Over the past period, numerous public services have been brought onto digital platforms, with the rate of online dossiers reaching a high level. However, behind digital interfaces, manual processing steps and requirements for paper documents still remain. Resolving this bottleneck is a prerequisite for digital transformation to truly reduce time and costs for people and businesses, while also easing administrative pressure.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President To Lam met with Professor Sarah Anne Soule, Dean of Stanford Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, in New York on September 21 afternoon (local time).

The Vietnamese pharmaceutical market has reached a value of approximately 7 billion USD and is growing by around 12 to 15% annually. Alongside improving production capacity, digital transformation is gradually changing the way medicines are managed, produced, distributed and used, thereby reducing procedures, increasing transparency and enhancing the ability to control the market.

A conference on boosting trade activities in northern Viet Nam in 2026 took place on September 18 in Dien Bien province.

Alongside content innovation, digital transformation, and copyright protection, models that bring books closer to the community are fostering a robust reading culture, while also requiring innovation in Ho Chi Minh City’s publishing and distribution market to gradually transform publishing into a modern cultural industry.

Digital transformation is entering a phase in which its effectiveness is being demonstrated through concrete changes in governance and people's daily lives. During the 100-day campaign to remove bottlenecks — from connectivity and data sharing to simplifying administrative procedures and implementation — the requirement is to remove barriers so that the government can serve people more quickly, effectively, and transparently.

Digital transformation is creating more room for small and medium-sized enterprises and household businesses to improve operational efficiency, increase cash-flow transparency, and gain easier access to financial services.

Secretary of the Ha Noi Party Committee Tran Duc Thang and a delegation of the capital city have undertaken a series of bilateral diplomatic activities to deepen practical cooperation with Moscow, Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan and Saint Petersburg, focusing on urban infrastructure, science and technology, digital transformation and investment attraction.

On September 9, the Can Tho City Party Committee held a meeting of the city’s Steering Committee for the Development of Science, Technology, Innovation and Digital Transformation to review the results achieved in recent times and set out key directions and tasks for the period ahead.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Tien Chau received Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Matsumoto Yohei in Ha Noi on September 7, calling for stronger cooperation between the two countries in science and technology, innovation and digital transformation.

As Viet Nam enters a new era of national rise, the Party has identified science, technology, innovation and digital transformation as a solid foundation and central driving force for the country’s entire development process.

Chief Justice Nguyen Van Quang has led a high-ranking delegation of the Supreme People’s Court of Viet Nam on a working visit to China’s Sichuan province to study the Chinese side's experience in judicial reform, judicial review and digital transformation in court operations.

After more than one year of implementing Politburo Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW dated December 22, 2024, on breakthroughs in science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation, quantum technology has been placed at the centre and specified in the list of strategic products and technologies. Therefore, this technology is not merely a matter of scientific research, but a strategic issue for national development.

Implementing Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW on breakthroughs in science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation, Phu Tho has rolled out a range of comprehensive and decisive measures, shifting strongly from a mindset of “working according to plans” to “working towards objectives, products, and tangible results”.

Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Tuc on August 15 held a working session with the Standing Board of the Quang Ngai Provincial Party Committee, during which he urged the central province to shift from traditional growth towards a model driven by science and technology, digital transformation and green transition.

Digital transformation in the Southern border areas, in line with Politburo Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW, has created new momentum for socio-economic development, the building of an all-people border defence posture, the consolidation of national defence and security, improvements in people’s livelihoods, and the development of modern local administrations.

Viet Nam and Australia have issued a Joint Statement on Deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries.

Tran Phu Ward in Ha Tinh Province was established on July 1, 2025, with a natural area of 29.5km² and a population of nearly 39,000. After one year of implementing the two-tier local administration model, the results of digital transformation and renewal in the leadership methods of the Party organisation have been a decisive factor in enabling the ward to excellently fulfil its tasks.

Recently, the determination and strong sense of responsibility demonstrated by the Party and Government leadership in dismantling obstacles to digital transformation have manifested in clear, concrete directives and actions.

The profit “picture” of the banking sector in the first half of 2026 continues to reveal many bright spots. Positive business results at many banks show that growth momentum has come not only from credit, but also from services, digital transformation, stronger capital foundations and asset quality control.