Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended and delivered a speech at the 28th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting (AELM) via videoconference on November 12 at the invitation of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) together with UN agencies in Vietnam on November 12 launched the national action month for gender quality and gender-based violence prevention and response, which will take place from November 15 to December 15.

It is possible to keep the inflation under 4% this year but inflationary pressure is expected to be great next year, Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Thi Hong told the National Assembly’s Q&A session on November 12.

VOV.VN - The country detected a further 7,930 COVID-19 infections across 56 localities, including 12 imported cases, on November 12, thereby pushing up the nationwide tally to 1,009,879, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) launched a quarantine task force on November 12 in order to support and guide district health centres to effectively monitor and deploy plans aimed at containing the pandemic amid a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases.

VOV.VN - A number of localities, including Da Nang, Khanh Hoa, and Phu Quoc, are ready to welcome hundreds of tourists from Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK) over the next few days.

VOV.VN - Myanmar Vice-Senior General Soe Win handed over the 23rd ACAMM Chairmanship to Vietnam on November 12 during the virtual 22nd ASEAN Chief of Army Multilateral Meeting (ACAMM-22).

Vietnam and Spain are standing a good chance to further develop ties, given that the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) took effect from August and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVPIA) has already ratified by Vietnam and is pending ratification in the EU.

VOV.VN - Tan Son Nhat International Airport, one of the nation’s largest transport hubs, is busy once again one month on from reopening.

VOV.VN - With the average growth rate of the footwear industry throughout the 2016 to 2019 period increasing by 12.1% annually, Vietnam ranked second in the world in terms of footwear exports, surpassing China to become the largest exporter of canvas shoes.