Vietnam attracted 34.65 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first six months of 2026, while disbursed FDI reached its highest first-half level in five years, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO).

For the past four years, when June arrives, instead of focusing on their hair salon business, Dao Phuong Linh, 32, and her husband pack their bags and set off on cross-country trips with their three children..

Vietnam’s total import-export turnover in June reached 104.22 billion USD, up 5.2% month-on-month and 36.3% year-on-year, according to a socio-economic report for the second quarter and first half of 2026 released by the National Statistics Office.

Vietnam’s challenge is not merely to train more engineers or scientists, but to cultivate a generation capable of mastering, improving and eventually creating core technologies.

Search operations have also become more efficient through the combined use of map coordinates, on-site surveys, witness accounts and ground-penetrating radar, improving accuracy while reducing excavation time and workload.

Vietnam's education ministry has unveiled a nationwide plan to consolidate public schools, targeting a 30% reduction in administrative units while expanding larger school models.

Based on the findings, scientists proposed a range of measures to ensure the long-term protection of the black-shanked douc population on Ba Den Mountain.

Nearly 111,700 new businesses were established nationwide in the first half of 2026, up 22.5% year-on-year, reflecting resilient business activity despite ongoing market volatility, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO).

Vietnam's 2026 high school graduation exam produced 11 national toppers and 47 runners-up across the country's five traditional university admission subject combinations.

As the central province of Khanh Hoa enters the peak summer tourism season with a sharp rise in visitor arrivals, authorities are stepping up efforts to maintain public order and ensure that foreign visitors comply with Vietnamese law.

The manufacturing sector ended the first half of 2026 on a firm footing, with sustained growth in output and new orders, even as supply-chain pressures and employment weakness persisted, according to S&P Global.

The Ministry of Health has clarified that new regulations on health declarations for travellers entering and leaving Vietnam that take effect on July 1 do not impose a blanket requirement on all passengers.

The Government on June 30 issued Decree No. 262/2026/ND-CP, introducing new regulations on press activities by foreign press agencies, foreign representative offices, and foreign organisations in Vietnam.

Vietnam has earned an additional 5 million USD from the transfer of 1 million tonnes of forest-based carbon emission reductions to the World Bank, according to Deputy Director of the Department of Forestry and Forest Protection Pham Hong Luong.

After more than 12 years of participation in UN peacekeeping operations, the Ministry of National Defence has deployed nearly 1,400 personnel from the Vietnam People’s Army to missions, UN headquarters, and liaison offices in Belgium.

Implementation capacity, rather than institutional frameworks, has now become the greatest obstacle to development, said Party General Secretary and State President To Lam.

The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) has announced that 91 return flights per week will resume services to Lien Khuong International Airport in the central province of Lam Dong when the airport is scheduled to reopen on August 19.

The Sunda pangolin is a critically endangered and rare species prioritised for protection, listed under Group IB in Circular No. 85/2025/TT-BNNMT issued on December 31, 2025 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

Vietnam and the US jointly held the 173rd repatriation ceremony for the possible remains thought to be associated with a US service member missing in action (MIA) during the war in Vietnam on July 2.

Vietnam welcomed nearly 12.3 million international visitors in the first six months of 2026, up 14.9% year-on-year, putting the tourism sector on track to achieve its target of attracting 25 million foreign tourists this year.

Vietnam Railways Corporation has announced the temporary suspension of international passenger train services between Gia Lam Station (Vietnam) and Nanning (China) due to heavy rain in China, in order to ensure operational safety.

The PM reaffirmed the Government's determination to achieve double-digit economic growth in 2026 and the 2026–2030 period while maintaining macroeconomic stability, keeping inflation under control and safeguarding the economy's major balances.

Vietnamese rescue teams recovered 15 more bodies on July 3 (local time) as they continued search operations in Playa Grande, La Guaira state, one of the areas hardest hit by the twin earthquakes in Venezuela.

Local authorities nationwide have pledged to step up public investment, remove development bottlenecks and unlock new growth drivers in the second half of 2026, reaffirming their determination to help the country achieve double-digit economic growth.

Hai Phong has intensified preparations for Storm Maysak, using a coastal radar system on Bach Long Vi special zone to track fishing vessels and help guide them to safe harbour.