The ongoing Yen Tu Autumn Festival 2025 in the northern province of Quang Ninh, held under the theme “Meditative colors of autumn,” promises to be a captivating cultural and spiritual event.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited Hanoi’s Trung Gia and Da Phuc communes on the night of October 9 to oversee flood response and recovery efforts after learning that many areas were heavily inundated as river levels rose.

Legal and institutional reform has made a crucial contribution to Vietnam’s socio-economic development as well as the Government’s outstanding achievements during the current tenure, according to Party Central Committee member and Minister of Justice Nguyen Hai Ninh.

The Government has renewed its mindset and working methods, implementing a series of major policies and initiatives with boldness and determination to bring benefits to the people, said Politburo member, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Government Party Committee, and Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh.

After FTSE Russell officially upgraded Vietnam from a frontier to a secondary emerging market on October 8, international outlets namely Reuters, AFP, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Business Times, Channel News Asia, and Nikkei Asia reported it as “the strongest signal” of Vietnam’s rising position in financial map.

VOV.VN - The European Union has announced a EUR430 million support package to ramp up Vietnam’s Bac Ai Pumped Storage Hydropower Project, a flagship initiative under the country’s Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP).

The 16th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Sports (SOMS 16), the 8th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Sports (AMMS 8) and related meetings will be held in Hanoi from October 13-17, announced at a press briefing on October 9.

Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son on October 9 signed a decision establishing the Vietnam Sub-Committee under the Joint Committee of the Vietnam–Cuba Trade Agreement.

Product identification and traceability remain the two pillars of modern market management, Tran Huu Linh, Director General of the Department of Domestic Market Management and Development under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said at a conference on October 9 on enhancing the value of Vietnamese products.

VOV.VN - Addressing a high-level session as part of the Global Gateway Forum in Brussels on October 9, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son called on the international community to pursue strategic adaptation and inclusive multilateralism in response to a rapidly evolving and unpredictable global environment.