President of Chile Michelle Bachelet will pay a State visit to Viet Nam from November 8 to 9 at the invitation of her Vietnamese counterpart Tran Dai Quang, a trip expected to intensify the two countries’ partnership. 

 A number of strategic documents that orient long-term cooperation within the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in the coming decades will be presented to the bloc’s ministers and leaders this week, said an official.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The maximum salary for the leaders of state-owned groups will be VND54 million per month starting next year, and if their firms do not make a profit their monthly salaries will be an average of VND10 million.

The Vietnamese embassy in Laos has pledged to cooperate with the Lao side to support families of plane crash victims.

Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal has praised General Vo Nguyen Giap, who passed away on October 4 at the age of 103, as “one of the greatest revolutionist in the world” and a “great hero who left an imprint on the past century.”

 VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang has held bilateral meetings with his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah and attended a meeting with the APEC Business Advisory Council.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A delegation of Party, State, Government, National Assembly and Viet Nam Fatherland Front leaders on Saturday paid floral tributes to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum to mark Viet Nam's National Day,

VietNamNet Bridge - At the upcoming meeting, the Hanoi People’s Council will consider seven petitions on the vote of confidence and organize the vote of confidence for the positions elected by the People’s Council.

 Leaders pay floral tribute to late President; Nation supports nuke-free Korea; Party’s Economic Commission holds first meeting; President calls for better social security

Fighting corruption, eliminating interest groups, being determined to prevent the decline of ideology, ethics and lifestyle of a part of party members are the statements emphasized by the leaders of the Party and the State of Vietnam in 2012.