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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.

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.

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.

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.

Vietnam advances toward a modern, citizen-centric state

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cao Bang aspires to become international trade hub on Vietnam-China border

Party Secretary Phan Thang An said Cao Bang will aim to make breakthroughs in infrastructure, institutions, and human resources, targeting  an average GRDP growth rate of about 10 percent per year.

Man spends billions of dong relocating hundreds of unmarked graves in Hanoi

For more than a decade, a 53-year-old man has spent billions of dong of his own money to relocate and care for hundreds of unmarked graves in Hanoi. This quiet journey reflects his deep compassion for others.