(VOVWORLD) - On the occasion of the 71st anniversary of the Capital’s Liberation Day (October 10, 1954 – October 10, 2025), the Hanoi People’s Committee on Thursday broke ground on the Nam Thang Long – Tran Hung Dao section of the Hanoi Metro Line 2 project, with a total investment more than 1.3 billion USD.

(VOVWORLD) - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) To Lam held talks with General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un at the WPK headquarters on Thursday in Pyongyang following the solemn welcome ceremony for the top Vietnamese Party leader.

(VOVWORLD) - The global economy is holding up better than expected despite ongoing uncertainties and a weak medium-term growth outlook, said head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on the first phase of a peace plan for Gaza, US President Donald Trump said Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi’s economy maintained strong growth in the first 9 months of 2025, with GDP growth reaching 7.9% year-on-year, along with breakthroughs in key indicators, according to the Hanoi Statistics Office.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is set to top growth charts among developing East Asia and Pacific economies in 2025, with GDP forecast to expand 6.6%, the region's quickest pace, according to the World Bank (WB)'s East Asia and Pacific Economic Update for October.

(VOVWORLD) - 74 communes in northern provinces of Thai Nguyen, Cao Bang, Bac Ninh, and Lang Son are battling severe flooding, with some areas submerged up to 3 meters, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. 8 people have been reported killed, 5 missing, and 7 others injured.

(VOVWORLD) - British media outlets and experts on Wednesday hailed FTSE Russell’s upgrade of Vietnam from frontier to secondary emerging market status as a watershed moment for Vietnam’s economy and financial market.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam has been making efforts to boost reciprocal tariff negotiations with the US, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan said, adding that in October and November, the Vietnamese negotiators will travel to the US to come forward with finalizing the reciprocal trade deal.

(VOVWORLD) -General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un chaired a welcome ceremony in Pyongyang on Thursday morning for General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation who are in the DPRK for a state visit and attendance of the 80th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea.