From August 26 to 28, 2026, in Dien Bien province, the inter-agency coordination groups of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the Lao People's Democratic Republic conducted a review of the implementation of the 2007 Hanoi Agreement to assess implementation results, discuss difficulties and challenges, and propose solutions to further facilitate the movement of people, vehicles and goods across the border between the two countries.

On the morning of August 27, 2026, as part of his working visit to Seoul, the Republic of Korea, Minister of Industry and Trade Le Manh Hung visited and held a working session at the Guri diesel reserve facility managed by the Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC).

Ensuring a safe and stable power supply is a fundamental prerequisite for realizing Vietnam's double-digit economic growth target in the new development phase.

On the morning of August 26, 2026, during his working visit to Seoul, the Republic of Korea, Minister of Industry and Trade Le Manh Hung visited and held a working session with the Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea.

On the afternoon of August 26, 2026, as part of his working visit to Seoul, the Republic of Korea, Minister of Industry and Trade Le Manh Hung held meetings with the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Daewoo E&C and the Chief Executive Officer of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) to discuss orientations for expanding energy cooperation between Viet Nam and the Republic of Korea.

On the afternoon of August 26, 2026, in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Le Manh Hung and RoK Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources Kim Jung-kwan co-chaired the 15th session of the Vietnam - Republic of Korea Joint Committee on Trade, Industry and Energy Cooperation and the 9th session of the Vietnam - Korea Free Trade Agreement (VKFTA) Joint Committee.

From August 12 to 17, 2026, the Trade Office under the Consulate General of Viet Nam in Houston, Texas, organized working sessions with a number of associations and businesses in the southern United States operating in the food and beverage sector.

As part of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s project on “Promoting Vietnamese enterprises’ direct participation in overseas distribution networks through 2030,” the Department of Foreign Market Development, in coordination with the Department of Commerce of Yunnan Province, organized the “Week promoting Viet Nam’s distinctive export products in Yunnan, China” in Kunming, Yunnan Province, from August 21 to 24, 2026.

In light of recent developments in rice trade between Viet Nam and the Philippines, particularly the Philippines' initiation of a safeguard investigation into imported rice, and with a view to promptly exchanging views, addressing outstanding issues and promoting the implementation of cooperation activities in rice trade between the two countries, an inter-agency delegation led by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), together with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), the Vietnamese ...

On the afternoon of August 19, 2026, the Executive Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Trade CPV Organisation (MoIT CPV Committee) held a conference to disseminate and implement Conclusion No. 207-KL/TW of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat regarding the continued execution of Directive No. 30-CT/TW on consumer protection.In line with Plan No. 22-KH/ĐUB dated December 5, 2025, of the MoIT CPV Committee, on the afternoon of August 19, 2026, the MoIT CPV Committee, with the Party Committee of the National Competition Commission ...

Not merely a place for signing contracts, trade promotion programs are opening doors for Vietnamese footwear businesses to meet the right customers, gain a clearer understanding of market trends and seek partners to develop domestic materials and components.

On August 20, a seminar on “Trade and investment promotion and business connectivity between Viet Nam and Chile in energy equipment and industrial electrical machinery and equipment” was held in Chile.