The Communist Party’s housing principle is now attached to a hard government target: 899,857 social and rental homes for 2026–2030, including 191,023 rentals. Workers will judge it by completed homes and affordable rents.

A joint civil-defense exercise in Hanoi tests how the three neighboring countries can coordinate storm response, rescue work and recovery from natural disasters.

Vietnam and EFTA members Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein plan to sign a trade agreement in Hanoi on Sunday after negotiations dating to 2012.

Vietnam is prioritizing rental housing and accelerating delayed projects. Nearly 47,000 completed social homes show progress, while Hanoi says work must speed up.

Vietnam’s third-quarter GDP jumped 9.95% year on year, with industry, infrastructure investment and exports driving the surge while energy costs and inflation expose the strains of speed.