VOV.VN - Former swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien and actor Vo Tan Phat are among the Vietnamese nominees competing for the chance to represent the country at the TikTok Awards Southeast Asia 2026, which attracts content creators from six countries.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Panama will enhance strategic cooperation, particularly in trade, investment, agriculture, transport and logistics, while leveraging their respective positions to strengthen connectivity between Southeast Asia and Latin America.

In September, major international media outlets and financial institutions offered positive assessments of Vietnam’s economic outlook, describing the country as a growth bright spot in Southeast Asia while highlighting notable developments in its financial market.

VOV.VN - The artwork ‘Sự sống, sự chết và đèn neon’ (Life, death and neon) by artist Le The Lam, inspired by childhood memories of a martyrs' cemetery, has won the top prize at the UOB Painting of the Year 2026 competition in Vietnam, worth VND500 million.

VOV.VN - Vietnam secured the overall first place at the 5th Southeast Asian Pencak Silat Championship, which concluded in Ho Chi Minh City on September 29 after six days of competition.

VOV.VN - Two Vietnamese short films, "Blue days" directed by Vu Trung Duc and "Through the cracks" directed by Le Hoang, have been selected for the Southeast Asian Short Film category at the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) 2026.

A research project on promoting maritime diplomacy in Southeast Asia, along with its first series of activities, was launched at a ceremony in Hanoi on September 23.

Vietnam emerged as Southeast Asia’s largest electric-car market in 2025, with electric vehicles accounting for nearly 40% of new-car sales as adoption more than doubled, putting the country among the world’s leading markets for electric mobility, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

VOV.VN - Vietnam is Aeon’s most important market in the region, with the Japanese retail giant planning to allocate the majority of its Southeast Asian investment capital to the Vietnamese market, said Tezuka Daisuke, CEO of Aeon Vietnam.

Vietnam could tap into Southeast Asia’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) services market, estimated at around US$40 billion, if the sector receives appropriate investment and is developed along the right path, according to Dr. Nguyen Van Tu, director of the Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI).