Export value through border gates in the northern province of Lao Cai reached 636 million USD during the six-month period, up 62% from a year earlier and accounting for more than half of the province's total border trade. Agricultural products remained the dominant export category, making up over 90% of outbound shipments.
Vietnamese authorities handled more than 30 cases involving the illegal sale and theft of personal data between 2023 and 2025, affecting over 160 million data records across sectors including health, education, finance, banking and telecommunications.
Statistics Indonesia earlier reported that potential domestic rice production this year is estimated at 34.79 million tonnes, up 4.17 million tonnes or 13.6% from 30.62 million tones in 2024.
The trio of Nguyen Thuy Trang, Trinh Thu Vinh and Trieu Thi Hoa Hong delivered an impressive performance in the women’s 10m air pistol team event on December 14. Competing with consistency and precision, the Vietnamese shooters amassed a total of 1,711 points to win the gold medal and shatter the SEA Games record.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, coffee exports in the first eight months of 2025 reached 1.2 million tonnes, worth 6.42 billion USD. This represents an 8.7% rise in volume and a remarkable 59.1% increase in value compared to the same period last year. With this momentum, export earnings can approach 8 billion USD in the 2024–2025 crop year, far surpassing the record 5.6 billion USD of 2024.
Twenty teams with over 60 chefs from localities across Vietnam set a Vietnam record for cooking the largest number of artichoke dishes at one time with 100 dishes using artichoke at a cooking contest in Da Lat city in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong on September 19.
Vietnamese athletes Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Hoang Thi Minh Hanh, Nguyen Thi Huyen, and Nguyen Thi Hang won a gold medal in the women’s 4x400 relay event at the 25th Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.
Swimmer Pham Thanh Bao once again excelled when winning the gold medal in the men's 200m breaststroke on May 10 at the ongoing SEA Games 32 in Cambodia.
The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) has announced that the country’s wholesales and retail trade in December 2022 reached a record high of 137.3 billion RM (31.9 billion USD), up 13.8% year-on-year.
By the end of November, the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) had completed all targets of finance and oil and gas exploitation and production in 2022 ahead of schedule, and set new records in revenue and pre-tax profit, according to its General Director Le Manh Hung.
Vietnamese swimmers continued to break six more records at the ongoing 11th ASEAN Para Games in Indonesia, winning more gold medals on August 4, the fifth day of the competition.
Singapore’s Teong Tzen Wei on May 19 set a record in Southeast Asia in the men’s 50m freestyle swimming at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) in Vietnam.
Meritorious Artist Tien Hoi, who passed away in Hanoi at the age of 63 on February 10, is a record holder for playing President Ho Chi Minh on screen and stage, for more than 40 times.
The Ministry of Health reported 11,321 new COVID-19 infections, including 22 imported cases, in the past 24 hours to 18pm on August 21, a record high figure since the start of the outbreak in Vietnam.
The disbursement of public investment was estimated at 398 trillion VND (17.24 billion USD) as of the end of December, meeting 82.8 percent of the Government’s plan – the highest rate in the 2016-20 period, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
The decision was based on five applications for world records of Vietnamese cuisine which were nominated by Vietnam Records Organization (VietKings) since early 2020.
In recent years, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) capital flow into Viet Nam keeps increasing and has become an important factor in the economic growth of Viet Nam.
