Vietnamese businesses are strengthening their presence in Southeast Europe through active participation at Interfood & Drink 2025, the region’s largest international food and beverage fair, held from November 12–15 at the Inter Expo Centre in Sofia, Bulgaria.

VOV.VN - All Vietnamese citizens will be given free annual health check-ups, starting 2026, and the policy will be implemented according to prioritided groups and within the capacity of the national budget, according to Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse Le Thi Bich Tran, accompanied by a high-level Vietnamese delegation, met with officials of Vietnam’s representative missions and members of the Vietnamese community in Kuwait on the evening of November 16 in Kuwait City, shortly after arriving in the Middle Eastern country earlier the same day.

The Party and State have always valued and listened to the heartfelt contributions of overseas Vietnamese, particularly intellectuals, experts, and entrepreneurs who possess modern knowledge, international experience, and deep patriotism, representing an important resource contributing to national development and sustainable international integration.

The renewed mindset, development aspirations, and national self-reliance spirit reflected in the draft documents for the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has received support from overseas Vietnamese (OVs), including intellectuals, experts, business leaders.

The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (SCOVA) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the "We Love Pho" network on November 14 announced a Vietnamese Pho week to be held in Europe next month.

Vietnamese Professor Nguyen Xuan Mung, who is currently working at Sejong University, has been granted Korean citizenship under the Ministry of Justice’s Multiple Citizenship for Outstanding Talent (MCOT) initiative.

Participants in a workshop held on November 13 agreed on the need for Vietnamese firms to shift from selling raw commodities to higher-value goods and from a volume-driven approach to a focus on sustainable quality when it comes to exports to the EU.

Local authorities and relevant forces in the central city of Da Nang are stepping up efforts to tighten the management of fishing vessels as part of the locality’s push to address illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and have the European Commission’s yellow card against Vietnamese seafood exports removed.

The Border Guard Command of Dong Thap, in coordination with relevant agencies, on November 13 received 57 Vietnamese citizens handed over by Cambodian authorities, the second repatriation of this kind this year through Mekong Delta province.