VOV.VN - Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Tran Sy Thanh had a host of meetings with senior officials as well as representatives of several major enterprises of the Republic of Korea during his working visit to the Northeast Asian nation from October 19-22.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and President To Lam on October 20 emphasized the need to effectively implement the resolution adopted at the recent 10th plenum of the Party Central Committee, in order to find the shortest path for the country to enter a new era - an era of national rejuvenation.

VOV.VN - Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Tran Thanh Man and other top legislators of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA)’s member countries attended a meeting of the AIPA Executive Committee in Vientiane on October 18.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese diplomat on October 17 called for additional budget to be allocated for development issues, at a meeting of the Fifth Committee of the UN General Assembly that deals with the UN administrative and budgetary matters.

Minister Counsellor Nguyen Hoang Nguyen, Deputy Head of the Permanent Delegation of Vietnam to the UN, on October 16 recommended several issues that the organisation and its member states should prioritise and promote in the coming time, at a meeting hosted by the Economic and Financial Committee of the UN General Assembly (UNGA)’s 77th Session.

The 10th National Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) opened in Hanoi on October 17, gathering 1,053 delegates representing people from all classes, ethnicities, and religions, armed forces, overseas Vietnamese, and Front officials at all levels, demonstrating the typical image of the great national unity bloc.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly Standing Committee examined preparations for the coming year-end session of the legislature, at its ongoing 38th meeting in Hanoi on October 14.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly Standing Committee that comprises key lawmakers of the legislature will discuss many bills in a new meeting that is due to open in Hanoi on October 7.

A delegation from the National Assembly (NA) Committee for National Defence and Security, led by its chairman Lieut. Gen. Le Tan Toi, conducted a working visit to Bulgaria and Italy from September 26 to October 3.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien has called on China to foster investment cooperation with Vietnam, given the country’s favourable geographical location and signing and negotiations of various free trade agreements that China could capitalise on.