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Indonesian President Joko Widodo was officially sworn in on October 20 for his second and final five-year term with a pledge to take bolder actions in infrastructure development.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will attend the coronation ceremony of Japanese Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo from October 22-23 at the invitation of Japanese government.

Experts and researchers gathered at a national conference held in the central city of Da Nang on October 20 to discuss measures to reduce ocean debris from aquaculture activities.

Coastal aquaculture is being developed in many localities but the output is very small compared to the country’s potential, experts have said.

JICA signed a grant agreement with Vietnam on October 17 to provide over 1.2 billion JPY for a project to enhance laboratory capacity of the Reference Testing and Agrifood Quality Consultancy (RETAQ) Centre, helping Vietnam better ensure safety of agricultural and fishery products as food.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc highlighted that there is no such thing as the end for the building new-style rural areas programme while addressing a national conference held in the northern province of Nam Dinh on October 19.

A national conference was held under the chair of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in the northern province of Nam Dinh on October 19 to review 10 years implementing the national target programme on new-style rural areas.

TH Milk Joint Stock Company has become the first Vietnamese firm to receive approval from the General Administration of Customs of China to export dairy products to the Chinese market.

Philippine authorities said on October 18 that the African swine fever (ASF) virus has spread to two more provinces in the country.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the opening of an exhibition on 10-year achievements in new-style rural area building in the northern province of Nam Dinh on October 18.

Vietnamese dairy products have been officially allowed into the Chinese market, according to a recent statement by the General Administration of Customs of China.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Algeria Pham Quoc Tru has paid a two-day working visit to Constantine province to boost trade and investment with the third largest city of Algeria, which holds strengths in tourism, husbandry, plantation and pharmaceutical industry.

Ho Chi Minh City’s exports are still growing, but slowing down, and so it needs to take measures to boost them if it wants to retain its position as the country’s economic hub, a conference heard on October 17.

Better cooperation is needed between domestic and international agencies, organisations and enterprises in the development of advanced radiation technologies, Hoang Anh Tuan, Director of the Vietnam Atomic Energy Agency said at a conference on atomic energy held in HCM City on October 17.

After setting record-high imports this year, the Philippines plans to buy less rice from foreign markets next year amid excessive supply coupled with improvement in local production.

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Assembly-Senate Relations and Inspection Men Sam An has visited the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) in Hanoi as part of her going visit to Vietnam from October 14 to 19.

The 10th Asian Business Summit (ABS) in Hanoi on October 17 adopted a joint statement on a super connected Asia for sustainable development, showing the Asian business community’s commitment to the goal of inclusive, sustainable and prosperous development.

The Lao Government has entrusted the Petroleum Trading Lao Public Company (PetroTrade) to conduct a feasibility study on a Laos-Vietnam railway project, the Vientiane Times reported.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception for Governor of Japan’s Kagoshima prefecture Mitazono Satoshi in Hanoi on October 16.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam affirmed that the Vietnamese Government always opens its door to foreign enterprises in his speech at the Vietnam Business Summit 2019 held in Hanoi on October 16.