Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 27 received visiting Portuguese Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Paulo Rangel, during which he affirmed that Vietnam attaches great importance to and wants to further deepen friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Portugal.

Vietnam is emerging as an attractive destination for artificial intelligence (AI) data centre investment, competing strongly with Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines in the race to attract AI infrastructure in Southeast Asia, Indonesia's The Jakarta Post assessed in a recent article.

Vietnam continues to stand out as one of Asia’s most attractive destinations for foreign direct investment (FDI), with strong inflows recorded last year and positive prospects for 2026, according to a recent article published by Sputnik.

VOV.VN - Coach Mai Duc Chung and his players departed Hanoi on February 27 for Australia to compete in the 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup, aiming to secure a second berth at the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Cambodia agreed to accelerate the implementation of high-level agreements during a meeting in Phnom Penh on February 27 between Nguyen Minh Vu, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, and Neth Savoeun, First Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia.

As the coordinator for ASEAN-UK relations for the 2024–2027 term, Vietnam is committed to advancing cooperation in priority areas while upholding ASEAN centrality, Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Pham Viet Hung said at the recent ASEAN-UK Dialogue on Sustainability in Bangkok, Thailand.

Vietnam has still maintained stable Internet connectivity amid a malfunction on the AAE-1 undersea cable, thanks to its backup infrastructure and the Vietnam–Singapore Terrestrial Cable Network (VSTN), according to the Vietnam Telecommunications Authority under the Ministry of Science and Technology.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam on February 27 visited Huu Nghi Hospital in Hanoi to extend congratulations to healthcare workers on Vietnam Doctors’ Day (February 27, 1955 – 2026), reaffirming the country’s commitment to universal health coverage.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has made a notable impression at the South Asia Travel and Tourism Exchange (SATTE) 2026 in India, with Vietnam Airlines and more than 30 tourism enterprises showcasing the country’s growing aviation and tourism connectivity with India.

VOV.VN - The 11th Japan-Vietnam Festival (JVF 2026) will return to Ho Chi Minh City this March with its largest-ever scale, featuring more than 300 booths and a diverse lineup of cultural, economic and people-to-people exchange activities, heard a press conference on February 27.