The Startup Festival 2025 marked the largest annual event summarising a year-long startup support programme.

HCM City’s wood processing industry has set a target of reaching US$15 billion in export revenue by 2035, with 80 per cent of products meeting green and sustainable standards, according to the Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of HCM City (HAWA).

As Việt Nam commits to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, the need to restructure the construction sector toward greener, more circular, and more responsible practices has become more urgent than ever, according to the Việt Nam Construction Sustainability Forum (VSCF 2025).

The fair supports the city’s push for sustainable trade, food safety and stronger regional connectivity.

Green credit is increasingly seen as an inevitable trend to support sustainable growth in the agriculture sector, yet its scale in Việt Nam remains modest compared with overall credit in the economy.

Speaking at a national forum in Hà Nội, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said the digital economy should drive growth, supported by an inclusive digital society and people-centred development.

Across the Mekong Delta, leading aquaculture producers, processors and exporters, along with suppliers of inputs, are transitioning to circular, high-tech and clean production models that cut greenhouse gas emissions and comply with international certification standards.

State budget revenue reached approximately VNĐ2.47 quadrillion (US$94 billion) by December 15, 2025, exceeding the estimate for the whole 2025 by 25 per cent.

Tây Ninh Province has begun new construction of the Hiệp Thành Industrial Park (IP) and Hilton Garden Inn Hotel Complex.

The programme helps strengthen quality control and ensure the safety of products sold in the city.

Vietjet on Friday operated its inaugural flight to Long Thành International Airport. Flight VJ038, operated by an Airbus A321neo, departed from Tân Sơn Nhất Airport and landed safely, comfortably, and on schedule at Long Thành.

Đà Nẵng City on December 19 kicked off construction of infrastructure in the subzone B of Nam Thăng Bình Industrial Park (IP) located in Thăng Điền Commune.

Under the direction of the Prime Minister and with close coordination with the Ministry of Public Security-Department C06, Vietjet was the first enterprise to participate in the development and implementation of the project applying electronic identification, authentication and biometric recognition via VNeID platform for passengers.

HCM City hosts OCOP Products and Regional Specialties Week from December 19 to 21, bringing together nearly 400 enterprises, cooperatives and production establishments in an effort to expand consumption markets and stimulate year-end shopping demand.

The northern province of Thái Nguyên on Friday inaugurated a key project, and at the same time launched the construction on two other key projects worth a total investment capital of nearly VNĐ13 trillion (US$490 million).

The People’s Committee of Vĩnh Long Province recently held a ground-breaking ceremony for the Đình Khao Bridge project, while Lâm Đồng Province officially inaugurated the Tân Đức Industrial Park Infrastructure Investment and Business Project in Tân Minh Commune.

In total, the province broke ground on 26 projects with combined investment capital of about VNĐ383 trillion, while inaugurating five others worth nearly VNĐ7 trillion (US$266 million).

Điện Biên Province has inaugurated three major projects: the Mường Thanh Market and Commercial–Service Complex; the Điện Biên rubber latex processing plant; and a new provincial office complex combined with a production centre for the press, radio and television.

Sun Group has launched a wave of multi-billion-dollar projects across Việt Nam, spanning transport, urban development and tourism infrastructure from the North to the South.

Under the Government’s plan to develop at least one million social housing units nationwide during the 2022-30 period, Bắc Ninh has been assigned a target of approximately 147,100 units.