Hanoi (VNA) – The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency.
– Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held talks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Rio de Janeiro at noon on July 5 (local time), as part of his working trip to Brazil to attend the expanded BRICS summit and bilateral activities.
PM Chinh highly valued Brazil's growing role in promoting global agendas, believing that Brazil will continue to further promote its role in important multilateral mechanisms when holding the role of G20 Chair in 2024 and Chair of BRICS, COP30 and Mercosur in 2025. Read full story
– The Vietnamese Government will create all favourable conditions for Brazilian investors to cooperate and invest successfully and sustainably in the Southeast Asian country, PM Pham Minh Chinh has said.
PM Chinh made the promise at the Vietnam – Brazil Business Forum held in Rio de Janeiro on July 5 afternoon (local time). Read full story
– PM Pham Minh Chinh received Brazilian Minister of Agriculture Carlos Fávaro in Rio de Janeiro on July 5 afternoon (local time), on the occasion of his trip to the South American country to attend the expanded BRICS summit and bilateral activities.
He believed that the results of this visit will open up a new era for agricultural cooperation between the two countries, making agriculture a breakthrough area of bilateral cooperation. Read full story
– Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang hosted a reception for Chief of Defence Forces of Thailand Gen. Songwit Noonpackdee in Hanoi on July 5.
Giang affirmed that Vietnam always attaches great importance to strengthening its close friendship and good cooperation with Thailand. Read full story
– With a persuasive 4–0 victory over Guam in Group E of the 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers, Vietnam have officially secured a place in the final round, set to take place in Australia in March 2026.
The win places Vietnam at the top of Group E with nine points after three matches. Under the guidance of head coach Mai Duc Chung, the team delivered a dominant performance throughout the qualifiers, scoring 17 goals and conceding none. Read full story
– All efforts as well as results of Vietnam in the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), one of the world’s most important human rights treaties, will be reported by a Vietnamese delegation during a dialogue on its country report, held from July 7-8 in Geneva, Switzerland, within the framework of the 144th session of the Human Rights Committee (HRC).
Considering the dialogue an opportunity to introduce Vietnam’s efforts and achieved results, the Vietnamese delegation will participate in the session with an open, sincere, cooperative, and constructive spirit. Read full story
– The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has selected a design by To Minh Trang from Hanoi as the official logo for the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution's success (August 19, 1945–2025) and the National Day (September 2, 1945–2025).
The logo will be used in all official communication activities marking the historic milestones. Read full story
– The Vietnamese economy achieved its strongest performance in over a decade, with gross domestic product (GDP) rising by 7.52% in the first half of the year, the highest since 2011, according to the Ministry of Finance’s National Statistics Office of Vietnam (NSO).
NSO Director Nguyen Thi Huong highlighted that this was a positive result, reflecting the whole political system’s determination, concerted efforts, and drastic actions in managing and implementing socio-economic development tasks amidst regional and global volatility. Read full story
– Vietnam’s total import-export turnover reached 432.03 billion USD in the first half of 2025, marking a 16.1% increase compared to the same period last year, the NSO reported on July 5.
The country's export earnings grew by 14.4%, while its import turnover rose by 17.9%, resulting in a trade surplus of 7.63 billion USD. Read full story
– 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.
The H1 figure stood at 49% of the full-year target of 22-23 million tourists, but it should be noted that the peak international tourism season in Vietnam lasts from October to March, according to the NSO. Read full story
– Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) increased by 3.31% in the second quarter of 2025 as compared with the same period last year, the NSO noted.
In the second quarter, among the 11 main commodity groups, prices rose in 10 groups while only postal and telecommunications services declined. Read full story
– Foreign investors registered a total of 21.5 billion USD in investments in Vietnam during the first half of 2025, up 32.6% year-on-year, the Ministry of Finance's Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) revealed in its latest report.
Of the total, newly registered capital accounted for nearly 9.3 billion USD across 1,988 new projects. Meanwhile, adjusted capital reached approximately 8.95 billion USD through 826 existing projects and investment via capital contributions and share purchases totalled nearly 3.3 billion USD. Read full story./.
