Author: OMN AI

Foreign investors carried out 1,815 capital contribution and share purchase transactions in Vietnam during the first seven months of this year, with total capital exceeding 6.5 billion dollars, according to figures highlighting a notable shift in the character of foreign investment flowing into the country. While the total number of transactions fell 8.4 percent compared with the same period last year, the overall value of those transactions surged 61.6 percent, suggesting international investors are increasingly pursuing larger, more concentrated deals rather than spreading capital across a greater number of smaller transactions. This divergence between transaction volume and transaction value points…

Vietnam has finalized its shooting squad for the upcoming Asian Games, confirming that fifteen shooters will compete across eighteen of the twenty eight total medal events on offer in the discipline. The announcement gives Vietnamese sporting fans a clearer picture of the country’s medal ambitions in one of its traditionally competitive Olympic sports heading into the continental competition later this month. Officials have identified four specific disciplines as the primary focus for Vietnam’s medal hopes within the shooting programme. The ten meter air pistol event, women’s twenty five meter sport pistol, men’s twenty five meter rapid fire pistol, and air…

Vietnam’s women’s national volleyball team capped a strong showing at the 2026 AVC Women’s Volleyball Continental Championship in Tianjin, China, advancing through the group stage to reach the tournament’s quarterfinal round, where the team faced host nation China. The result continues Vietnam’s steady ascent within Asian volleyball, building on the squad’s historic fourth place finish at the previous continental championship in 2023. The twelve team tournament, held at the Tianjin Olympic Center Gymnasium from August 21 to 30, carried significant global stakes beyond the continental title itself, with the eventual champion earning a direct quota place for the 2028 Los…

Vietnam’s manufacturing sector extended its expansion in August, with the closely watched S&P Global Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index climbing to 53.3, up from 52.9 in July and marking its highest reading since February. The improvement signals continued strengthening in factory operating conditions, with the index moving further above the fifty point threshold that separates expansion from contraction in the widely tracked survey. Manufacturing output rose for a sixteenth consecutive month in August, and did so at its fastest pace in more than two years, according to the S&P Global data. That extended streak of output growth underscores the sustained resilience…

Vietnam’s top leader To Lam is preparing to travel to France following the Russia leg of his current overseas trip, with an official visit and attendance at the first ever International Space Summit in Paris scheduled from September 9 to 12. The visit, made at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, extends what has already become one of the most significant diplomatic trips of the year for Vietnam’s leadership. The International Space Summit itself represents a major diplomatic undertaking for France, bringing together nearly one hundred twenty foreign delegations at the invitation of President Macron and his special envoys,…

Chinese tennis star Zheng Qinwen has pulled off one of the most dramatic comebacks of the tennis season, storming back from a heavy early deficit to reach the last 16 at the US Open this week. The Chinese number one trailed badly in her match before turning things around with a display of grit and skill that left fans and commentators stunned. Zheng found herself down badly early in the contest, struggling to find rhythm against a tough opponent on one of tennis’s biggest stages. Rather than fold under pressure, she steadied her game point by point, clawing back through…

Vietnam’s economy has posted strong growth in the first half of this year, fueling government hopes of hitting a double-digit expansion target for 2026. Party leader To Lam told a recent Communist Party meeting that gross domestic product grew 8.18 percent in the first six months, calling the result a positive sign even as he pushed officials to work harder toward the full-year goal. The government has set an ambitious target of at least 10 percent growth for the year, a sharp jump from previous years and a level Vietnam has rarely reached in recent decades. Officials say hitting that…

Vietnam and Myanmar have agreed to deepen their partnership after a high-level meeting in Hanoi this week, with both sides pledging to expand cooperation across trade, security, and diplomatic ties. Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing traveled to the Vietnamese capital for talks with senior Vietnamese leaders, marking one of the most significant exchanges between the two countries in recent years. During the visit, Vietnam’s top leader, General Secretary and President To Lam, met with Min Aung Hlaing to discuss ways to strengthen what officials call a Comprehensive Cooperative Partnership between the two nations. Both leaders agreed the relationship stands at…

Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung called on Japanese businesses this week to fundamentally transform their investment approach in Vietnam, moving away from a traditional investor host relationship toward genuine joint development, innovation, and shared positioning within global value chains. The remarks came during the second Vietnam Japan Local Cooperation Forum, held in the central city of Hue and bringing together representatives from eighteen Japanese localities and more than one hundred leading Japanese corporations. Speaking at a meeting with Japanese business leaders held alongside the broader forum, PM Hung urged companies to view Vietnam not merely as a consumer market…

Vietnam’s top leader To Lam departed for Russia today on a state visit carrying deep historical weight, marking the first such trip by a Vietnamese Party and State leader to Russia since 1991. General Secretary and President To Lam, traveling with his spouse and a high ranking delegation, made the trip at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the two leaders scheduled to hold formal talks in the Kremlin on September 9. Deputy Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang described the visit as historically significant, noting that more than three decades have passed since a top Vietnamese leader…