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.

The Government of Vietnam on November 6 updated the World Trade Organisation (WTO)’s Committee on Rules of Origin (CRO) on adjustments to the agencies and organisations authorised to issue certificates of origin (C/O), as well as on the application of QR codes in the C/O issuance process.