Vietnam is shifting toward dialogue-driven approaches in ethnic affairs, focusing on trust, understanding, and grassroots engagement.

In a recent working session with HCM City, General Secretary and President To Lam pointed out with unusual candor that the city is gradually losing its growth advantages and investment appeal, as it is overtaken by other urban centers in the region.

Recent reforms signal a deeper shift - where efficiency and resource stewardship become central to Vietnam’s development model.

Over 80 years, Vietnam’s ethnic affairs policy has evolved from providing support to empowering communities as active drivers of development.

Leaders emphasize innovation, infrastructure and talent as key to Ho Chi Minh City’s long-term competitiveness.

At just 16, Nguyen Thi Xuan Phuong left home to join the revolution, embarking on a life that would span war zones, laboratories, and battlefields.

With the issuance of eight new resolutions, the Vietnamese government has sent a clear signal: a commitment to substantive reform, empowerment and development-oriented governance.

Public attention is increasingly focused on the Government’s latest reform push, which abolishes 184 administrative procedures and 890 business conditions.

As Vietnam marks 80 years of ethnic affairs governance, new approaches emphasize empowerment, long-term growth, and the central role of communities.

Behind the decline of street crime in Ho Chi Minh City lies a fundamental shift in security management thinking - treating every theft and robbery as a serious criminal case and targeting drug-related roots.

A brief decree signed in 1946 has guided Vietnam’s long journey of unity, shaping policies that continue to bind the nation’s diverse communities.

Over the past decade, N.T.T. has received four separate cancer diagnoses. Each came like a “bolt from the blue,” yet she kept pushing forward.

In remote villages across Vietnam, ethnic affairs officials and respected community figures serve as steady “keepers of the flame.”

From a devastating medical diagnosis to a life-changing transformation, a young man in Ho Chi Minh City has lost more than 60kg in just nine months, reshaping not only his body but also his entire way of living.

The average life expectancy of Vietnamese people has reached 74.7, but the number of healthy living years is only 65.

With a near-perfect GPA, Vu Luong Ngoc Anh achieved the highest academic score among early graduates at Foreign Trade University in 2026.

As global audiences look east for inspiration, Vietnam must decide how it presents itself on the world stage.

In Thai villages in western Thanh Hoa, love does not simply lead to marriage. Instead, couples must pass through a unique journey - two weddings and three years of living with the bride’s family before they are truly husband and wife.

A single controversial line has pushed a well-intentioned music project into the spotlight, raising broader concerns about how patriotic themes are being handled in contemporary Vietnamese music.