Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien met with Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao in Kuala Lumpur on October 27, on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit and related meetings, to discuss measures for further boosting bilateral economic and trade relations.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and her Armenian counterpart Mnatsakan Safaryan reviewed the two countries' relations and discussed ways for fostering ties in the time ahead while co-chairing the Vietnam – Armenia political consultation in Hanoi on October 27.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung held separate meetings with his Cambodian, Thai, Philippine and Japanese counterparts in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 27 on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit and related summits.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 27 afternoon held separate meetings with Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit in Malaysia.

Construction began on the Houaphanh provincial Radio and Television Station, a gift from the Vietnamese Government to the Lao Government and people of Houaphanh province, on October 27.

The Autumn Fair 2025, open to the public at the Vietnam Exposition Centre in Hanoi's Dong Anh commune until November 4, is expected to become the season's largest cultural and trade event.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on October 27 afternoon met with Kim Deawon, Executive Vice President of Samsung E&A, a subsidiary of the Republic of Korea's Samsung Group, to review progress of several water supply and wastewater treatment projects in the Mekong Delta.