The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) held a workshop in Hanoi on November 15 to launch a project on promoting energy efficiency in large industries.

Vietnam will play a more active role in cooperation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the US, especially within the framework of the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting Plus (ADMM+), Minister of National Defense General Phan Van Giang affirmed on November 15.

Promoting digital transformation in agriculture and rural areas is one of the key tasks that the northern province of Bac Giang will focus on from now until 2025, said Director of the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Duong Thanh Tung.

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

Việt Nam upholds basic principles of international law, especially the principle of peaceful resolution of international disputes, while the world is facing instability, conflict and confrontation.

On this occasion, Hungarian Minister of Justice Bence Tuzson conveyed the invitation of the Hungarian PM to PM Chính to pay an official visit to Hungary. The host leader accepted the invitation with pleasure, and asked the minister to convey his invitation to the Hungarian PM to visit Việt Nam.

President Vo Van Thuong attended a policy discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in San Francisco, the US, on November 15 morning (US) time, as part of his trip to attend the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week and bilateral activities in the US.

Sơn stressed the need to strengthen cooperation in climate change and green growth. APEC members need to accelerate collaboration programmes on trade in goods and environmental services, green-bio-circular economic models, smart agriculture, just energy transition and management of natural resources, he stated.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Italy in the last few days held meetings and activities within the framework of the Vietnam-Italy Year 2023 in Genoa.

The event was held on the occasion of the first anniversary of the opening of the PCA Office in Hà Nội which is the fifth of its kind in the world along with the PCA headquarters in the Peace Palace in The Hague.

The two sides inked a letter of intent on personnel training, under which the Hungary Ministry of Justice will train from one to three Vietnamese judicial officials each year to sharpen their skills in law and justice within three months in Hungary.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng, President Võ Văn Thưởng, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính, National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ and Deputy Prime Minister Trần Lưu Quang sent baskets of flowers to the ceremony commemorating VietnamPlus' 15th anniversary.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has suggested Hungary cooperate and support Vietnam in institution building and perfection, digital transformation, and personnel training to serve the judicial sector. ​

Vietnamese and US defence chiefs have met to discuss measures to promote bilateral defence cooperation, focusing on war consequences settlement and humanitarian aid such as bomb and mine clearance, dioxin remediation, and searching for soldiers missing during wartime in Việt Nam.

The conference was co-chaired by US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai, and attended by Foreign Ministers, Economic Ministers and Heads of delegations from 21 APEC member economies, and representatives from international organisations.

A delegation of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party led by Governor of the Central Bank of Laos Bounleua Sinxayvoravong paid a working visit to the south central province of Binh Thuan on November 15.

Vietnam will play a more active role in cooperation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the US, especially within the framework of the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting Plus (ADMM+), Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang affirmed on November 15.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) and the Vietnam Association of International Law (VSIL) co-organised the first PCA Vietnam Conference in Hanoi on November 15.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son proposed three priorities for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) collaboration at the 34th APEC Ministerial Meeting (AMM) in San Francisco on November 14.

Hungarian Justice Minister Bence Tuzson expressed his hope that Hungary and Vietnam will make efforts to deepen cooperation in the fields of law and justice during talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Le Thanh Long in Hanoi on November 15.