VOV.VN - Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Tran Thanh Man, President of the National Assembly of Laos Saysomphone Phomvihane, and Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Cambodia Khuon Sudary held a working breakfast in the capital Vientiane on October 18 ahead of the opening of the 45th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-45).

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA), and Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, met with Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam Ramla Khalidi on October 17, suggesting the organisation share knowledge about sustainable development.

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.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long has signed a decision approving the sports development strategy until 2030 with a vision to 2050, with an aim to promote the sector in a sustainable and professional direction.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has been, is, and will continue to consult with both Laos and Cambodia as part of efforts step up extensive, substantive, and effective co-operation between the three countries, in line with development requirements in the new period, for the benefit of their peoples, for the ASEAN Community, for peace, for co-operation, and for greater development in the region.

VOV.VN - Pang Te Cheng, the consul general of Singapore in Ho Chi Minh City, expressed his hope that the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau will create the optimal conditions for Singaporean firms to invest in the fields of logistics and energy, especially in the wind power development.

VOV.VN - A multimedia and multi-format political programme featuring the nation’s development in the new era was launched on October 2 at the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) National Broadcasting Center in Hanoi.

A workshop to promote inclusive business in agriculture in Vietnam and an incubator programme for supporting organisations and inclusive business enterprises aiming for international recognition was held by the Agency for Enterprise Development (AED) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the ASEAN Secretariat and relevant units on October 15 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 16 chaired a conference in Can Tho city to address difficulties and promote the development of transportation infrastructure in the Mekong Delta region.

The Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA), under the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, on October 15 officially handed over a project on sustainable coastal community development through ecotourism and the application of the sufficiency economy philosophy to Binh Dai district in Vietnam’s southern province of Ben Tre.