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Hanoi takes action to resolve decades-long traffic bottlenecks

With the completion of a section of Ring Road 1 that seemed "impossible," Hanoi is sending a clear signal: the city has shifted to action and is following through to open new development spaces.

SOS Children's Village student wins rare scholarship and graduates with honors

Growing up at the SOS Children’s Village Hai Phong, Phuong Anh never felt miserable or pitiful. At 18, she won a rare scholarship and later graduated from university with distinction.

Vietnam expands coastal forests to bolster green growth

After five years, the 2021-2030 coastal forest project has delivered strong results, restoring and expanding the nation’s climate-resilient green shield.

Experts warn that high power rates may affect national digital transformation

Technology enterprises say the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s decision to apply commercial electricity prices to data centers will affect the development of digital infrastructure and national digital transformation.

Doctor brings healing hands from Truong Sa islands to South Sudan UN missions

Dr. Nguyen Hong Son tells his life story through the hospitals he has helped build, emergency rescues at sea, sleepless nights and the journey of Vietnamese military medicine during the country’s UN peacekeeping missions.

Female student graduates technology school with perfect GPA

Graduating in Industrial Systems Engineering – Logistics and Supply Chain Management from HCMC University of Technology with a perfect GPA of 4.0, Ho Tran Anh Thu has become one of the highest-achieving graduates in the university’s training history.

Vietnamese doctors reach new heights with groundbreaking surgeries

A series of complex procedures successfully performed in 2025 underscores how far Vietnam’s medical expertise has advanced.

Vietnam’s organ transplants close a 20-year gap through medical miracles

Once two decades behind developed nations, Vietnam’s transplant field is now accelerating with breakthroughs that are saving thousands of lives.

Vietnam’s legendary physicians who shaped a thousand years of medicine

Across centuries, exceptional physicians devoted their lives to healing, research and building a uniquely Vietnamese medical identity.

Abandoned at birth, French woman longs to find her Vietnamese parents

After three decades and countless DNA tests, a French woman continues her journey to find her Vietnamese birth parents.

Building Vietnam’s future on cultural strength

Resolution 80 sets out a bold vision to make culture a pillar of rapid and sustainable development through 2030 and 2045.

Raising white horses, Lang Son farmer transforms his fortunes

Once used only for ploughing and hauling, white horses have become a lucrative livelihood for a Tay farmer who now sells four-month-old foals for VND30 million each.

Man preserves unusual craft at zoo, spends 40 Tet holidays with strangers

Preserving the craft of realistic portraiture by using only scissors, The has been present at Thao Cam Vien over the past 40 years to serve spring travelers and has never once celebrated Lunar New Year with his family.

A special Tet for Dak Lak man who traveled 1,500km to propose to online love

More than a month after bringing his new wife home, the 73-year-old man in Dak Lak is celebrating a warmer, fuller Tet (Lunar New Year), thanks to the woman he once crossed 1,500km to meet.

The legacy of learning in Hanoi’s ‘village of doctorates’

For generations, the Pham family of Dong Ngac village has upheld a powerful tradition of learning, with nine ancestors engraved at the Temple of Literature.

Ho Chi Minh City moves to real smart urban governance in 2026

Ho Chi Minh City is building a governance model where real-time data, AI and digital twins guide decisions and reshape daily urban life.

Unlocking the private sector’s full role

Vietnam’s private sector is stepping into domains once considered off-limits. The question now is whether institutions will move fast enough to match its ambition.

Four pillars for Vietnam’s next leap

Vietnam stands at a historic crossroads. A new system of strategic resolutions is shaping a coherent development philosophy for the decades ahead.

Resolution No. 80 positions culture as pillar of national development: official

Resolution No. 80-NQ/TW sets out new and overarching requirements for cultural development in the new era, defining strategic viewpoints, goals and solutions through 2030 with a vision to 2045.

Trust, institutions and the new growth engine

High growth will come not from short-term stimulus, but from credible institutions and a private sector driven by innovation.