The Ministry of Industry and Trade has issued Decision No 4236 / QD-BCT to extend the deadline for investigating cases of applying safeguard measures for DAP and MAP fertilisers imported into Viet Nam before issuing the final report.

 The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will hold the “A Night of Concertos” concert at the Opera House this week, featuring Japanese and Vietnamese soloists.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and European Council (EC) President Donald Tusk in Manila, the Philippines on November 13 on the sidelines of the 31st ASEAN Summit and related meetings.

 The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is hosting a series of cultural activities to mark its 20 years of operation.

 Vietnam has affirmed its vital role in ASEAN since its joining in 1995, an article posted on infox.ru highlighted.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shortly after the 31st ASEAN Summit concluded a plenary session in Manila, the Philippines, on November 13.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc highlighted three key areas of ASEAN cooperation in his speech at the plenary session of the 31st ASEAN Summit held in Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, on November 13. 

 Vietnam’s naval ship HQ 012-Ly Thai To arrived in Chuk Samet port, Thailand, on November 13, to take part in the first ASEAN Multilateral Naval Exercise (AMNEX).

 President Tran Dai Quang called for unceasing reinforcement of political trust between Vietnam and China during his talks with General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and President Xi Jinping in Hanoi on November 13.

 Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Phan Van Giang hosted a reception in Hanoi on November 13 for Director of the Defence Mobilisation Department under the Central Military Commission of China Sheng Bin. 

 President Tran Dai Quang partly attributed the success of the 2017 APEC Leaders’ Meeting to contributions by 35 domestic and foreign special, main and co-sponsors during a reception in Hanoi on November 13. 

 The 14th National Assembly (NA) passed the resolution on state budget estimates for 2018 on November 13, part of its ongoing fourth session in Hanoi.

 The National Assembly adopted the Resolution on State budget estimate for 2018 during its ongoing fourth session in Hanoi on November 13 with 86.56 percent of approval

Vietnam always respects ASEAN’s relations with partners and highly values the partners’ commitment to continuing to assist the bloc to build an ASEAN Community, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

 Vietnam will never tolerate or permit activities related to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Vu Van Tam has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s top player Ly Hoang Nam is seeded No 6 at the Viet Nam F2 Men’s Futures tennis tournament, which began yesterday in Binh Duong Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Park Hang-seo is confident of securing a win for Viet Nam in his first match as coach in today’s 2019 Asian Cup qualifier clash against Afghanistan.

 An explosion in a tugboat in Hai Phong City on Sunday left four people injured with critical burns.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Former England and Arsenal player Sol Campbell sent a message to Vietnamese football fans through Arsenal’s Facebook page yesterday.

Vietnamese IT firms should strive toward new technology trends such as Cloud, Mobility and Big Data rather than continue doing low-level software outsourcing, experts say.