By 2024, Việt Nam had had 17 higher educational institutions listed in the QS Asia University Rankings 2025, with two Việt Nam National Universities ranked among the top 1,000 universities globally.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked the planning and investment sector to take the pioneering role in five major areas to, together with the whole nation, make breakthroughs in completing targets in 2025 and the 2021-25 tenure.

As of December 2024, a total of 644 social housing projects have been launched across the country, with a planned scale of 580,109 units. Among these, 96 projects have been completed, delivering 57,652 units; 133 projects are currently under construction, accounting for 110,217 units; and 415 projects have received investment approval, with a planned scale of 412,240 units.

State President Lương Cường on Friday sent a message of sympathy to President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Friday sent a message of condolences to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi over the passing of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India.

Speaking at the 2024 annual review and 2025 planning conference for the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), he called on the sector to join the country in embarking on "an era of national rise."

The Hà Nội People's Court on Friday afternoon sentenced 17 defendants in the "rescue flights" case phase two for "receiving bribes", "giving bribes", "abusing positions and powers while performing official duties" and "concealing criminals".

At the ASEAN Dhaka Committee (ADC)’s 62nd meeting in Dhaka on December 26, Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyễn Mạnh Cường thanked the ASEAN member nations’ embassies in Bangladesh for their enthusiastic support and cooperation during Việt Nam's tenure as the rotating chair of the ADC.

The funeral and memorial service for General Nguyễn Quyết was held on Friday morning at the National Funeral Hall in Hà Nội.

Việt Nam welcomes and supports all international mediation and reconciliation efforts aimed at achieving a durable and fair peaceful solution in the Middle East, said the Vietnamese leader.

Attending the 80th National Public Security Conference, organised in Hà Nội, the PM said that the public security sector had been excellent in completing its assigned tasks.

The People’s Procuracy of Hồ Chí Minh City is seeking the maximum death sentence for 28 of the 35 accused of operating the narcotics operation that smuggled heroin from the Golden Triangle into Việt Nam.

The forces have mobilised more than 214,000 troops, militia and self-defence forces, more than 8,700 ships, helicopters and other means to prevent, fight against natural disasters, fires, as well as providing domestic water, search and rescue and emergency aid to fishermen and forces operating at sea, on islands, in remote areas and areas devastated by natural disasters.

Senior Lieutenant General Hoàng Xuân Chiến said he believed that the 7th Việt Nam-Russia Defence Strategic Dialogue would provide a strong impetus to implement increasingly meaningful, effective and practical defence cooperation.

This initiative seeks to position Việt Nam as a regional hub for digital technology industries and rank among the top 30 nations globally in innovation and digital transformation by 2045.

Children in Brazil eagerly explored Việt Nam's unique art of water puppetry, while people in Saudi Arabia immersed themselves in a vibrant tropical cultural oasis amidst the desert landscape.

NA Chairman Mẫn said at the eighth session, the NA committees took innovative steps in law making and produced positive results.

On behalf of the Party Committee, leaders, and staff of the Lao Presidential Office, Khemmani Phonsena, member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and head of the office, thanked leaders of the Party and State of Việt Nam in general, and the Vietnamese Presidential Office in particular.

The Deputy PM affirmed that Việt Nam always highly valued relations with traditional friends, including Palestine, and expressed Việt Nam’s deep sympathy over the immense hardships and challenges faced by the State and people of Palestine amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

The Chinese diplomat expressed his honour to assume the role of Chinese Ambassador to Việt Nam in the context that the countries' friendly neighbourliness and comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership enter a new phase of development.