VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of USD 4.67 billion during the first five months of 2025, with total foreign trade reaching USD 355.79 billion, up 15.7 per cent year-on-year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with leaders of several major Estonian corporations in Tallinn on June 6 to boost investment and business cooperation in Vietnam.

Authorities in Lam Dong Province have approved a VND 18 trillion (approximately USD 690 million) expressway project connecting the Central Highlands region with southern Vietnam.

Vietnam Airlines and China Southern Airlines have announced the launch of the first joint venture between a Vietnamese and a Chinese carrier, set to take effect on August 1, 2025.

Thousands of supplement boxes have been found dumped in large heaps on a vacant lot in HCM City, sparking concerns over a possible attempt to dispose of counterfeit or substandard products.

PM Pham Minh Chinh held talks with his Estonian counterpart Kristen Michal in the capital of Tallinn on June 6 morning (local time) within the framework of his official visit to Estonia.

Vietnam’s consumer price index recorded a steady increase in May, while trade and investment activities demonstrated strong momentum in the first five months of 2025.

HCM City is set to see a heavy and widespread rainy spell, starting from this weekend, with total rainfall of 250–300mm.

Prolonged heavy rainfall has triggered severe flash floods and landslides in Nhon Mai Commune, Tuong Duong District, in the central province of Nghe An.

A crocodile measuring approximately 2 metres in length and weighing around 150 kilogrammes was spotted in a canal in Giong Trom District, Ben Tre Province.

Foreign investment in Vietnam reached nearly USD 18.4 billion in the first five months of 2025, a 51 per cent increase year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Finance’s Foreign Investment Agency.

Estonian Parliament Speaker Lauri Hussar has lauded Vietnam’s increasing role and position in the Asia-Pacific region, and affirmed that Vietnam is one of Estonia’s key partners in Southeast Asia.

The northern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to witness a new widespread heatwave front in the days to come.

A volunteer group in Quang Ngai Province has purchased 35 egg-bearing king crabs to release into the waters off Ly Son Island District.

The retail prices of petrol were revised up to more than VND 19,000 per litre from 3 pm on June 5 in a price adjustment by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Finance.

Vietnamese businesses have continued to ink a similar memorandum of understanding worth USD 600 million with partners in the state of Ohio.

A 200kg dolphin showing signs of exhaustion was successfully returned to the sea on the morning of June 5 after being found stranded near Pier 5 of Tien Sa Port in Danang.

PM Pham Minh Chinh arrived in the capital of Tallinn on June 5 morning (local time), starting their three-day official visit to Estonia at the invitation of Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal.

Fashion and retail shops along several major streets in Hanoi's Old Quarter have unexpectedly shut down in recent days, leaving once-bustling streets unusually quiet.