Nearly 18 billion cashless transactions were recorded in the first nine months of 2025, with total value surpassing VND260 quadrillion (nearly US$10 billion), according to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s Payment Department.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Poland Ha Hoang Hai, authorised by the President, posthumously bestowed a Friendship Order on late Polish architect Kazimierz Kwiatkowski, in recognition of his contributions to the preservation of Vietnam’s cultural and historical heritage sites.

VOV.VN - Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain in Vietnam’s central provinces have killed 16 people and left 5 others missing, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Trinh Thi Tam and a working delegation from the embassy visited Sri Lanka’s Northern Province from November 17-19 to promote economic–trade cooperation, explore investment potential and enhance locality-to-locality ties between the two countries.