With its large business base, HCM City has significant demand for emission allowances and carbon credits, while further improvements are needed in regulatory mechanisms, data systems and verification capacity to facilitate business participation.

Initiatives put forth at the ASEAN Law Forum 2026 should be soon translated into regional cooperation frameworks and concrete actions toward a modern legal ecosystem for a resilient, innovative and prosperous ASEAN Community.

Vietnam will offer full scholarships to outstanding students and young scientists to study and conduct research in strategic technologies at leading universities worldwide under a programme approved by the Government.

Nearly 100,000 passengers have experienced Hanoi's “Five City Gates” train in its first year, highlighting the growing appeal of railway tourism and its unique blend of heritage, culture and local experiences.

Hanoi now has a foundation to gradually develop a “silver economy” in a humane and sustainable manner, meeting the needs of an ageing society and effectively harnessing local endogenous resources.

School students will receive 12 periods of artificial intelligence (AI) education each academic year under a framework recently issued by the Ministry of Education and Training.

Hung Yen is courting Vietnamese firms in Europe and Czech companies for capital, technology, management expertise and export market access as it seeks deeper economic ties, heard an investment networking seminar in Prague on August 19.

Vietnam’s cultural industries are facing an urgent need to shift from exploiting existing cultural assets to building value chains that can generate revenue, jobs, intellectual property and international competitiveness.

A tropical depression north of China’s Hainan Island is moving toward the Gulf of Tonkin and could strengthen into a storm within the next 24 hours, bringing rough seas and winds gusting up to 102kph.

Despite bananas and durians already generating trillions of dong in annual profits, Doan Nguyen Duc, widely known as Bau Duc, says Arabica coffee will become HGI’s largest crop and reshape the company’s revenue structure within the next two years.

Apple’s rumored 2nm A20 Pro could make the iPhone 18 Pro significantly faster and more efficient, potentially reshaping the flagship smartphone performance race.

A draft revision of Vietnam’s Penal Code would abolish the death penalty for six offenses and retain capital punishment only for treason, murder, terrorism and illegal drug production.

Eligible university students in Vietnam can now access Google AI Plus free for one year, gaining expanded AI tools for studying, research and exam preparation, along with 400GB of storage.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung has offered a straightforward explanation for one of the most pressing questions in Vietnam’s property market: Why are home prices so high? His answer puts land costs at the center of the problem.

Holding ancestral tablets close to their chests, families crossed a symbolic bridge at a Taoist temple in Ho Chi Minh City, praying for the spirits of departed loved ones to find peace and move on to another life.

VETC and Viettel Money have halted controversial monthly charges linked to electronic toll payments after drivers questioned why they should pay recurring fees even when their vehicles did not use toll roads.

Motorola’s Razr Fold has arrived in Vietnam with a 165Hz cover display, 6,000mAh battery and ambitious cameras - but its nearly $1,900 price could be its toughest sell.

Police in northern Vietnam’s Phu Tho Province have launched criminal proceedings against a Hanoi man after a young American woman reported that she had been raped during a trip to a resort in July.

Hanoi will relocate an iconic resistance monument near Hoan Kiem Lake to a military regiment as the capital reorganizes the historic space east of the lake.

A tropical depression could strengthen to levels 6-7 as it approaches the Gulf of Tonkin, while parts of northern and north-central Vietnam face more than 200mm of rain.

Grammy-winning producers DannyBoyStyles and Scott Storch will join Vietnamese artists Soobin and Binz for the opening performance of a new cultural and music venue at Ho Guom Opera House in Hanoi.

Vietnam’s women’s volleyball team has arrived in Tianjin for the 2026 Asian Championship, but a last-minute health issue has reduced the squad to 13 players ahead of a demanding group-stage campaign.

Three ancient graves hidden inside a limestone cave in northern Vietnam are offering remarkable clues to how prehistoric people lived and buried their dead.

For nearly 30 years, a Dong Nai man has ventured deep into the forest in search of termite queens, wild honey and a rare fungus known as “black gold,” earning as much as several million dong on a good day.

Coming off the bench with half an hour to play, Nguyen Xuan Son struck twice as Vietnam swept Malaysia aside 4-0 on aggregate, drawing praise from Malaysian, Indonesian and Thai media.