Joining the CPTPP will provide Vietnam with a good opportunity to continue perfecting its socialist-oriented market economy institutions and improving its business and investment environment in a more open and transparent manner.

 The Inspection Commission of the Party Central Committee held its 31st session from November 12-14, with a focus on the serious violations of regulations committed by several officials.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Hanoi on November 15 evening, concluding a trip to Singapore for the 33rd ASEAN Summit and related summits at the invitation of his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong.

 The Asia-Pacific, and in particular APEC, has remained a focus of Vietnam’s foreign policy, Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said at the 30th Ministerial Meeting in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on November 15.  

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged member states of the East Asia Summit (EAS) to strengthen connectivity in their legal systems, infrastructure, and digitization process during the 33th EAS in Singapore on November 15. 

 The Vietnamese Embassy in India held a press conference on November 15 to announce information regarding the Vietnam visit by Indian President Ram Nath Kovind from November 18-20. 

The 14th National Assembly (NA) discussed the draft revision of the Law on Education during its ongoing sixth session in Hanoi on November 15. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The increased debt incurred by private businesses will bring risks: the exchange rate and the dollar interest rate will increase.

VietNamNet Bridge - For every 1,000 views on YouTube, buyers in Vietnam pay VND35,000-65,000.

VietNamNet Bridge - To obtain wild animals to sell to restaurants, poachers venture into forests and natural reserves, willing to fire on forest rangers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Some education groups own two universities and four to five schools in total. Other groups are seeking to buy more schools.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had separate meetings with Sultan of Brunei Hagi Hassanal Bolkiah and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in Singapore on November 15.

 The Vietnamese government has insisted that regulations requiring foreign service providers such as Facebook and Google to establish branches or representative offices in Vietnam is justified and in line with international standards.

 A Taiwanese man who was caught painting graffiti on Bui Vien Pedestrian Street in Ho Chi Minh City's District 1 has been summoned by local police.

 HSBC and ANZ have named 13 companies of being involved in a series of frauds costing the banks VND300 billion ($13 million), leading to the prosecution of dozens of defendants and eight companies. 

 Revoking the $220 million Dai Duong paper factory invested by a Taiwanese investor raises concerns that the era of paper manufacturing projects is over due to the risk of environmental pollution.

 Vietnam’s first national report on the implementation of the UN Convention against Torture was delivered to the UN Committee Against Torture on November 14 by Deputy Minister of Public Security Sen. Lt. Gen. Le Quy Vuong.

 Minister of Defence Ngo Xuan Lich held talks with his Belarusian counterpart Ravkov Andrei Alekseevich in Hanoi on November 15, discussing bilateral defence and military technical cooperation.

VietNamNet Bridge - While Vietnamese enterprises gather strength to make products for export, Thai goods have been conquering the domestic market.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc joined leaders of other ASEAN and partner countries in a number of multilateral and bilateral meetings as part of the 33rd ASEAN Summits and related event in Singapore.