VOV.VN - Hanoi has surpassed other nominees including Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Kyoto (Japan) and Taipei (Taiwan, China) to be named Asia's Best Emerging Culinary City Destination 2025.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien met with Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao in Kuala Lumpur on October 27, on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit and related meetings, to discuss measures for further boosting bilateral economic and trade relations.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and her Armenian counterpart Mnatsakan Safaryan reviewed the two countries' relations and discussed ways for fostering ties in the time ahead while co-chairing the Vietnam – Armenia political consultation in Hanoi on October 27.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on October 27 afternoon met with Kim Deawon, Executive Vice President of Samsung E&A, a subsidiary of the Republic of Korea's Samsung Group, to review progress of several water supply and wastewater treatment projects in the Mekong Delta.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and United Nations (UN) to effectively implement their plan of action for 2026–2030, while proposing key areas of cooperation to further deepen the ties at the 15th ASEAN – UN Summit held in Kuala Lumpur on October 27.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien met with the Business Council of Canada (BCC) delegation led by President and CEO Goldy Hyder in Kuala Lumpur on October 27, on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit and related meetings.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Anh Tuan and Secretary-General of the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Community Abroad and African Affairs Lounes Magramane co-chaired the fourth political consultation between the two countries in Hanoi on October 27.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 27 for Speaker of the Legislative Chamber (lower house) of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan Nuriddin Ismoilov, who is in Vietnam to attend the signing ceremony of the UN Convention against Cybercrime (known as the Hanoi Convention).

Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang met with Krzysztof Gawkowski, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Affairs of Poland, in Hanoi on October 27.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 27.