Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak affirmed their common stance on territorial disputes in the East Sea on November 16.  

 President Tran Dai Quang and his wife visited an elementary school named after Vietnamese patriotic hero Nguyen Van Troi in Cuba’s capital Havana on November 16 (Cuban time), on the occasion of his official visit to Cuba. 

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November 16 was seen as a busy day for the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William Arthur Philip Louis with a host of activities in Hanoi.

 Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha clarified various issues of voters’ concern, including measures to enhance education and training quality at the November 16 National Assembly hearing. 

 The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, had a meeting with Vietnamese young people on Wednesday evening during his visit to Hanoi to attend the third International Wildlife Trade Conference.

 The Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) has announced consolidated pre-tax profit of over $180 million in the first nine months of this year and plans to list on the stock market in this quarter.

 LafargeHolcim Vietnam is waiting for approval from its strategic shareholder over the sale of its remaining 65 per cent stake to Thai cement producer the Siam City Cement Public Company Limited (SCCC).

 Here are some photos of the Mekong Delta region taken by photographer Huynh Phuc Hau. They are part of a collection that will showcase November 19 at an exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Vietnam’s coach and players confirmed that their first match against Myanmar on November 20 at the ASEAN Football Federation Suzuki Cup was very important to achieve their goal.

 The Vietnam women’s wrestling team came up short for a second-place finish at the 8th World Junior under 20 Kurash Championships (November 10-14) at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Kochi, India.

 The number of Vietnamese students pursuing postsecondary studies at American colleges and universities have multiplied by 14.3%, to top 21,403 in the 2015-16 academic year, according to the annual Open Doors report.

 President Tran Dai Quang arrived in Havana on November 16, beginning a three-day official visit to Cuba.

 Vietnam has made effort in protecting wildlife and its intensified law enforcement against traffickers is likely to make the country a role model in the field, said UK Prince William. 

 The second global cyber security competition WhiteHat Grand Prix 2016 will be held on December 17, according to BKAV Corporation.

Vietnam is a top destination of choice for Japan’s mechanical engineering companies when seeking investment opportunities in Southeast Asia, said Itoh Kaori, head of a business delegation from Gifu prefecture.  

 The cashew sector is expected to earn a record of 2.7 billion USD from export of 300,000 tonnes of processed cashew nuts this year, according to the Vietnam Cashew Association (VINACAS).

  The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on November 16 released a list of foreign tourists evacuated from the most affected area by recent earthquakes, with no Vietnamese reported.

 President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse will pay a State-level visit to Italy from November 21-24 at the invitation of his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella, according to the Foreign Ministry. 

The progress and solutions to implementing a project to teach foreign languages in the national education system was among major issues raised by deputies at the 13th National Assembly for Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha.