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23rd ASEAN Summit opens in Brunei

Bandar Seri Begawan , October 9 (VNA) – The 23 rd ASEAN Summit kicked off in Brunei on October 9, the first in a series of high-level meetings of the bloc and between the bloc and its partners.

Vietnam, Laos step up archive cooperation

Hanoi, October 10 (VNA) – Vietnam will provide scholarships to 18 Lao archives students in 2014 while receiving five Lao officials to work on probation in the National Archives Centre for one month.

23rd ASEAN Summit wraps up in Brunei

Bandar Seri Begawan, October 10 (VNA) – The 23 rd ASEAN Summit and related meetings closed in Brunei’s capital city Bandar Seri Begawan on October 10, wrapping up the year Brunei plays ASEAN Chair.

Vietnam, Russia to push military technical links

Hanoi, October 10 (VNA) – Intensifying military technical cooperation will contribute to deepening the friendship and links between the armies and peoples of Vietnam and Russia.

Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia cooperate in vocational training

Vientiane, October 10 (VNA) – Officials in charge of vocational training in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia met in Vientiane on October 10 to review their cooperation and discuss ways to strengthen it in the future.

ASEAN, India eye 100 bln USD in trade by 2015

Bandar Seri Begawan , October 10 (VNA) – Leaders from the ten ASEAN member countries and India met at the 11 th ASEAN-India Summit in Brunei on October 10, affirming their determination to reach 100 billion USD in two-way trade by 2015.

IT investment rises despite bleak economy

Hanoi, October 13 (VNA) — There have been 18 investment deals involving Vietnamese IT firms in the first nine months of 2013 amid the backdrop of the ongoing economic crisis, according to a survey carried out by Pham Minh Tuan, founder and CEO of TOPICA Education Group.