The People’s Committee of the northern province of Bac Ninh, in coordination with the Ministry of Finance’s Foreign Investment Agency, held a policy dialogue on investment promotion with Asian partners on November 7.

Vietnam Semiconductor Industry Exhibition 2025 – SemiExpo Vietnam 2025 opened in Hanoi on November 7, marking the largest international event in the country’s semiconductor sector.

Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen on November 6 received Sylvain Ouillon, Chief Representative of the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) in Vietnam, to discuss potential cooperation in air quality monitoring and pollution reduction in the capital city.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment hosted a forum on green energy and clean city development in Hanoi on November 7, gathering officials, scientists, businesses and international organisations to outline solutions for green energy adoption and sustainable urban planning.

Members of the Vietnamese community in Laos have expressed strong confidence and high expectations for the success of the upcoming 14th National Party Congress, believing it will chart new strategic directions for Vietnam’s development and affirm the country’s growing stature on the global stage.

The 34th Festival Changé d’Air, themed “Vietnam – Culture, Art, Cuisine, Music and Life”, opened at Le Rabelais Cultural Centre in Changé city, Sarthe department of France, on November 6.

The Standard Chartered Hanoi Heritage Marathon 2025, slated for November 8-9, sees the participation of around 2,500 runners from 70 countries, nearly doubling the number of the 2024 edition.

A photo exhibition opened on November 6 at the Temple of Literature (Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam), Hanoi, featuring a valuable collection by French photographer Firmin-André Salles that captured vivid images of Vietnam’s Confucian education and examination traditions in the late 1800s.

Up to 64% of Vietnamese teachers have used artificial intelligence (AI) in teaching, ranking fifth among 55 countries and territories participating in the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2024, far exceeding the OECD average of 36%.

Teachers and students of the department of Vietnamese language at Moscow State Linguistic University (MGLU), together with many Vietnamese-language students from other prestigious universities in Moscow, recently held a “special class” aimed at improving their Vietnamese through revisiting lessons from the proletarian revolution.