Prime Minister Le Minh Hung announced that Vietnam's combined import and export trade reached 1.11 trillion dollars in 2026, surpassing one trillion for the first time, reflecting robust economic growth amid global complexities.
Vietnam and Cambodia pursued deeper economic integration, with bilateral trade reaching $8.7 billion in early 2026, up 8.3 percent annually, while 223 Vietnamese investment projects generated thousands of jobs regionally, positioning both nations toward their $20 billion trade target through complementary agricultural and industrial cooperation.
Prime Minister Le Minh Hung delivered proposals at the BRICS Summit on September 13, elevating Vietnam's diplomatic status by promoting ASEAN-BRICS connectivity and proposing three economic resilience directions, receiving praise from international leaders including India's Modi.
Cuba's Foreign Minister denounced the U.S. blockade at India's BRICS summit, calling it a "silent genocide" causing humanitarian suffering. The New Delhi Declaration expressed concern over intensified sanctions and their economic impact, calling for their removal while Cuba seeks full membership.
Foreign investors including LG Innotek, Samsung, and Aeon Group are significantly expanding operations in Vietnam, with major commitments totaling billions in semiconductors, electronics, and retail sectors, reflecting Vietnam's strategic importance in global supply chains.
Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary and President To Lam met Australian PM Anthony Albanese in Canberra, affirming their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and aiming to increase bilateral trade to twenty billion dollars while deepening defence, technology, and climate cooperation.
Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis met with Japan's counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi, strengthening bilateral ties across investment, maritime, energy, technology, and defense sectors while aligning on geopolitical principles and international law enforcement.
Vietnam's delegation, led by Prime Minister Le Minh Hung, significantly advanced the ASEAN-Russia strategic partnership at their commemorative summit in Kazan, proposing new energy cooperation initiatives and hosting a 2027 young diplomats summit to deepen regional ties.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung joined ASEAN leaders and Russian President Putin at their 35th Anniversary Summit's working lunch to discuss Asia-Europe integration, emphasizing the region's strategic economic importance with 3.4 billion people and over half global oil reserves.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung proposed strengthened ASEAN-Russia cooperation in trade, energy, technology, and innovation at the Kazan Business Forum, emphasizing sustainable supply chains, clean energy projects, and digital transformation opportunities for the combined 850-million-person market.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung called for expanded nuclear cooperation with Russia's Rosatom, emphasizing support for the planned Ninh Thuan 1 power plant and positioning nuclear energy as a long-term strategic pillar in Vietnam-Russia bilateral relations.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung proposed making energy a pillar of ASEAN-Russia cooperation at their 35th Anniversary Summit, advocating sustainable supply chains, clean energy development, and technology innovation to enhance regional trade and investment.
Russia hosted Southeast Asian leaders in Kazan for a 35-year commemoration summit, strengthening ties with ASEAN's 690 million people and $4 trillion economy while demonstrating Moscow's strategic pivot toward Asia amid geopolitical realignment.
Vietnam's Prime Minister Le Minh Hung urged Japan's JICA to expand official development assistance focusing on science, technology, digital transformation, and green transition, while bilateral trade surpassed fifty billion dollars in 2025.
Vietnamese Party Chief and President To Lam met separately with prime ministers of Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand, emphasizing strengthened regional cooperation, strategic partnerships, and concrete economic collaboration while pledging increased bilateral trade and investment initiatives.
ASEAN leaders convened at the 2026 Future Forum to develop unified strategic positioning amid global fragmentation and volatility, emphasizing regional cohesion as essential for navigating geopolitical uncertainty and maintaining collective influence.
Vietnamese and Cambodian prime ministers agreed to strengthen infrastructure connectivity and expand economic cooperation, with bilateral trade reaching nearly five billion dollars in early 2026, up 9.6 percent year-over-year.
Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Minh Vu and Cambodian commerce officials launched a bilateral forum to strengthen business ties, expand economic cooperation through simplified procedures and infrastructure improvements, and promote cultural exchanges between the two nations.
Cambodia and Vietnam pledged to increase bilateral trade to twenty billion dollars through cooperation in tourism, agriculture, energy, and technology, following Prime Minister Le Minh Hung's visit to strengthen regional economic integration and connectivity.
Vietnamese and Chinese officials agreed to deepen bilateral cooperation across defense, security, and economic sectors during talks in Nanning, focusing on agricultural exports, railway connectivity, and technology transfer to strengthen their comprehensive strategic partnership.
India hosted the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted 15 bilateral meetings with world leaders across three days, concluding Monday as delegates departed, highlighting India's diplomatic engagement on multilateral governance and global cooperation.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung attends India's 2026 BRICS Summit, advancing Vietnam's partnership role within the bloc of eleven members representing nearly half global population and forty percent of global GDP.
Prime Minister Le Minh Hung urged Vietnam's diplomatic sector to adopt innovative approaches and deliver tangible results in supporting national development, emphasizing diplomacy's role in attracting investment, technology transfer, and achieving double-digit economic growth.
Vietnam's government convened a teleconference across 34 provinces on July 4 to review first-half 2026 socio-economic performance and strategize for achieving double-digit economic growth despite global trade disruptions and domestic structural challenges.
ASEAN and Russia convened in Kazan on June 18 to mark 35 years of partnership, with Vietnam's Prime Minister proposing three strategic directions including doubling bilateral trade to 45 billion dollars by 2035 and prioritizing energy cooperation and food security.
ASEAN and Russia agreed to strengthen connectivity between ASEAN and the Eurasian Economic Union during their commemorative summit, aiming to boost regional economic resilience through enhanced trade, energy cooperation, and infrastructure development across the strategically significant Eurasian region.
Vietnam's Prime Minister Le Minh Hung met with Russian energy executives Rosatom and Zarubezhneft, endorsing nuclear power expansion, the Ninh Thuan plant project, and increased oil and gas cooperation as strategic bilateral priorities.
Russia hosts a summit in Kazan with ASEAN leaders, seeking to strengthen ties with Southeast Asia's $13 trillion economy while ASEAN resists Western pressure to isolate Russia, with experts believing personal relationships could reshape international relations.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung called for strengthened ASEAN-Russia cooperation in supply chains, energy, and innovation during the Business Forum in Kazan, marking the 35th anniversary of bilateral relations and promoting resilient economic partnerships amid global transformations.
Vietnamese PM Le Minh Hung and Chinese Premier Li Qiang discussed expanding bilateral trade through smart border gates, cross-border economic zones, railway infrastructure, and cooperation in technology, education, tourism, and energy sectors.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung urged Japan's JICA to support Vietnam's industrialization and modernization through new-generation ODA, including semiconductors, AI, and green transition, as Japan strengthens its position as Vietnam's largest development partner.
Vietnamese Communist Party leader To Lam received Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul in June, calling for stronger bilateral cooperation across politics, defense, and economics, with both nations targeting twenty-five billion dollars in trade growth within their comprehensive strategic partnership framework.
Vietnam and Thailand's prime ministers committed on June 8 to deepen their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership through enhanced political trust, economic cooperation targeting 25 billion USD in bilateral trade, and strengthened defence and security coordination across all sectors.
Thai Prime Minister Anutin arrived in Hanoi for a two-day official visit to strengthen economic cooperation, trade, and investment ties while advancing the countries' Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and regional Asean affairs.
Vietnam's minister stated that the prime minister's diplomatic trips have generated supplementary development resources benefiting all three nations of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, strengthening regional cooperation.
Vietnam's Prime Minister and his Cambodian counterpart co-chaired a business forum in Phnom Penh, discussing strategies to strengthen bilateral trade relations, which reached 11.4 billion dollars in 2025, with leaders targeting twenty billion dollars through enhanced investment and economic cooperation.
Vietnam and Burundi held their first political consultation, with officials exchanging views on socio-economic development and foreign policy while agreeing to expand cooperation in trade, investment, education, and technology sectors.
Indian Prime Minister Modi thanked BRICS leaders at a summit of 11 member and 10 associate nations, releasing video highlights emphasizing friendship and cooperation while the bloc issued a 140-point declaration addressing global concerns including Cuba sanctions and multilateral reform.
Dutch PM Rob Jetten called Vietnam's double-digit GDP growth target a "huge opportunity" for bilateral cooperation, as both nations agreed to deepen economic, trade, investment, and technological partnerships through the EVFTA and EVIPA agreements.
Vietnam expanded international partnerships through strategic diplomacy, generating new growth opportunities across trade, investment, and economic cooperation while strengthening its regional role and development resources.
Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi visited Vietnam in May 2026, reaffirming the Japan-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and advancing cooperation on rare earths and security assistance, reflecting Japan's broader strategy to strengthen Southeast Asian ties amid Chinese regional pressure.
Russia and ASEAN leaders convened in Kazan to review their 35-year strategic partnership, approved four cooperation documents covering political, economic, cultural and energy collaboration, strengthening regional stability amid geopolitical tensions.
Russia hosted the sixth Russia-ASEAN Summit in Kazan in June 2026, bringing together Southeast Asian leaders to consolidate Moscow's Indo-Pacific presence amid great power competition and reshape regional alignments through multilateral engagement formats.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung advocated positioning energy as a key pillar of ASEAN-Russia cooperation at the Kazan Business Forum, emphasizing energy security's critical role in sustainable development and proposing expanded collaboration in clean energy, LNG, and technology innovation.
Prime Minister Le Minh Hung met Vietnamese community members in Russia during an ASEAN-Russia summit, praising their contributions to bilateral ties and calling for expanded business investments, technological cooperation, and cultural preservation among the 80,000 expatriates.
Russian and Southeast Asian leaders gathered in Kazan to deepen economic ties, with bilateral trade reaching 21 billion dollars over the past decade while discussing expanded cooperation in energy, technology, and investment.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung's June trip to Russia for the ASEAN-Russia Commemorative Summit underscores Vietnam's bridge-building role, as the two sides mark 35 years of dialogue relations with two-way trade at 17.81 billion USD and expanded cooperation across security, economic and cultural pillars.
Vietnam and Thailand agreed to deepen political and economic cooperation, targeting 25 billion dollars in bilateral trade initially and eventually 50 billion, during Thai PM Anutin's official visit to Hanoi coinciding with their 50th diplomatic anniversary.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung and ASEAN leaders convened the ASEAN Future Forum 2026 in Hanoi on June 9, emphasizing peace as development's foundation while proposing strategic priorities including unity, resilience, connectivity and energy security.
Cambodia and Thailand both strengthened economic ties with Vietnam during the Third ASEAN Future Forum as regional tensions persist, with both nations targeting bilateral trade increases of $20-25 billion by 2030.