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Italian President Sergio Mattarella left Ho Chi Minh City on November 8, concluding his State visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Truong Tan Sang.

Measures to encourage ethnic minority groups to help the country respond to climate change were discussed at a conference held in Hanoi recently.

ASEAN and Japan reaffirmed their commitment to fostering collaboration at the 9th Meeting of the ASEAN-Japan Joint Cooperation (JCC) held on November 5 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Ho Chi Minh wishes to further forge links with Japan’s Osaka City in environmental protection and climate change adaption, said Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem.

Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son will deliver a speech on climate change at the 12th ASEM Foreign Ministers Meeting (AFMM 12) slated for November 5-6 in Luxembourg.

The Ben Tre provincial People's Committee has approved a project to prevent erosion, planting 50ha of submerged forests to protect the Thua Duc sea dyke in Binh Dai district.

The 2015 ASEAN joint statement on climate change was adopted by participants of the 13th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Environment, which wrapped up on October 29 in Hanoi.

Supporting Vietnam to implement and duplicate smart agricultural models adaptive to climate change was the main focus of a workshop between Vietnamese and Dutch experts held in Hanoi on October 28.

Japan-Mekong Business Cooperation Committee delegation head Yoshio Arakawa spoke highly of the investment climate in northern Ha Nam province during a meeting with the provincial People’s Committee.

Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh has called on Japanese businesses to increase their investment in Vietnam.

A national conference on urban planning in response to flood and climate change was held in Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on October 27.

It is necessary for the Mekong Delta, the country’s largest rice granary, to devise long-term and synchronous planning to prevent inundation in light of climate change, experts have suggested.

Experts pointed out opportunities and challenges facing local businesses and authorities once an FTA between Vietnam and the EU is signed while at a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on October 26.

US President Barack Obama is set to hold talks with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo on October 26.

The movie Nuoc (2030), directed by Nguyen Vo Nghiem Minh, has picked up the best feature film award at the San Pedro International Film Festival in the US.

Vietnam and the US state of California have huge potential to step up their cooperation, especially in economics, trade, science-technology, agriculture and rural development, Ambassador Pham Quang Vi

The French Development Agency (AFD) will consider financing a river embankment project to help the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho cope with climate change.

HCM City authorities are working on a plan to encourage homeowners to build their own small reservoirs to collect rainwater in an aim to prevent flooding.

Vietnam expects to foster cooperation with the US’s California State in all realms ranging from economy, investment, science-technology and agriculture to climate change, culture and education.

Canadian enterprises have been provided with information related to Vietnam’s business and investment climate and opportunities to make deeper inroads into the country.