The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, expected to be signed on November 15 within the framework of the 37th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi, will be the world’s largest free trade agreement (FTA) and is a significant boost for ASEAN businesses, including those in Vietnam, according to insiders.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh chaired the online ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM) on November 10 alongside the Foreign Ministers of other ASEAN members and the ASEAN Secretary General to prepare the framework for the 37th ASEAN Summit and related meetings which will take place from November 12-15.

VOV.VN - Spells of heavy rain and strong winds triggered by Storm Etau making landfall, the 12th weather event of its kind to hit the East Sea this year, have caused severe disorder on November 10 to the lives of local people in the south-central coastal region.

Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Vietnam Prasanna Gamage on November 9 handed VND66.5 million (US$2,860) donated by Sri Lanka people living in Vietnam to support flood-hit people in the central region.

VOV.VN - Storm Etau, the 12th in the East Sea this year, is causing heavy downpours with total rainfall of 50-150mm, packing strong winds gusting up to 12 category in the country’s central region, the National Centre of Hydro-meteorological and Forecasting (NCHF) reported on November 10 morning.

VOV.VN - Local airline Bamboo Airways has been named as Asia's leading regional airline for 2020, as recently announced by the World Travel Awards (WTA).

The Australian and Swiss governments have announced urgent humanitarian assistance to residents hit by the recent floods in Vietnam’s central region.

Leaders of Egypt and Germany have extended their sympathies to Vietnamese leaders over the heavy property and human losses caused by recent floods and landslides in the central region.

Within October, central Vietnam got struck by three floods, four storms and a series of landslides that claimed 159 lives and left 71 missing.

VOV.VN - Located in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh, Van Don International Airport has been named as Asia's Leading Regional Airport 2020 and Asia's Leading Airport Lounge 2020 at the World Travel Awards (WTA) Asia Gala Ceremony 2020 which took place in London, the UK, recently.