Around 50,000 residents in Orange County, California, have been evacuated over the past 4 days after an overheated chemical storage tank raised fears of a major explosion. Californian authorities declared a state of emergency as firefighters worked to contain the risk linked to a highly flammable chemical used in plastic production.
National Assembly President Tran Thanh Man and a high-level Vietnamese delegation arrived in Beijing at noon on 11 October, beginning an official visit to China. During the visit, they toured a grassroots legislative Contact Point in Beijing to learn about China's approach to public participation in lawmaking. The Vietnamese top legislator also met with Vietnamese Embassy staff and the Vietnamese community in China in the evening of 11 October.
Vietnam and Australia are looking to deepen cooperation in digital technology and artificial intelligence. A newly launched platform, V-Bridge, aims to bring businesses, researchers and institutions closer together to carry out projects in both countries.
Receiving EU Ambassador Julien Guerrier and representatives of EU member states in Hanoi on the morning of 12 October, Prime Minister Le Minh Hung welcomed the EU's decision to remove Vietnam from the bloc's list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes.
During his official visit to China, National Assembly President Tran Thanh Man held talks with Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, in Beijing on 12 October. The two also co-chaired the second session of their legislatures' Cooperation Committee.
National Assembly President Tran Thanh Man led a high-level Vietnamese delegation on an official visit to China on the morning of 11 October (Vietnam time), where he is co-chairing the second session of the Cooperation Committee between Vietnam's National Assembly and China's National People's Congress, from 11 to 15 October.
Prime Minister Le Minh Hung held a meeting with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on 10 October. During his visit, he also paid a courtesy call on Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk, and invited the King and Queen Mother to visit Vietnam.