As part of General Secretary and State President To Lam’s state visit to the Kingdom of Denmark from October 19 to 21, 2026, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Truong Thanh Hoai met with Lars Frelle-Petersen, Permanent Secretary at Denmark’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities (MCEU), in Copenhagen on October 20 to discuss bilateral energy cooperation and the implementation of the Vietnam-Denmark Energy Partnership Program for 2026-2030.

On October 18, 2026, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Deputy Minister Luong Hoang Thai met with Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, who was leading an Icelandic delegation on a working visit to Viet Nam. The two sides discussed measures to bring the Viet Nam - European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Free Trade Agreement into force as soon as possible and promote cooperation in geothermal energy and fisheries.

On the morning of October 16, the Politburo and the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Viet Nam held a nationwide conference to study, disseminate, and implement the Resolution of the Fourth Plenum of the 14th Party Central Committee.

On the morning of October 16, 2026, in Baku, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Phan Thi Thang met with Azerbaijan’s Minister of Energy, Parviz Shahbazov, as part of the delegation accompanying Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan to the 7th CICA Summit and bilateral activities in Azerbaijan.

On the afternoon of 16 October in Ha Noi, the Ministry of Industry and Trade held the 10th Viet Nam National Brand announcement ceremony for 2026, honouring 499 products and services from 227 businesses.

On 15 October, at the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s headquarters, Deputy Minister Nguyen Viet Son met with Ville Tavio, Finland’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, to discuss measures to strengthen bilateral cooperation in trade, investment, technology, energy and the circular economy.

On October 13, 2026, the Agency of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) held a conference in Dong Thap province to disseminate Government Decree No. 365/2026/ND-CP dated September 23, 2026, on rice export and import business, and Circular No. 65/2026/TT-BCT dated October 1, 2026, issued by the Minister of Industry and Trade, detailing certain provisions and measures for implementing Decree No. 365/2026/ND-CP.

From 8 to 10 October 2026, Minister of Industry and Trade Le Manh Hung joined the high-level delegation of the Vietnamese Government led by Prime Minister Le Minh Hung on official visits to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Kingdom of Cambodia. During the visits, the Minister participated in high-level diplomatic activities and represented Viet Nam in exchanging important cooperation documents in the industry and trade sector, contributing to strengthening the framework for cooperation and promoting economic, trade and energy ...

On October 7, the Party Committees of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE) held a conference on the transfer of two grassroots Party organizations.

The 20th Industrial Promotion Conference for Northern Provinces and Cities in 2026 was held in Hai Phong City on the afternoon of October 1, with discussions focusing on renewing industrial promotion activities.

According to Nguyen Thi Lam Giang, the online management system for science and technology tasks digitises the entire lifecycle of tasks on a unified nationwide database.

On the morning of September 30 in Hanoi, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) held a conference to gather broad feedback on a draft decree replacing the Government’s existing decrees on petroleum trading.