and honourable people among Vietnamese Catholics.

500 delegates from provinces and cities in Vietnam and France on November 5 gathered in the northern port city of Hai Phong for the eighth Vietnam-France meeting on decentralised cooperation.

State President Nguyen Minh Triet has sent his condolences to his Cuban counterpart Raúl Castro Ruz.

A delegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations led by its head Hoang Binh Quan paid an official visit to Singapore from November 1-4.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received the newly-accredited ambassadors of Iraq and Ukraine to Vietnam in Hanoi on November 4.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security and Laos’ Ministry of Security will coordinate efforts to combat human trafficking and protect the victims of this social evil under a bilateral agreement signed in Hanoi on November 3.

The adoption of incentive policies for overseas Vietnamese concerning investment, remittance, nationality, housing, and repatriation has benefited Vietnamese nationals abroad.

The 93rd anniversary of the Russian October Revolution was celebrated in HCM City on November 4 by numbers of Vietnamese people who used to live and study in the former Soviet Union, and by Russians currently living and working in HCM City.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended a ceremony in Hanoi on November 3 for the 35th anniversary of the National Border Committee under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Administrators, researches and businesses from Vietnam and Japan had a chance to discuss the economic cooperation and strategic partnership between the two countries at a seminar in Hanoi on November 3.

ASEAN will take the initiative to participate in dialogues with the United Nations (UN) and other organisations of good will sush as the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) to improve the role of international law in key areas.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Nguyen Manh Hung has recently presented his credentials to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received Machol Su and Andrea Perugini, outgoing Ambassadors of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Italy, respectively in Hanoi on November 1.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Canada Le Sy Vuong has concluded his official visit to Quebec, to promote multi-faceted cooperation between localities in the two countries.

On November 2, Chairman of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Vu Xuan Hong presented an insignia “For Peace and Friendship between Peoples” to Wattanapong Santatiwat, Vice President of World Vision International in the Asia Pacific region.

The two major newspapers in Laos, Pasaxon and Vientiane Mai, have run front page articles focusing on the success of the 17th ASEAN summit hosted by Vietnam as the ASEAN Chair.