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Current events

11th working day of 14th-tenure National Assembly’s 8th session: Enhancing effectiveness of crime, corruption prevention, control (Nhan dan, p1).

Prime Minister attends closing ceremony of 35th ASEAN Summit. ASEAN chairmanship for 2020 handed over to Vietnam (All dailies, p1).

US highly values Vietnam’s stance on East Sea issue (Sai Gon Giai phong, p1). Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh received US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien.

Party Central Committee’s Secretariat issues directive on enhancing Party’s leadership over work on people with disabilities (Nhan dan, p1).

High honour conferred on Lao People’s Army (Nhan dan, p1).

Disciplinary warning issued against former Deputy PM Vu Van Ninh (Nhan dan, p8).

Sen. Lt. Gen. Phan Van Giang receives Sri Lankan Ambassador Prasanna Gamage (Quan doi Nhan dan, p1).

Socio-economic affairs

National forecast-based financing dialogue platform held (Nhan dan, p2). The event was organised by the Vietnam Red Cross Society and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

IMF highly values Vietnam’s economic achievements (Quan doi Nhan dan, p8). Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh received a delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Work on Long Thanh airport set to begin in early 2021 (Nhan dan, p3). The directive was issued by Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung.

Overseas Vietnamese community – major resource contributing to national development (Ha Noi Moi, p3). Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Commission Truong Thi Mai met with heads of overseas representative agencies of Vietnam.

Hanoi, Dak Nong province specify 12 areas for boosting cooperation (Ha Noi Moi, p1).

Over 100 artists to take part in World Circus Festival – Ha Long (Nhan dan, p5).

Republic of Korea’s 1,500-year-old heritage introduced in Vietnam (Quan doi Nhan dan, p8).

HCM City’s tourism promoted in UK (Sai Gon Giai phong, p4).

Vietnam becomes No. 1 tea supplier for Taiwan (Sai Gon Giai phong, p4).

Eight seaports eligible for handling aquatic imports (Sai Gon Giai phong, p4).

AEON has big ambition in Vietnamese market (Dau tu [Vietnam Investment Review], No. 132, p4). The leading retail group of Japan is going to put AEON Mall Ha Dong into operation soon. It is also planning to open 20 trade centres in Vietnam by 2025. The firm has had five trade centres after five years operating in the country since 2015. So far, AEON’s investment in Vietnam has approximated 700 million USD.

Exports of agricultural products fall 7.4 percent (Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam [Vietnam Economic Times], No. 264, p6). According to the Agro Processing and Market Development Department, agro-forestry-fishery exports reached 3.6 billion USD in October, raising the 10-month export value to 33.2 billion USD, up 1.6 percent year on year. In particular, only forestry exports recorded growth, 18.8 percent, while the shipments of aquatic and agricultural products declined, by 2.4 percent and 7.4 percent, respectively.

International affairs

UK Prime Minister apologises for missing Brexit target date on October 31 (Quan doi Nhan dan, p8).

RoK, Japan agree to solve tension via dialogue (Quan doi Nhan dan, p8)./.