Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Manila, the Philippines, on the afternoon of November 12, to attend the 31st ASEAN Summit and related meetings from November 12-14.

 The 16th meeting of the ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC) Council and the 20th ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC) Meeting took place in Manila, the Philippines, on November 12, in preparation for the 31st ASEAN Summit and related meetings.

 President Tran Dai Quang and President Donald Trump witnessed the signing of cooperation agreements between Vietnam and the US after their talks in Hanoi on November 12.

 President Tran Dai Quang and President Donald Trump co-chaired a joint press conference in Hanoi on November 12 to inform the outcomes of their talks.

President Tran Dai Quang on November 12 chairs an official welcome ceremony for US President Donald Trump, who is on a State visit to Vietnam on November 11-12.

 Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang underscored the need for APEC to affirm and uphold its leadership in seeking new drivers for growth.

 President Tran Dai Quang met on November 11 with General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Vorachith.

 President Tran Dai Quang reiterated Vietnam’s consistent policy of attaching importance to the friendship and cooperation with Cambodia during his meeting with Cambodian PM Hun Sen in central Da Nang city on November 11. 

 US President Donald Trump arrived in Hanoi on the afternoon of November 11, beginning his two-day State visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Tran Dai Quang. 

 The draft Law on Special Administrative, Economic Units needed to be substantially revised to make it feasible and to fully exploit resources for boosting economic development.

 Leaders from 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) issued the Da Nang Declaration as they ended their meeting chaired by President Tran Dai Quang in the central city on November 11.

 The 31st ASEAN Summit (ASEAN-31) and related meetings, which will be held in Manila, the Philippines, from Sunday to Tuesday, are set to focus on orientations and measures for enhancing connectivity to realise the ASEAN Community Vision 2025.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met his Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-ocha on the sidelines of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in central Da Nang city on November 11.

The APEC 2017 Economic Leaders’ Meeting ended on Saturday with leaders of 21 member economies adopting the Đà Nẵng Declaration.

 The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Vietnamese Government treasure comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with China, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 President Tran Dai Quang hosted a banquet in Hanoi on November 11 evening in honour of President Donald Trump and a high-ranking delegation of the US, who have been on a two-day State visit to Vietnam. 

 The wife of the President of Viet Nam, Madam Nguyen Thi Hien, hosted spouses of APEC Economic Leaders in the ancient town of Hoi An in Quang Nam Province on Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge - President Tran Dai Quang, Chairman of the Committee for APEC Vietnam 2017, chaired a press conference to announce the results of the 25th APEC Economic Leaders’s Meeting.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This morning the spouses of APEC leaders walked about 1km through the ancient town of Hoi An of Quang Nam province, including Chua Cau (Bridge Pagoda) – the city’s symbol.

VietNamNet Bridge – On November 11, the 11th APEC Economic Leaders 'Meeting, chaired by Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, closed and issued the Da Nang Declaration.