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 - 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.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese national men’s football team have climbed one spot to 110th in the latest FIFA world rankings, according to the world’s football governing body.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of National Defence on November 20 deployed two Mi-171 helicopters to the severely flooded areas of Khanh Hoa and Dak Lak provinces to conduct emergency search-and-rescue operations and deliver relief supplies.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in coordination with Quang Ninh province and the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam, held a press conference in Hanoi on November 19 to provide information about the upcoming Vietnam–Japan local cooperation forum.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Algerian counterpart Sifi Ghrieb attended the Vietnam – Algeria economic forum in Algiers on November 19 afternoon (local time), seeking to secure a productive and sustainable economic partnership between the two countries.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 19 afternoon met with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who said the traditional friendship between Vietnam and Algeria is a priceless asset that should be maintained, promoted, and lifted to a new height to meet both peoples’ aspirations and interests.

VOV.VN - Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Woo Won-shik and his spouse arrived in Hanoi on November 20, beginning their official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man.

Vietnam’s capital market has shown impressive performance in 2025, led by two major initial public offerings (IPOs) in the financial sector that together raised roughly US$1 billion.