Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with Governor of Japan’s Mie prefecture Eikei Suzuki on November 14, saying he wants Mie to invest in the industries it has advantages in such as cargo machinery, electronics and chemical production in Vietnam. 

 President Tran Dai Quang left Hanoi on November 14 for an official visit to Cuba from November 15-17 at the invitation of President of the Cuban Council of State and Council of Ministers Raul Castro.

The Party and State of Laos highly value the outcomes of cooperation with Vietnam in developing the border areas between the two countries, a Lao official has said.

 The Ministry of Finance is drafting a Government’s decision on a master plan for practising thrift and preventing wastefulness for the 2016-2020 period, with specific regulations on economical spending in some budget-using areas.

The 14th National Assembly begins Question & Answer session this morning, which is being broadcast live on national television and radio. 

 The eighth International Conference on the East Sea, themed Cooperation for Regional Security and Development, kicked off in Nha Trang city, the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on November 14. 

 President Tran Dai Quang’s upcoming visit to Cuba from November 15-17, made at the invitation of President of the Cuban Council of State and Council of Ministers Raul Castro, is hoped to further strengthen solidarity between the two nations.

 Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam has urged ministries and sectors to conduct specific activities to realise Government’s policies of encouraging startups.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Philippines on November 11 made urgent contact with authorised agencies in the host country to verify the information of six Vietnamese sailors’ kidnap and seek measures to rescue the victims as soon as possible.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has called for brainpower, resources and engagement of overseas Vietnamese (OV) around the world to boost the country’s growth and prosperity in the new period. 

 Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung had an interview with the Viet Nam Economic Times about how a constructive government will be put in place.

 Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung on November 10 handed over a certificate recognising the Belgian Consul General to Hanoi to Jehanne Roccas, Belgian Ambassador to Vietnam. 

 Cooperation between Ho Chi Minh City and China’s Shandong province has yet to be on par with potential, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Huynh Cach Mang has said. 

 Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong suggested Ireland continue its assistance for Vietnam in education-training and social charity.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung spoke highly of the role and support of the World Bank and its country director in Vietnam in the implementation of a number of water and environment projects and programmes in the country. 

 The 14th National Assembly adopted a resolution on the State budget estimate for 2017 during the ongoing second session in Hanoi on November 11 with 79.31 percent of votes. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has reaffirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of attaching importance to developing relations with Japan and suggested the two sides enhance political trust through maintaining all-level visits and meetings.

 Ministers of Industry and Trade, Natural Resources and Environment, Education and Training, and Home Affairs will appear at the National Assembly (NA)’s question and answer session which is scheduled to last two and a half days from November 15-17.

 Zhang Dejiang, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, left Da Nang city on November 11 afternoon, winding up his official visit to Vietnam from November 8-11.

From 2017, HCM City will employ only electronic forms of communication using digital signatures for its departments and districts implementing professional exchange in resolving administrative records, putting an end to the use of paper documents.