VIETNAM TODAY

The 15th Vietnam International Exhibition on Telecommunications and Information Technology will be held at the Saigon International Exhibition and Convention Centre from November 20 -23.

Japan's foreign minister was preparing Friday to fly to Tehran where he hoped to leverage Tokyo's friendship and cement progress made in talks with world powers over curbing Iran's nuclear drive.

Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba will pay an official visit to Vietnam from November 18-20 at the invitation of President Truong Tan Sang.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism’s Performing Arts Department has announced 1997’s Miss Sports Vietnam Tran Thi Quynh will represent the country at the 2013 Mrs World pageant in China on November 14–23.

The Vietnam National University has been, for the second time, listed in Asia’s top 250 best universities.

A five-star ranked resort in Danang City has been put into operation despite it not having being completed, posing danger to tourists.

Super typhoon Haiyan, the world's strongest cyclone this year, hit the Philippines early Friday with gusts of 275 kilometres (171 miles) per hour, the state weather service said.

The NA has passed a draft law on Marriage and Family which gives approval to surrogate pregnancy, but not same-sex marriage.

Vietnam has made many achievements in ensuring human rights in all fields of civil affairs, politics, economics, culture and society, which has been recognised by the international community.

The Diplomacy Academy of Vietnam and the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association will jointly hold an international seminar on the East Sea in Hanoi on November 11-12.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers has announced the US recently overtook Japan to become the world’s biggest importer of Vietnamese shrimp.

Russia has handed over the first of the six Russian built submarines to Vietnam under a project signed in 2009.

Thai customs on Thursday said they had discovered over 420 protected tortoises stashed in unclaimed suitcases on a luggage belt in Bangkok's main international airport.

Vietnam, as Chair of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, introduced a Draft Resolution entitled “Report of the IAEA” at a plenary session of the 68th UN General Assembly in New York on November 5-6.

Lawmakers debated the draft of the revised Land Law yesterday. While bills usually undergo two sessions before getting approval, this bill has been included in three plenary sessions of the assembly. It is expected to be approved later this month.

HCM City authorities have started a new programme to introduce agricultural products from 20 neighbouring provinces into the city's supermarkets.

South Korea fell silent for annual college entrance exams on Thursday, rescheduling flights and restricting traffic as 650,000 students sat a test that will define their adult lives in an ultra-competitive society.

Vehicles of foreigners circulating in Vietnam for tourism have to meet four conditions, according to the Government’s newly-approved decree.

About 60 international and domestic decision makers and researchers have debated how to build scenarios for food security, environment and livelihoods for Southeast Asia by 2050.