On the afternoon of November 6, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Phuong had a courtesy meeting with Ms. Susan Burns, US Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City.

On the morning of December 15, a seminar themed "Introducing the ASEAN Economic Community and the free trade agreements within the ASEAN framework" shared with businesses a lot of useful information about the opportunities as well as challenges related to the free trade agreements within the ASEAN framework.