Vietnam is an important partner of the UK, Director for Asia-Pacific at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Mark Gooding said at a ceremony marking Vietnam’s 81st National Day in London on September 23.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam received representatives from the Canada–Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group at the Parliament of Canada on September 24 (local time) as part of his State visit to Canada.

Vietnam and Canada have issued a joint statement on their Strategic Partnership, which was established during a state visit to the North American nation by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam.

VOV.VN - Registered foreign direct investment (FDI) in Ho Chi Minh City had topped US$17.2 billion as of September 19, 2026, about 4.19 times the figure recorded a year earlier and equivalent to 156.6% of the full-year target.

VOV.VN - Sun Group and Visa, a global leader in digital payments technology, on September 23 officially established a comprehensive strategic partnership, as part of the official visit to the US by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam and a high-level Vietnamese delegation.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam arrived at Macdonald-Cartier International Airport in Ottawa on the evening of September 23 (local time), beginning a State visit to Canada.

VOV.VN - Parliamentary cooperation is emerging as an important channel for Vietnam and Finland to deepen political ties and turn the directions of their Strategic Partnership into more concrete areas of cooperation.

VOV.VN - Over the past half-century, Vietnam and Canada have built an extensive cooperation network spanning politics, economics, and defence to education, Official Development Assistance, and people-to-people exchanges, laying the foundation for the continued development of bilateral ties.

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) held a gathering on September 22 to mark the 77th founding anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, highlighting the role of people-to-people diplomacy in fostering Vietnam-China friendship and solidarity.

VOV.VN - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised up its growth forecast for Vietnam to 7.8% in 2026 and 7.6% in 2027, citing stronger-than-expected economic performance in the first half of the year, according to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) September 2026 released on September 23.