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Vietnam topped the medal table at the Southeast Asia Finswimming Championship and Southeast Asia Age Group Finswimming Championship 2026 in Malaysia, winning 160 medals: 92 golds, 62 silvers and six bronzes.
Vietnam’s automotive market could approach 700,000 vehicle sales in 2026, after nearly 500,000 units were sold in the first nine months, as electric and hybrid vehicles gain ground and automakers step up competition ahead of the year-end buying season.
Gia Binh International Airport is holding more than 30 meetings with international airlines and industry partners at Routes World 2026 in Germany from October 21-23 to seek cooperation to develop future air routes.
The Nordic Chamber of Commerce Vietnam (NordCham Vietnam) will host the Nordic-Vietnam Business Summit 2026 on October 29, bringing together 100 senior representatives from government and the Nordic and Vietnamese business communities.
Vietnam’s transplant sector has made notable advances, progressing from single-organ procedures to more complex techniques such as multi-organ and domino transplantation.
Vietnam will extend free registration and maintenance of .id.vn and .biz.vn domain names from two years to three years, while introducing new fee schedules for three new national domain extensions .ad.vn, .on.vn and .ap.vn, the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) said.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Van Thang has asked banks to cut lending interest rates by 1.5-2 percentage points for production, business and priority sectors to ease borrowing costs and support economic growth.
Air pollution concerns for the autumn and dry seasons are a top priority in the capital.
Vietnam is widening its capital-raising options as its stock market enters FTSE Russell’s Secondary Emerging Market category and new rules give Ho Chi Minh City greater authority to develop municipal and project bonds.
Vietnam is seeking to develop a broader low-altitude economy ecosystem, moving beyond drone manufacturing to applications, data services and supporting infrastructure, as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) create new opportunities in agriculture, logistics, energy, transport and other sectors.