A new State President will be elected on the first working day of the session, which opened on October 21.

Two-way trade reached $10.8 billion in the first nine months of 2024.

It is estimated that the Government's debts and national debts would be around 34-35% and 33-34% of GDP, respectively, by the end of 2025.

NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man addressed the first plenary session of the 45th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-45), which opened in Vientiane, on October 19.

In his message to AIPA-45, which opened on October 19, Vietnamese Party General Secretary and State President To Lam highly valued the AIPA-45 theme and hailed contributions that the organization has made over the past 50 years.

At a meeting held on October 19, PM Pham Minh Chinh stressed that for every 1% increase in economic growth, electricity demand rises by 1.5%.

The two countries pledged to work together to increase bilateral trade to $20 billion and double two-way investment.

The expanded summit, hosted by Russia, will take place in Kazan from October 23-24.

During their meeting on October 18, both sides stressed the need to fully promote long-standing traditions of close and reliable cooperation between Vietnam and Laos.

Vietnam is poised to propose four initiatives/resolutions at various AIPA meetings.

The meeting took place on October 18 on the occasion of the 45th General Assembly of the AIPA, hosted by Laos.

The improvements in Vietnam's economic freedom score and ranking reflect the government's timely adjustments to economic policies.

Vietnam’s export value to the US stood at $89.4 billion, accounting for 29.8% of the country’s total export turnover in the period.

Loan agreements worth ¥102 billion ($678 million), the higest in the past six years.