In its efforts as host country, Vietnam showed great determination in promoting its comprehensive and inclusive integration into the international community as an active and responsible member of APEC.

 Vietnam’s contributions to the 31st ASEAN Summit and related summits manifested its maturity in integration competence and its increasingly important role in the region, affirmed Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Japanese news agency Nikkei to spread the Vietnamese government’s message of creating all possible support for Japanese businesses in Vietnam. 

 The 14th National Assembly (NA) is holding question and answer (Q&A) sessions from November 16 to 18 as part of its ongoing fourth session.

 US President Donald Trump has taken to social media to provide an update on his fond memories of, and feelings toward Vietnam after his recent visit.

 Vietnam successfully hosted the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting and APEC Year 2017.These events have generated opportunities for Vietnam to further strengthen relations with other countries.

  The three-day Q&A session of the National Assembly’s 4th meeting is set to begin on November 16 and will be broadcast live nationwide with four cabinet members partaking.

 Twenty-three law enforcement officers from Australia, Asia and Europe are in Hà Nội for the next three weeks for the 44th Asia Region Law Enforcement Management Programme (ARLEMP).

 The 14th National Assembly (NA) convened a plenary session in Hanoi on November 15 under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. 

Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has said that all of the BOT sub-projects under the project on building certain sections of the North-South expressway in the east, will be put out to tender without designating contractors.

 US President Donald Trump has uploaded a 44-second video clip ‘Thank you Asia’ on his Twitter which begins with the image of Vietnam.

 The 14th National Assembly (NA) ratified a draft law on forestry on November 15 as part of its ongoing fourth session in Hanoi.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Hanoi on November 15, concluding successfully his fresh trip to the 31st ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Manila, the Philippines, at the invitation of the host’s President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc participated in an array of activities as part of the 31st ASEAN Summit and related summits in Manila, the Philipines, from November 12 to 14.

 Leaders of the ASEAN member countries have signed the ASEAN Consensus on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers after 10 years of negotiations.

ASEAN and China agreed on a 10-year plan through 2027 to protect the coasts and marine resources in the East Sea while trying to settle territorial disputes in the waters, said a document issued on November 13 by involved parties' leaders.

 The US’s White House has issued a statement on outcomes of the Vietnam visit of President Donald Trump, declaring that the state visit reaffirmed his commitment to strengthening the US-Vietnam Comprehensive Partnership.

 Vietnam and Luxembourg signed in Hanoi on November 14 a General Cooperation Agreement between the two governments, the third of its kinds between the two countries since 1995.

 The 14th National Assembly (NA) on November 14 approved a resolution on the central budget allocation in 2018 with 88.39 percent of the deputies voting yes.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held separate meetings with Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on the sidelines of the 31st ASEAN Summit and related summits in Manila on November 14.