Artificial intelligence (AI), chatbots, and virtual assistants flood into the tourism industry, offering business owners unprecedented opportunities to personalise guest experiences while reducing operating costs.

Vietnam is actively yet cautiously preparing for the construction of its first nuclear power plant in Ninh Thuan (now the south-central coastal province of Khanh Hoa).

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, digital transformation has emerged as an essential pathway for Vietnam’s tourism industry.

Nguyen Lam Thanh, TikTok Vietnam’s representative, warned of alarming online exposure rates among children. The newly launched DCCC network aims to act as a digital shield, promoting safe and meaningful content for young users.

On August 4, 2025, VNPT officially launched and began operating the VSTN land cable line – the first of its kind to connect Vietnam directly to Singapore entirely via terrestrial infrastructure.

Leading the growth were agricultural products, with exports valued at 21.49 billion USD, up 17%. This was followed by forestry products at 10.38 billion USD, up 8.6% and seafood at 6.06 billion USD, up 13.8%.

A small restaurant in Hanoi is honored by Michelin for its traditional fish soup.

An expert from the University of Economics and Business called the 20% rate “relatively appropriate”, given Vietnam’s considerable trade surplus with the US.

60% of apartments launched in the first half of 2025 were priced above 80 million VND per square metre. Since the third quarter of 2024, no new developments have been recorded with prices below 60 million VND per square metre.

Vietnam’s state budget revenue soared to over 1,572 trillion VND (60.4 billion USD) in the first seven months of 2025, hitting 79.9% of the annual target and jumping 27.4% year-on-year, the Ministry of Finance reported.

There must be special solutions on improving the business environment and encouraging business households to transform to enterprises.

A US national has been detained in Hanoi for allegedly abusing tax exemptions to avoid paying over $125,000 in duties.

Tram Chim National Park is making an effort to restore the ecosystem to help conserve red-crowned cranes, a rare species that has long been a symbol of the park as well as the southern province of Dong Thap.

As Phu Quoc island gears up for APEC Economic Leaders Week 2027 and international maritime connectivity, An Giang province accelerates efforts to modernise key ports and terminals.

The VN Bamboo Foundation and its Bamboo Village initiative were launched on August 2 in HCM City to promote a sustainable bamboo industry, preserve cultural identity, and address climate change through green, circular economy models.

State President Luong Cuong and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation had a working session with Vietnamese Ambassadors to African countries in Cairo on August 3 evening on the occasion of his state visit to Egypt.

During the first half of 2025, Noi Bai airport handled 16.5 million passenger movements and recorded over 100,000 takeoffs and landings. Notably, international terminal T2 processed over 7 million international passengers in the reviewed period.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the US, together with representative offices of various Vietnamese agencies in Washington D.C., hosted the "Vietnamese Village Family Festival in D.C" on August 3.

President Luong Cuong has expressed VN desire to join hands with Arab countries to write a new chapter of multidimensional cooperation for peace, collaboration, and development.

Swedish fiddler Mats Eden and Vietnamese musician Ngo Tra My will perform together on August 5 in Hanoi. ​