Viet Nam and Mexico will strengthen coordination and enhance delegation exchanges between the Vietnamese National Assembly and the Mexican Senate and Chamber of Deputies, while sharing experience in lawmaking and parliamentary activities among committees and promoting the role of the two parliamentary friendship groups.

Canadian government agencies, experts, and businesses are seeking opportunities to expand trade, investment, and agricultural technology cooperation with Viet Nam amid growing demand for market diversification and sustainable agricultural supply chains, viewing the country as an important market and a gateway to Southeast Asia.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President To Lam and a high-ranking delegation of Viet Nam attended a ceremony in Canberra on August 11 to inaugurate Viet Nam House and meet with representatives of the Vietnamese community in Australia and Solomon Islands, as part of his State visit to Australia.

Head of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for Publicity Trinh Van Quyet led a delegation comprising officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Voice of Viet Nam (VOV), and Viet Nam News Agency (VNA), to visit the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in Sydney on August 10 (local time).

Retail prices of all major fuel products were adjusted from 3pm on August 6, lowering gasoline and fuel oil prices while raising diesel prices, according to a joint decision by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Finance.

General Phan Van Giang, Politburo Member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of National Defence, chaired a meeting in Ha Noi, on August 2, with National Assembly deputies serving in the military ahead of the first extraordinary session of the 16th National Assembly.

Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung held a meeting in Ha Noi on July 30 with Linda Tan, President of the Southeast Asia Semiconductor Association (SEMI Southeast Asia), and representatives of its member companies to discuss expanding cooperation in developing Viet Nam's semiconductor industry and strengthening its integration into regional and global supply chains.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung on July 29 sent a message of condolences to Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae over significant losses of life and property caused by a recent earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture and the Kyushu region.

The Vietnamese and Lao supreme courts have agreed to further strengthen cooperation, with a focus on judicial reform, digital transformation, personnel training and development of electronic courts.

Responding to a reporter's question about recent clashes around Bai Co May (internationally known as Second Thomas Shoal) in the East Sea/South China Sea, Hang said Viet Nam urged the parties concerned to act with restraint, respect the sovereign rights and jurisdiction of coastal states over their exclusive economic zones and continental shelves as established in accordance with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and fully and effectively implement the DOC.

International passenger traffic through Viet Nam’s airports continued its strong recovery in the first half of 2026, with the number of international travellers increasing 15.4% year-on-year, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Viet Nam (CAAV).

Nguyen Minh Tam reaffirmed that the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos would continue acting as a bridge to promote cooperation between Vientiane province and Vietnamese localities and businesses, helping improve the effectiveness of joint projects in the coming years.

The combined value of Viet Nam's 100 most valuable brands rose 11% year-on-year to 43 billion USD in 2026, according to the latest “Vietnam 100 2026” report released by London-based brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance.

Viet Nam is steadily moving beyond its role as a simple production base to become a higher-value link in global industrial value chains, driven by strong economic growth, political stability, a skilled workforce and deeper integration into international supply networks, a French expert has said.