From livelihoods to community tourism, two village models reveal how ethnic policy can unlock self-reliance and lasting change.

International visitors say Hanoi’s everyday life - from street food to local encounters - shapes their most vivid memories.

Nguyen Ho Phuoc Hien graduated with honors one semester early in Computer Science and Engineering, the most sought-after major at HCMC University of Technology (HCMUT). The male student achieved a score of 9.74 on his graduation thesis.

As Vietnam marks 51 years since reunification, the conversation around reconciliation, development, and national vision is being placed within a broader context - one in which countries are confronting profound shifts of the modern era.

Vice Admiral Nguyen An Phong, Political Commissar of the Vietnam People's Navy, has reaffirmed that the force is steadily deepening international integration while safeguarding national sovereignty “early and from afar”.

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.