Paul and Rachel Chandler said they were "happy to be alive" after the Somali pirates who hijacked the British couple's yacht near the Seychelles last year released them for a ransom.
The operators of some hydropower plants in Vietnam have denied the opinion that hydropower plants are the main culprit of recent floods in the central region.
The 26-member crew of the Chinese boat Jian Mao 9, which sank off the waters of Da Nang in central Vietnam, were brought ashore in Ba Ria-Vung Tau on November 11.
APEC needs to continue efforts to solve aftermaths from the global economic-financial crisis and put the world economy into a new stage of growth, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet.