VIETNAM TODAY

After a robust five-week rally to start the year, Vietnam’s stock market entered its first correction phase of 2026 last week.

A delegation of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has attended the 2nd Global Buddhist Summit, which opened in New Delhi, India, on the morning of January 24.

HCM City's police said they have dismantled a criminal ring involved in the illegal possession and organisation of drug use, arresting a group that includes eight South Korean nationals.

HCM City will allow the installation of electric motorbike battery-swapping facilities on sidewalks starting this month, according to the city’s Department of Construction.

Eight international cruise ships from Italy, France, Malta, Bermuda and the Bahamas are set to call at Khanh Hoa in 2026, highlighting rising global interest in the destination.

Vietnam’s shift to a digital single-window system marks a break from manual processes, unfolding under stricter compliance rules and clearer penalties.

A carpenter from Bac Ninh Province has become a social media sensation thanks to his spectacular fleet of wooden supercars modeled after luxury brands such as Lamborghini, Mercedes, and Bugatti.

Growers in Binh Loi, Ho Chi Minh City’s largest apricot blossom village, are hiring extra workers to strip leaves as they race to prepare trees for the Lunar New Year or Tet Festival.

A United Kingdom trade delegation visited Vietnam from January 19 to 23, bringing together leading British companies in railways, transit-oriented development and building information modelling (BIM).

Fitch Ratings has upgraded Vietnam’s senior secured long-term debt instruments from BB+ to BBB-, according to the Ministry of Finance.

A cluster bomb left over from the war was discovered near a primary school in Hue City, prompting authorities to secure and safely remove the ordnance on January 23.

The 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam has adopted a resolution setting out the country’s strategic vision for national development over the coming decades.

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and his spouse will pay a state visit to Vietnam from January 26 to 27.

Vietnam is aiming for total agro-forestry-fishery export turnover of USD 73-74 billion in 2026, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment said at a press briefing in Ho Chi Minh City on January 23.

Hanoi’s temperature fell to as low as 9 degrees Celsius as a fresh cold front swept across the city, with workers lighting small fires on pavements to keep warm through the bitter night.

The newly elected 14th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has unanimously elected To Lam to continue serving as General Secretary for the new term.

Peach blossoms in Hanoi’s Nhat Tan Village have bloomed nearly a month early, raising fears of heavy losses as unusually warm weather disrupts the peak Tet flower season.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport is expected to record its busiest days during the 2026 Lunar New Year or Tet holiday on February 13-14 and February 21-22.

The 14th Party Central Committee convened its first meeting at the Party Central Committee's headquarters in Hanoi on the morning of January 23.