VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with staff of Vietnam’s representative missions and members of the Vietnamese community in Algeria, upon his arrival in Algiers on November 18 for an official visit.

A delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of Defence, led by Deputy Minister Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, has attended the Dubai Airshow 2025 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and visited the UAE Ministry of Defence to boost bilateral cooperation.

VOV.VN - CNN Travel, the travel and lifestyle division of the cabled news network CNN, has ranked the Vietnamese delicacy Bánh Mì (baguettes) second among the top 25 most delicious sandwiches in the world.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese finswimmers have made a stellar performance at the ongoing 2025 CMAS Southeast Asia Championship Finswimming Indoor in Indonesia, bringing home 16 gold, 11 silver and 3 bronze medals.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with Crown Prince of the State of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah in Kuwait City on November 17 as part of his official visit to the Gulf country.

VOV.VN - Public judging of the 3rd IAP (International Art Panorama) French Louvre Museum Exhibition Contest 2025-2026 was held in Hanoi on November 16, to seek artworks to represent Vietnam at French Louvre Museum in January 2026.

State President Luong Cuong attended a ceremony on November 17 at Hanoi National University of Education to celebrate Vietnamese Teachers’ Day (November 20) and the 8th Patriotic Emulation Congress of the education sector, during which he emphasised that innovating and improving the quality of education is an urgent requirement.

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.