Amid rapidly shifting market conditions, fragmented consumer demand and intensifying competition, trade promotion is emerging as a vital bridge connecting businesses, cooperatives and producers with domestic and international markets.

The proportion of workers holding formal qualifications or certificates rose to 29.7% during the January–June period, up 0.8 percentage points year-on-year, reflecting gradual improvement in the workforce quality.

The Government has issued Decree 252, detailing a number of provisions and implementation measures for the Law on Tax Administration, including specific cases in which individuals may be temporarily prohibited from leaving Vietnam due to tax debts.

From a modest service sector in the early 1990s, Vietnam’s tourism industry has undergone a remarkable transformation.

The trend of naming projects in foreign languages is becoming increasingly prevalent in the real estate market. For many residents, however, these names have led to awkward and sometimes amusing situations.

Strengthening supporting industries is essential to enhancing Vietnam's industrial competitiveness, raising localisation and reducing reliance on imported inputs, heard a forum in Ho Chi Minh City on July 2.

Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man has signed Resolution No. 07/2026/UBTVQH16 revising the 2026 legislative agenda.

Vietnam’s electric vehicle (EV) market has entered a strong growth phase, with nearly 375,000 EVs (excluding motorbikes) on roads nationwide as of the end of May, according to the Ministry of Construction.

Authorities in Vietnam are reviewing every stage of the 2026 national high school graduation examination in Tuyen Quang after data revealed an exceptional concentration of perfect mathematics scores within a single group of candidates.

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) dropped 0.39% in June from the previous month, pulled down by cheaper fuel after global oil prices retreated, the National Statistics Office reported on July 3.

Vietnam's retail and consumer service sector maintained strong momentum in the first half of 2026, with total retail sales of goods and consumer service revenue rising 12.9% year-on-year.

Vietnam attracted 34.65 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first six months of 2026, while disbursed FDI reached its highest first-half level in five years, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO).

For the past four years, when June arrives, instead of focusing on their hair salon business, Dao Phuong Linh, 32, and her husband pack their bags and set off on cross-country trips with their three children..

Vietnam’s total import-export turnover in June reached 104.22 billion USD, up 5.2% month-on-month and 36.3% year-on-year, according to a socio-economic report for the second quarter and first half of 2026 released by the National Statistics Office.

Vietnam’s challenge is not merely to train more engineers or scientists, but to cultivate a generation capable of mastering, improving and eventually creating core technologies.

Search operations have also become more efficient through the combined use of map coordinates, on-site surveys, witness accounts and ground-penetrating radar, improving accuracy while reducing excavation time and workload.

Vietnam's education ministry has unveiled a nationwide plan to consolidate public schools, targeting a 30% reduction in administrative units while expanding larger school models.

Based on the findings, scientists proposed a range of measures to ensure the long-term protection of the black-shanked douc population on Ba Den Mountain.

Nearly 111,700 new businesses were established nationwide in the first half of 2026, up 22.5% year-on-year, reflecting resilient business activity despite ongoing market volatility, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO).

Vietnam's 2026 high school graduation exam produced 11 national toppers and 47 runners-up across the country's five traditional university admission subject combinations.

As the central province of Khanh Hoa enters the peak summer tourism season with a sharp rise in visitor arrivals, authorities are stepping up efforts to maintain public order and ensure that foreign visitors comply with Vietnamese law.

The manufacturing sector ended the first half of 2026 on a firm footing, with sustained growth in output and new orders, even as supply-chain pressures and employment weakness persisted, according to S&P Global.

The Ministry of Health has clarified that new regulations on health declarations for travellers entering and leaving Vietnam that take effect on July 1 do not impose a blanket requirement on all passengers.

The Government on June 30 issued Decree No. 262/2026/ND-CP, introducing new regulations on press activities by foreign press agencies, foreign representative offices, and foreign organisations in Vietnam.

Vietnam has earned an additional 5 million USD from the transfer of 1 million tonnes of forest-based carbon emission reductions to the World Bank, according to Deputy Director of the Department of Forestry and Forest Protection Pham Hong Luong.