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Saving Vietnam’s dying rivers: What will it take?

Decades of pollution have turned many of Vietnam’s rivers into lifeless streams. Despite numerous restoration projects, most have failed to bring real change. Why are these vital waterways still suffocating?

Digital transformation helps reduce information poverty in mountainous region

From online classes in remote schools to digital library models and STEM initiatives in mountainous regions, the digital transformation of education is gradually addressing the 'information poverty'.

When livestream becomes the Tet sales driver

As e-commerce evolves into a space for entertainment and interaction, Vietnamese brands are turning livestream and short videos into powerful Tet sales engines.

Vietnam’s exports confront the $550 billion challenge

The $550 billion mark is more than a target. It is a stress test for Vietnam’s export resilience in 2026, as global uncertainty deepens and the old growth model nears its limits.

Vietnam stands at the brink of a digital asset breakthrough

As the International Financial Center begins operations, Vietnam is unlocking new capital flows and economic models built on digital assets.

Female engineering student named valedictorian at UET

Yen Trang tops the 2025 graduating class with a GPA of 3.88, excelling in a male-dominated field.

Cardamom & commerce: new life on the border

Amid the clouds and winds of the Thu Lum area (formerly Muong Te district) in Lai Chau province bordering China, the villages of U Ma and Pa Thang are now being mentioned as economic “bright spots” in the Vietnamese highlands.

People's Artist: leaders’ cultural understanding creates national resilience

Drawing from the spirit of the documents of the 14th National Party Congress, People’s Artist Bui Cong Duy believes that cultural understanding among leaders is the factor that creates national resilience.

Why science and technology determine a nation’s rise

Innovation is only sustainable when capital flows are unlocked, Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Manh Hung has said.

Vietnam advances toward a modern, citizen-centric state

Vietnam’s administrative overhaul marks a turning point toward modern, transparent, and citizen-serving state management.

Vietnamese coffee in the value era: from production hub to global value partner

After more than a century of formation and development, the coffee industry has made Vietnam one of the world’s leading coffee producers.

The Kitchen Gods and the fire that fuels Vietnam’s future

As Vietnam bids farewell to the Kitchen Gods, a deeper meaning emerges: the call to preserve values that sustain both family and country.

Farmer in Ha Tinh grows fortune beneath solar panels

After numerous failed ventures, Le Duc Toan - born in 1974 and living in Son Hong Commune, Ha Tinh - chose to start again, launching an integrated farm model that now generates billions of dong in revenue each year.

Tears of joy as father and son reunite after 46 years apart in Vietnam

The moment of reunion with the son he had lost for 46 years left Mr. Xuyen overwhelmed, his voice breaking on stage as happiness came flooding back.

Higher interest rates in 2026: money is available but is no longer cheap

A homebuyer in Hanoi searched for nearly half a year and found a two-bedroom apartment in the Western area that has a good location, a reputable developer, and banks ready to lend. However, after calculating cash flow, he changed his mind.

Raising sika deer in refurbished barns brings Mekong Delta farmer $12,000 a year

From an old livestock shed, a farmer in the Mekong Delta boldly began raising sika deer for velvet antler - long regarded as a “miracle tonic” - and now earns a stable income of hundreds of millions of dong each year.

How Resolution 79 reshapes the role of the state economy

Resolution 79 redefines how the state should guide development, shifting from doing for the market to empowering it through strategic leadership.

Vietnam’s 10% GDP goal: Lessons from Korea and China’s reform miracles

Targeting double-digit growth in 2026, Vietnam looks to its Asian peers for reform-driven strategies centered on productivity.

The groom who couldn’t move yet moved an entire wedding to tears

When Nguyen Ba Ky rolled into his wedding in a reclining wheelchair, guests wept - not out of pity, but in awe of his unshakable will and the woman who chose him.

Chip factories expected to help Vietnam master semiconductor technology

Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Bui Hoang Phuong said when domestic companies participate in the supply chain from design to production to packaging, Vietnam will gradually be able to lay the foundation to master semiconductor technology.