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Viet Nam’s e-commerce sector reached more than 25 billion USD in 2024, up 20% from the previous year, ranking among the top three in Southeast Asia. Cross-border e-commerce is considered a strategic pillar, enabling businesses to expand markets and enhance national competitiveness.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed Directive No. 24/CT-TTg on accelerating the implementation of technology solutions for citizens and businesses linked to population data, identification and electronic authentication.

After six years of implementation, large areas of dioxin-contaminated land at Bien Hoa Airbase have been cleaned up; the project is expected to be completed by 2030.

The Ministry of Finance has submitted a draft personal income tax law with key changes. The tax threshold for income from prizes, copyrights, business transfers, inheritance, and gifts rise from 10 million to 20 million VND.

Ha Noi generated jobs for nearly 160,000 workers in the first eight months of 2025, achieving 94.59% of its annual target, according to the municipal Department of Home Affairs.

According to the Ministry of Finance, in the first eight months of 2025, public investment disbursement reached nearly 410 trillion VND, equivalent to 46.5% of the year’s plan, up about 135 trillion VND compared to the same period last year. This is the highest disbursement level in many years.

The August General Uprising in 1945, led by the Communist Party of Viet Nam, ended nearly a century of colonial slavery under French colonialists and Japanese fascists, as well as thousands of years of feudal rule.

The government has issued a new decree on the management of gold trading activities, abolishing the state’s monopoly on the production of gold bars and the import and export of raw gold, shifting instead to a licensing regime.

In the history of the revolutionary struggle of the Vietnamese people, the Nam Ky Uprising is an indelible mark. The indomitable spirit and fervent fighting determination of Vietnamese people during those heroic days are deeply etched in the hearts of generations, evoking pride every time they are recalled.

Over the past week, the price of Viet Nam’s rice exports rose due to increasing stockpiling demand from the Philippines before its 60-day import suspension starting September 1. On August 14, 5% broken rice was offered at 395 USD/tonne, up 4 USD.

Ha Noi is set to launch its first-ever double-decker tourist train, creating a unique link between heritage and modernity while opening new opportunities for the night-time economy and cultural products bearing the capital’s distinct identity.

Viet Nam welcomed over 12.2 million foreigners in the first seven months of 2025, marking a 23% year-on-year surge.

According to Ookla, a globally prestigious Internet speed measurement body, Viet Nam’s mobile network has marked a strong presence on the global telecommunications map.

Since 2021, Labour Law regulations have added one extra day off for National Day, adjacent to September 2. This year, the additional holiday falls on September 1, as announced late last year.

By the end of July 2025, rice prices across Asia had declined with Viet Nam as the exception, according to the Viet Nam Food Association.

Cambodia and Thailand have reached a deal with the administration of US President Donald Trump, thereby avoiding the risk of facing tariffs of up to 36% and opening a new phase of economic negotiations.

The two most important contents of each party congress are to discuss and decide on the Party’s political guidelines and tasks and electing the Party’s leadership bodies.

Japan is facing an unprecedented heat wave, with temperatures reaching 41.2 degrees Celsius in Hyogo Prefecture, marking the first time in 2025 that temperatures have exceeded 40 degrees Celsius.

The Ha Noi People’s Committee has issued a plan to implement the Government’s Action Plan under Resolution No. 68 of the Politburo on promoting private economic development.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh signed a resolution on July 21 to address long-standing obstacles to key infrastructure projects in Ho Chi Minh City.