Party General Secretary To Lam on January 7 stressed the urgent and critical need to transform the country’s development model toward one based on science and technology, alongside the pursuit of double-digit growth in tandem with the establishment of a new growth model.
A delegation of the National Assembly Standing Committee and the National Election Council on January 6 conducted an on-site inspection of election preparations in the northern province of Phu Tho.
Viet Nam’s economy maintained strong growth in 2025 despite facing severe natural disasters and a volatile global environment, with gross domestic product (GDP) estimated to have increased 8.02% year on year, meeting targets set by the National Assembly and the Government, according to Nguyen Thi Huong, Director General of the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Finance.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into Viet Nam continued to show resilience in 2025, with total newly registered capital reaching 38.42 billion USD, up 0.5% year-on-year, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Finance.
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.
A national scientific conference on Viet Nam’s emerging “silver economy” was held in Ha Noi on November 15. The hybrid event connected 33 locations nationwide and brought together senior Party and State leaders, experts, and international organisations.
Today’s world is witnessing profound and unpredictable changes. Armed conflicts, strategic competition between major powers, socio-economic crises, climate change, global epidemics… have created comprehensive shocks, challenging the value systems, development models and political systems of many countries.