325 mln barrels of oil released from strategic reserves: IEA

Around 325 million barrels of oil have been released from strategic reserves, said the International Energy Agency (IEA) on Saturday.

It represented over 80 percent of the 400 million barrels originally pledged from the collective action announced by the IEA in March.

IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said Friday during a virtual meeting of Group of Seven (G7) leaders that the energy market impacts of the Strait of Hormuz crisis remained acute, especially in diesel markets. He stressed the IEA's ongoing work to support energy security.

The G7, in coordination with the IEA, will release up to 100 million barrels of diesel and other oil reserves over the next four months, according to a joint G7 leaders' statement released by the Elysee Palace on Friday.

On March 11, the 32 members of the IEA unanimously agreed to make available to the market 400 million barrels of oil from their emergency reserves, the largest such move in the IEA's history.

325 mln barrels of oil released from strategic reserves: IEA

Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 9.95 percent year on year in the third quarter of 2026, the National Statistics Office (NSO) said Saturday.

The Q3 growth rate was higher than the 8.15 percent in Q1 and the 8.81 percent in Q2, the NSO said.

The agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector grew 4.21 percent year on year in Q3, while the industry and construction sector expanded 12.5 percent and the services sector rose 9.54 percent.

Vietnam's GDP in the first nine months of 2026 is estimated to have grown 9.01 percent year on year, the NSO said.

The Southeast Asian country has set a target of achieving double-digit GDP growth in 2026.

Vietnam's GDP expands 9.95 pct in Q3