Vietnam Today
Vietnam, Cambodia elevate comprehensive agricultural cooperation
From 2020 to 2024, agricultural trade between the two countries more than tripled, rising from $749 million to $2.7 billion.
Vietnam Today
HCMC sets up council to coordinate smart city development
The Council is also responsible for researching and proposing mechanisms, policies, and solutions to improve the efficiency of smart city development programs, ensuring they are synchronized, unified, and practical.
Vietnam Today
HCMC launches double-digit growth plan for 2026-2030 period
Strategic technology sectors prioritized for development include Artificial Intelligence (AI), semiconductors, Big Data, Cloud Computing, biotechnology, new materials, and renewable energy.
ASEAN Future Forum 2026 wraps up
Speaking at the closing session on June 10 afternoon, Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung said the forum addressed issues of critical importance to all ASEAN members and the bloc’s partners, while creating a platform to discuss emerging and long-term challenges facing the region.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Van Thang leads National Council for Sustainable Development
The Council shall be responsible for assisting the Prime Minister in directing and handling major inter-sectoral issues related to sustainable development in Viet Nam
Ministry proposes special mechanism for North-South Expressway expansion
Under the medium-term public investment plan for the 2026–2030 period, the Ministry of Construction has organized the preparation of a pre-feasibility study to widen sections of the Eastern North-South Expressway.
Vietnam, Timor-Leste agree to expand multifaceted cooperation
During their talks in Hanoi on June 9, Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung and his Timor-Leste counterpart Rala Xanana Gusmao shared the view that the two countries boast considerable potential and advantages to further expand cooperation for the benefit of their peoples, as well as for stable, self-reliant, and sustainable development in the region.
Public workforce to be cut by additional 5-10% through 2031
Vietnam’s total public workforce, excluding military and armed forces, reached around 2.23 million in the period of 2022-2026.
ASEAN must become active force in shaping new rules of era: Vietnamese PM
In his keynote address to the ASEAN Future Forum 2026 which opened in Hanoi on June 9, Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung stressed that ASEAN should continue upholding the values that have underpinned its success - solidarity, resilience and unity in diversity, while embracing greater innovation in both thinking and action.