Ho Chi Minh City authorities have approved 17 commercial housing projects for sale to foreign individuals and organisations, in a move aimed at expanding regulated foreign access to the local real estate market.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son had bilateral meetings with Foreign Ministers of Japan and Switzerland on the sidelines of the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM-58) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 10.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and Polish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski co-chaired a deputy ministerial-level political consultation in Warsaw on July 8, discussing recent developments in bilateral cooperation.

ASEAN plays a role as a "beacon of peace" and a model regional organisation for dialogue, cooperation, and the peaceful settlement of differences, Vietnamese Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son stated at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat within the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM-58).

VOV.VN - The ASEAN Police Football Open 2025 kicked off at Hang Day Stadium in Hanoi on July 9, with the participation of eight teams from six countries in the region and beyond.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son separately met with Lao, Cambodian and Thai foreign ministers on the sidelines of the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 58) and Post Ministerial Conferences in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 8.

Vietnam welcomed nearly 10.7 million international arrivals in the first half of 2025, marking an increase of nearly 21% compared to the same period last year, and up 26% compared to 2019 – the ‘golden era’ of Vietnamese tourism before COVID-19 pandemic struck.

Overseas investment by Vietnamese firms in the first half of 2025 surged more than 3.5 times, reaching over US$487 million, the Ministry of Finance's Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) reported.

Vietnam’s Foreign Trade University (FTU) received a special recognition from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at the awards ceremony of the International Prize for Gender Equality in Trade held at the WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on July 2.

The Immigration Division of southern Dong Nai province has issued Level-2 electronic identification (e-ID) accounts to over 200 foreign residents during the first two days of implementation, as part of the Ministry of Public Security’s 50-day campaign running from July 1 through August 19.