The citizens of Da Nang city have been asked to smile during the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting next month, the most imporant activity of the APEC Year 2017.   

VOV.VN - Nguyen Van Binh, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, has reiterated that Vietnam gives priority to climate change response, energy security, and safe, renewable energy development.

The special meeting of the Council of ASEAN Chief Justices (CACJ) took place in Manila, the Philippines, on October 27.

A regional safe water supply project with total investment of about US$1.7 billion will be launched in the Mekong Delta, said a representative from the Technical Infrastructure Agency of the Ministry of Construction.

The Vietnam–Republic of Korea Vocational School was inaugurated in Phu Quoc island district in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on October 27.

The number of new dengue fever infections nationwide has dropped for eight consecutive weeks, announced the General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Health Ministry on October 26.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a plan on the establishment of a national natural resources and environmental monitoring for 2017-2022.

Education experts from Australia shared their country’s experience in running universities to meet the criteria of world university ranking systems at a workshop in Hanoi on October 26.

Police of the northern province of Bac Ninh have coordinated with provincial authorities to arrest two men illegally transporting 15 cakes (5kg) of heroin.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked for prompt measures to be taken to support flood-hit communities’ re-building efforts during a meeting with officials from Thanh Hoa, Hoa Binh, Yen Bai and Son La in Hanoi on October 26.

 A blood donation campaign was launched on October 25 by the youth union of the centrally-run business bloc and the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion.

A group of experts on Mekong Delta studies was introduced in Ben Tre province on October 25, as part of the third Mekong Connect 2017 economic forum.

Social dialogue and collective bargaining is the foundation for building harmonious labour relations in businesses, heard a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on October 25.

The People’s Court of the northern province of Thai Nguyen sentenced 24-year-old Phan Kim Khanh to six years imprisonment for conducting anti-State propaganda in a public trial on October 25. 

The International Smart City Conference opened in Ho Chi Minh City on October 25, attracting more than 500 delegates from Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Russia, Taiwan (China), and Thailand. 

VOV.VN - 117 third and fourth-year students from six universities in Hanoi, Hue, Danang, and Da Lat will receive Samsung Korean Scholarships funded by Samsung Vietnam.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung called on the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) to take more specific actions to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 21).

The Vietnam Association for Supporting Unexploded Ordnance/Mine Action (VNASMA) presented breeding cattle to poor households that were affected by mines in northern Ha Giang province on October 24-25.

 The southern province of Long An has shared its experience and exercise in prosecution with Laos when director of the People’s Procuracy of Region 3 of Vientiane province Bounkheum Saengdala was visiting the province.

Some 12,535 entries enlightening Vietnam-Laos special relations have been sent to a contest on studying the history of the bilateral ties held by the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang.

After graduating from high school, Le Minh Tu, who has a hearing impairment, enrolled in college in Ho Chi Minh City and paid an interpreter to help her study.

The Ministry of Health and the Health Department of the central city of Da Nang on October 25 held a drill on responses to emergency cases during the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week that is slated for Da Nang in November.

Hanoi plans to install an additional 70 air monitoring stations to improve air quality, according to the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Around 100 reporters and editors from press agencies attended a seminar on promoting foreign news services in Hanoi on October 25.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) and the Vietnam Coast Guard High Command will join hands to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, per a Memorandum of Understanding inked between the two sides on October 24.

VOV.VN - On October 25, Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) presented awards to the 21 winners of a contest on APEC Vietnam 2017.

VOV.VN - Six groups and 28 individuals from the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum were awarded on October 25 for their outstanding works in the writing contest on Vietnam-Laos ties.

Police in Hanoi’s Thanh Xuan district have arrested Giang A Senh, a local of Mai Chau district, the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh for allegedly transporting about 7kgs of drug.

Trucks, tipper lorries and lorries with trailers will not be allowed on certain roads in the central city of Da Nang during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in November.

As people in flood-hit provinces struggle to piece together severely disrupted lives, local authorities are calling out for urgent help to deal with major damage suffered by dykes, irrigation works and other construction projects.