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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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-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.

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

Facing internal crisis and shrinking external support, Vietnam’s leadership confronted hard truths that paved the way for Doi moi (Renewal) at the Sixth Congress.

Vietnam’s trade reached a historic US$930 billion in 2025, but experts warn that growth by scale alone has reached its structural limits.

For more than a century, an ancestral house in HCM City has stood quietly amid modern streets. Each Tet, generations return, keeping alive rituals, memories and a sense of belonging.

From unprecedented rainfall to historic river peaks, 2025 forced Vietnam to confront the escalating intensity of climate change and the urgent need for deeper resilience.