Vietnam added more than 73,700 new vehicles to the market in September, with fully built imports surging 42.2% from the previous month.

Vietnam-based software company Saigon Technology has earned Great Place To Work® certification for a second consecutive year, with 96% of surveyed employees describing it as a great place to work.

China spent nearly $505 million on more than 1 million tons of Vietnamese rice in the first eight months of 2026, becoming Vietnam’s second-largest rice export market after the Philippines.

Trade between Vietnam and Malaysia reached 15.28 billion USD in the first eight months of 2026, up 43.4% year-on-year, nearly matching the 16.33 billion USD recorded in the whole of 2025, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Malaysia.

Vietnam recorded a trade surplus in September after nine consecutive months of trade deficits, according to a socio-economic report for the third quarter and first nine months of 2026 released by the National Statistics Office on October 3.

Vietnam attracted 50.36 billion USD in registered foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first nine months of 2026, up 76.4% year-on-year, according to the National Statistics Office under the Ministry of Finance.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade plans to submit a revised Law on Electricity to the National Assembly at its October session, said Deputy Minister Truong Thanh Hoai.

Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew an estimated 9.95% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2026. This was up from 8.15% in the first quarter and 8.81% in the second, National Statistics Office Director Nguyen Thi Huong said on October 3.

Deputy Minister of Finance Nguyen Duc Chi outlined four key groups of tasks to maintain the upgraded status of Vietnam’s stock market and further improve its quality at the Government’s regular September press briefing on October 3.

Nha Trang University on October 3 launched the Marine Economy Forum (MEF), seeking measures to develop Vietnam’s marine economy in a green, sustainable and high-value-added direction.

Rooftop solar power development in Vietnam has yet to meet its target and remains slower than other baseload power sources, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Truong Thanh Hoai said at a regular Government press briefing in Hanoi on October 3.

Le Van Sau has built a 5.5ha VietGAP-certified durian orchard that can bring a profit of VND5 billion a year. After 45 years of working with his orchard, he has concluded that the key to successful farming is working alongside scientists.

Vung Tau Paradise Joint Venture Co. owes more than $84 million in taxes, topping a list of 4,125 businesses with outstanding tax and other state budget payments in Ho Chi Minh City.

Foreign direct investment registered in Vietnam reached $50.36 billion in the first nine months of 2026, up 76.4% year on year, while disbursed FDI hit its highest nine-month level in five years.

Vietnam’s economy expanded 9.01% year on year in the first nine months of 2026, while consumer prices rose 4.52% and core inflation increased 4.26%, providing momentum as the country pursues double-digit growth for the full year.

Vietnam's Nghi Son refinery posted nearly $530 million in after-tax profit in the first eight months of 2026 and resumed Kuwaiti crude imports after a five-month disruption.

Vietnam’s food and beverage (F&B) industry posted 6.6% revenue growth in the first half of 2026. 

Vietnam’s agro-forestry-fishery exports maintained growth momentum in the first nine months of 2026 despite continued volatility in global markets, reaching 56.3 billion USD, up 7.8% year on year. 

Vietnam exported 202,414 tonnes of pepper from the beginning of this year to September 15, earning 1.32 billion USD in revenue, up 15.2% in volume and 10.3% in value year-on-year.

Vietnam’s textile and garment industry is stepping up efforts to retain orders and diversify markets amid global volatility, rising costs and tighter international trade standards.