Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc will attend the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Manila on November 12 and 13.

The National Assembly’s Judicial Committee urged the Government to complete mechanisms and regulations to monitor citizens’ income, especially public servants with a focus on improving transparency and accountability as an effort to fight the country’s rampant corruption.

President  Trần Đại Quang wrote an article entitled "APEC Vietnam 2017 - Fostering a shared future in a changing world" just ahead of the APEC 2017 Economic Leaders' Week, which is taking place in the central city of Đà Nẵng from November 6-11 with the focal event being the 25th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting. Following is the full text of the article. 

The 2017 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week, hosted by Việt Nam, commenced in central Đà Nẵng City on Monday with the opening session of the two-day Concluding Senior Officials Meeting (CSOM).

Việt Nam’s great achievements over the past 30 years of reform were the results of the creative application of Marxism-Leninism and Hồ Chí Minh Thought, Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng stressed, describing such attainments as evidence of the vitality of socialism in the country.

The Government has decided to abolish the decades-old household registration book in citizen management.

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình yesterday received Chinese Deputy Minister of Public Security Fu Zhenghua, who is on a working visit to Việt Nam

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will pay an official visit to Việt Nam from November 8 to 11, at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

President of Chile Michelle Bachelet Jeria will pay a State visit to Việt Nam from November 8 to 9, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.