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Brunei's Ministry of Defence has mobilised a defence budget of 564 million Brunei dollars (409 million USD ) for the 2016-2017 fiscal year, a 4.7 percent increase year-on-year.

Vietnam won 10 gold, two silver and eight bronze medals to temporarily rank fourth at the 2015 ASEAN School Games at the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium, Brunei, on November 25.

Vietnam sent 51 athletes and officials to compete in the seventh ASEAN Schools Games which kicked off in Brunei on November 22.

President Truong Tan Sang had bilateral meetings with leaders of some Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies in Manila, the Philippines, on Nov. 19 on the fringe of the APEC Summit.

Malaysia and Brunei will continue fostering bilateral ties in the aspects of common interest and for mutual benefit, Malaysian media reported on August 11.

Vietnam completed bilateral negotiations with its partners joining negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in the framework of their recent meeting in Hawaii, the US.