The 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and related summits has freshly ended, with Vietnam’s attendance and contributions receiving applause from bloc members and partners.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on November 14 hailed the positive development of the Vietnam – New Zealand strategic partnership and affirmed Vietnam attaches importance to its relations with the partner.

VOV.VN - There remains ample room for Vietnam and New Zealand to further boost trade cooperation toward US$2 billion in bilateral trade in 2024, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his NZ counterpart Jacinda Ardern shared the view during talks in Hanoi on November 14.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) launched a week promoting Vietnamese goods at a ceremony held at Co.opmart supermarket in Hanoi on November 14.

VOV.VN - The 22nd International Shoe & Leather Exhibition – Vietnam will get underway in Ho Chi Minh City from November 16 to 18, with the participation of several of the world’s famous brands in the leather - shoemaking industry.

VOV.VN - Nearly five million Vietnamese people get diabetes, with 55% of them suffering from complications, an official of the Ministry of Health said at a meeting in Hanoi on November 14 to mark World Diabetes Day.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 14 held a welcoming ceremony for New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern who arrived in Hanoi on the same day for a four-day official visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam considers the US one of its most important partners, and it wishes to develop the comprehensive partnership with the US, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Oregon governor Kate Brown in Hanoi on November 14.

The packaging industry is expected to grow at 12.3% a year until next year, according to the Vietnam Packaging Association.

The Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Catherine Russell, highly valued Vietnam’s achievements in child protection and care during a three-day visit to Vietnam that concluded on November 13.