Society

2025 draws to a close with the labour market on a recovery trajectory. Yet the quality of the workforce remains low compared with many countries in the region, with supply–demand imbalances occurring frequently, requiring comprehensive solutions for more sustainable development in 2026.

Located at the highest point on the summit of Ba Den Mountain, the Konagamana Buddha Statue is cast in red copper and finished with 24k gold gilding. The statue stands 7.2 metres tall, depicting the Buddha seated in full lotus posture on a lotus pedestal set amid Udumbara Lake, shimmering with golden lotus blossoms. 

Urbanisation in Viet Nam is gathering pace, but it also brings a host of challenges, including overloaded infrastructure, environmental pollution, heightened disaster risks and climate change. This reality underscores the urgent need to renew thinking and reform planning and governance approaches in urban development.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has announced the decision to establish the National Land Survey and Planning Centre. The event marks an important step in organisational consolidation, contributing to improved effectiveness in land management and the sustainable use of land resources in a new development phase.

In many human trafficking cases, children are not only direct victims of abuse but also accompany their parents or relatives on perilous journeys of movement and displacement.

Establishing and implementing a two-tier local government model represents a clear political declaration by Viet Nam on building a modern, flexible and competitively effective national governance system. This is not only a requirement of international integration, but also a prerequisite for Viet Nam to realise its aspiration for development.

The Ministry of Health has affirmed that the Population Law, once enacted, will serve as the overarching legal framework for Viet Nam’s demographic work in the country’s next phase of development.

In the new era, building a learning society and creating opportunities for lifelong learning for all people is a strategic task of particular importance.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Public Transport Management Centre will offer free public bus and metro services on January 1, 2026, to meet residents’ travel and leisure needs during the New Year holiday.

Nearly 30,000 gift packages will be delivered to poor households, workers, and people in especially difficult circumstances nationwide on the occasion of the 2026 Lunar New Year (Tet), according to a newly issued plan of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF).

In the early days of December 2025, the programme “Providing health insurance cards for people in difficult circumstances”, launched by Viet Nam Social Security, took place in a supportive and meaningful atmosphere.

A shipment of humanitarian aid from the Polish Government was handed over to the Viet Nam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment at Noi Bai International Airport on December 28 to support disaster recovery efforts in Dak Lak province.

The government has issued a resolution on providing cash handouts to revolutionary contributors and other social policy beneficiaries on the occasion of the 14th Party Congress and the Lunar New Year.

Traditional games allow children to experience collective activities that enrich their inner lives. They are not merely a source of joy; they also safeguard folk wisdom, community values, and the Vietnamese spirit embedded in every movement and melody. Introducing traditional games into schools is a way to teach culture, foster patriotism, compassion, and creativity among the younger generation.

After Typhoon No. 13 (Kalmaegi) passed, the house of Pham Ton Nu Le Kieu’s family in Hamlet 3, Xuan Loc Commune, Dak Lak Province, was left with only its foundation amidst piles of rubble and mud.

The National Target Programme for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the 2021–2025 period is designed for the first time as an independent programme, alongside the two major programmes: building new-style rural areas and sustainable poverty reduction.

The Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs, in coordination with the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee and the Ministry of Education and Training, held the 12th ceremony to honour outstanding ethnic minority pupils, students and youth in 2025 on the evening of December 27 in Ha Noi.

Once known as the “city of rivers and lakes”, Ha Noi is striving to revive its severely polluted rivers and ponds. With a sound vision for sustainable urban development, the city has restored the ecological beauty of many rivers and lakes. A green, civilised, and modern Ha Noi is gradually taking shape.

Efforts to prevent and combat the harmful effects of tobacco in Viet Nam have achieved notable results in recent years, helping to protect hundreds of thousands of people from illness and premature death caused by smoking.

Civil servants and employees will have between four and nine days off during the 2026 New Year and upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday. This provides favourable conditions for families to take advantage of the break to travel and explore well-known destinations.