Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Nguyen Viet Son met the Vietnam Department of Geology and Minerals in Hanoi on October 5 to discuss regulations, planning and construction-material supplies for major projects. The ministry said the department was preparing policy documents for amendments to the geology and minerals law, with a planned submission to the National Assembly in October 2027. The meeting also reviewed year-end priorities and issues following the department’s administrative transfer. Ten specialist circulars cited in its progress report had already been issued on September 15, 2026; they were not all newly adopted at the October meeting.