Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc pledged all possible support for Singaporean investors to do long-term business in Vietnam during a meeting with Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan in Hanoi on October 26. 

 Vietnam and Singapore have agreed to work together to seek new directions for cooperation in order to optimize opportunities and benefits brought about by free trade agreements and the ASEAN Economic Community.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc discussed ways to promote cooperative ties between Vietnam and Cambodia in both regional and bilateral frameworks during a working breakfast with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen in Hanoi on October 26. 

 Vietnam and Cambodia will grant preferential treatment to each other in the field of trade, thus enabling their businesses to easily access the respective markets.

The 7th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy Summit adopted the Hanoi Declaration in Hanoi on October 26 seeking to turn the Mekong region into an economic centre with dynamism and sustainable development.

 The leaders of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) agreed on an array of cooperation measures towards a seamless connectivity among them at the 8th CLMV Cooperation Summit (CLMV 8) in Hanoi on October 26. 

 Myanmar President Htin Kyaw and his wife have begun a three-day visit to Vietnam today, October 26, at the invitation of President Tran Dai Quang. This is the first Vietnam visit made by Kyaw since he took office as the Myanmar president on March 30.

 Leaders of Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Viet Nam have issued a Joint Statement after their 8th Summit in Ha Noi on October 26.

 Several officials have expressed their opinions that former minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang had not been sufficiently punished for his actions.

 A number of training facilities, teachers and officials from Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Ministry of Emergency Situations were honoured with Vietnamese friendship orders and commemorative medals in Moscow on October 25.

 PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 26 delivered a speech opening the 8th Summit of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Viet Nam (CLMV 8) and the 7th Summit of Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS 7) in Hanoi.

 The US values its relationship with the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and consider this an increasingly important channel to enhance relations with Vietnam, Secretary of State John Kerry said. 

Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga has welcomed the UN’s positive outcomes in implementing its resolutions relating to the participation of women in conflict prevention, peacebuilding and reconstruction.

 Policy makers from ASEAN and its three partners of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea discussed how to ensure sustainable production and consumption through sustainable value chains at a programme that opened in Hanoi on October 25.

 Vietnam and Thailand will work closely with each other and with international organisations to use and manage Mekong river water resources efficiently to ensure interests of the river basin nations.

 Countries in the Mekong region should enhance their economic and infrastructure connectivity and particularly develop complete sub-regional economic corridors, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

  Pratibha Mehta, the United Nations’ Resident Coordinator and Development Programme Resident Representative in Vietnam, was presented a friendship order from the Vietnamese State in Hanoi on October 25.

 Hoang Binh Quan, Head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for External Relations on October 25 received Singaporean Minister of Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan, who visited Vietnam for the first time as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

 14th National Assembly deputies discussed the bill on associations at their plenary session of the ongoing second meeting in Hanoi on October 25. 

  The high-level dialogue between the National Steering Committee on Climate Change and development partners took place in Hanoi on October 25, aiming to seek measures to help Vietnam in climate change mitigation.