[VOVWORLD] - Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ranked 16th on the list of the world's top 50 shopping destinations for 2026, as announced by the renowned Indian travel magazine Travel And Tour World (TTW).

[VOVWORLD] - The 3D mapping film “Nurturing Talent” was premiered on Friday evening in Hanoi’s Temple of Literature, concluding the festival program held in anticipation of the 950th anniversary of Quoc Tu Giam (Imperial Academy), Vietnam’s first university this year.

[VOVWORLD] - The Central Committee of the Vietnam Youth Federation, in collaboration with the Vietnam Association of Youth with Disabilities, organized the “Shining Vietnamese Resilience 2026” event on Friday.

[VOVWORLD] - An Giang province is accelerating the progress of 21 key projects in preparation for the 2027 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Phu Quoc.

[VOVWORLD] - Minister of Finance Ngo Van Tuan on Friday evening performed the gong-striking ceremony in Hanoi, marking the milestone of Vietnam’s stock market transitioning from "Frontier" to "Secondary Emerging" market status under FTSE Russell’s classification to take effect from Sep. 21.

[VOVWORLD] - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam on Friday presided over a ceremony in Hanoi to present decisions appointing ambassadors of Vietnam to foreign countries.

[VOVWORLD] - A gong ceremony marking Vietnam's official entry into the FTSE GEIS emerging market index was held at a conference in Hanoi on Friday.

[VOVWORLD] - The UN nuclear watchdog on Thursday expressed concern over increased nuclear activities in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and called on Pyongyang to end those activities.

[VOVWORLD] - Party General Secretary and State President To Lam’s participation in the High-Level Week of the UN General Assembly reaffirms the importance Vietnam attaches to multilateralism and the central role of the United Nations, Ambassador Do Hung Viet, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, told Vietnamese media in New York on Thursday.

[VOVWORLD] - Vietnam U23 moved a step closer to the quarter-finals of the men’s football tournament at the 2026 Asian Games after defeating the Philippines 2-0 in their second Group C match at CS Asset Minato Soccer Stadium in Nagoya, Japan.