Cuban media have underscored the significance of President of the National Assembly of People’s Power and President of the Council of the State of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernández’s official visit to Vietnam from September 30 to October 5.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese economy maintained solid growth momentum during the nine-month period of 2025, with gross domestic product (GDP) estimated to rise 7.85% year-on-year, the second-highest rate in the 2011-2025 period, only after the 9.44% recorded in the same period of 2022.

President of the National Assembly of People’s Power and President of the Council of State of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernández left Hanoi on October 5 night, successfully concluding his six-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in the third quarter of 2025 is estimated to have risen by 10% year on year, marking a rare double-digit increase in recent years, according to the Statistics Office of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Top rowers from across Asia will gather in the port city of Hai Phong from October 11 to 19 for the Asian Rowing Championships 2025, featuring 232 athletes as well as officials and coaches from 18 countries.

VOV.VN - This week, both domestic and international investors are closely watching October 8, when FTSE Russell is set to release its periodic market classification review, including the potential upgrade of Vietnam’s stock market from frontier to emerging status.

VOV.VN - Typhoon Matmo made landfall in the Fangcheng area of China’s Guangxi province, near the Vietnam–China border on October 6, before weakening into a tropical depression as it moved deeper into the northern mountainous regions of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Quang Tri Provincial Border Guard on October 5 dismantled a major transnational drug trafficking ring, arresting two Lao nationals and seizing 500 kilograms of synthetic drugs.

VOV.VN - The PPA Tour Asia-MB Vietnam Cup 2025, co-organized by FPT Play, has officially been recognized by Guinness World Records as the pickleball tournament with the largest live audience in the world, surpassing the previous record set in the US, with over 7,900 spectators in attendance.

Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) has announced that 91 wild animals were released back into the forest at Tam Dao National Park in late September following successful rehabilitation at the Hanoi Wildlife Rescue Centre.