Vice Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Committee Tran Nam Hung and Mayor of Le Havre Édouard Philippe have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a framework of cooperation and friendship between the two port cities.

The UK-Vietnam Business Summit 2025 will be held on November 5 in Ho Chi Minh City, with two strategic priorities — developing an international financial centre in Vietnam and advancing renewable energy, key pillars of future bilateral cooperation.

Asian and Western news outlets such as channelnewsasia.com and uz.kursiv.media, have praised Vietnam’s impressive economic growth, noting that the Southeast Asian economy is showing strong resilience despite the effects of recent US tariff policies.

The National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT) is accelerating two key 220 kV transmission line projects - Tuong Duong–Do Luong and Do Luong–Nam Cam - to strengthen power supply in Nghe An province and enable electricity imports from Laos.

The upgrade is expected to take effect on September 21, 2026, subject to an interim assessment in March 2026 to confirm Vietnam’s progress in improving market access through global brokers.

Electronics, phones, and machinery continue to lead Vietnam’s export growth, up 16% year-on-year.

Tea products processed from ancient tea buds on the misty mountain of Tay Con Linh are sold in the US by Trieu Vinh Lau (born in 1991), an ethnic minority resident in the highland region of Tuyen Quang.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) proposes that from early 2026, regional minimum wages will rise by an average of 7.2 percent, equivalent to VND250,000-350,000 per month.

Apartment prices in Hanoi and HCMC have continued to surge, with many projects reaching VND150-300 million per sqm. Experts say that for prices to drop naturally, multiple solutions are needed beyond just increasing supply.

In just the first eight months of 2025, a Vietnamese business has earned approximately 392 billion VND (around $15.1 million) solely by exporting various types of plant leaves to foreign customers.

With these export and import figures, Vietnam enjoyed a goods trade surplus of 16.82 billion USD in the first nine month of 2025, the NSO said.

September’s CPI climbed 2.61% from December 2024 and 3.38% from a year earlier. The third-quarter average CPI rose by 3.27% year-on-year, lifting the nine-month average inflation rate to 3.27%.

Vietnam’s agro-forestry-fisheries sector is on track to hit a record 67 billion USD in export revenue this year.

The country welcomed about 1.5 million foreign visitors in September — down 9.6% from August but 19.5% higher year-on-year. Total international arrivals surpassed 15.4 million in the first nine months, up 21.5% from 2024, with 84.5% arriving by air.

Vietnam’s disbursement of foreign direct investment (FDI) in January – September recorded its highest level in five years, reaching 18.8 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 8.5%.

In September alone, the exports earned nearly 991 million USD, rising 7.5% compared to the same month last year.

Billionaire Vuong unveils VinMetal to boost Vietnam’s heavy industry and power Vingroup’s ambitious ecosystem.

During the period, more than 231,000 enterprises entered or re-entered the market, up 26% against the same period in 2024 and 1.32 times higher than the number of firms withdrawing.

Experts call for legal reform to unlock economic and mobility potential in the skies under 3,000 meters.

Despite multiple failures, a 33-year-old in Can Tho created a two-tier hive model and now sells premium honey across Vietnam.