Viet Nam’s agricultural, forestry and fishery sector maintained positive growth in the first eight months of 2026, with exports reaching 49.3 billion USD and a trade surplus of 14.25 billion USD. The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment is stepping up measures in the final four months of the year to meet or exceed all 15 key targets set for 2026.

One of the significant tasks in combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is to prevent fishing in foreign waters. In recent times, officers and soldiers of Coast Guard Region 3 Command have remained on duty in adjacent waters to prevent such violations early and from afar.

Viet Nam and India agreed to make better use of complementary strengths, ease market access difficulties and facilitate business activities toward achieving the 25 billion USD bilateral trade target.

Thanking President Ndayishimiye and the Burundi Government for supporting the effective operation of Lumitel, the telecommunications joint venture of Viet Nam’s Viettel Group in Burundi, Prime Minister Le Minh Hung proposed that Burundi continue facilitating Lumitel’s participation in e-government and digital transformation projects, while enabling it to expand investment and business activities, making it a symbol of bilateral cooperation.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President To Lam, his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, and a high-ranking delegation of Viet Nam arrived in Paris early in the morning of September 10 (local time), beginning an official visit to France and attendance at the International Space Summit at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron.

Viet Nam has emerged as the most attractive destination in ASEAN for European businesses planning expansion, with nearly two thirds of surveyed firms intending to expand operations in the country over the next five years, according to the EU-ASEAN Business Council’s 12th Business Sentiment Survey released recently.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President To Lam met with Chairman of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) Gennady Zyuganov in Moscow on September 7 afternoon (local time).

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung called on Japanese businesses to continue trusting and choosing Viet Nam as a long-term investment destination, expand their operations and work more closely with Vietnamese partners to fully tap the substantial potential for cooperation between the two economies.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on August 27 discussed a draft revised Law on Lawyers, which proposes allowing law lecturers to become lawyers and cutting the qualification process from four steps to two.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung held meetings with Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing and Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw (Lower House) and Chairman of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) Khin Yi on August 26.

Viet Nam’s agricultural exports to the European Union (EU) rose by 2.2% year-on-year in the first six months of 2026. Despite this growth, the bloc continues to exert mounting competitive pressures on exporters due to policies aimed at diversifying supply sources, along with increasingly stringent requirements for traceability and sustainable development.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung has ordered ministries, agencies and local authorities to strengthen measures to ensure national security, public order and social safety during the National Day holiday from August 29 to September 2.

The two sides reviewed bilateral relations since the previous consultation in Ha Noi in February 2025 and discussed concrete orientations and measures to address difficulties and promote cooperation between the two countries and their foreign ministries. They agreed to closely coordinate preparations for high-level delegation exchanges, particularly those scheduled for the remaining months of 2026.

The opportunity for the August Revolution matured in mid-August 1945. At that time, the anti-Japanese national salvation movement, launched by the Party after Japan's coup ousting the French from Viet Nam and Indochina on March 9, 1945, had reached its peak. The people refused to accept the harsh rule of Japanese fascists and their puppet administration and were eager to rise up to win independence and the right to live.