Throughout 2025 Việt Nam consistently implemented the Party’s and State’s guidelines on multilateral diplomacy and cultural diplomacy in its engagement with the UNESCO.

After the murders, the perpetrator fled the scene and went to a different hospital in Đào Duy Từ Ward. Once there, he climbed to a high floor before jumping to his death in an apparent suicide.

The HCM City University of Technology (HCMUT) has recognised 14 newly appointed academic title holders, including five professors and nine associate professors, bringing its total to 17 professors and 130 associate professors.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính urges faster work on the Quang Trung Campaign as central provinces race to repair storm-hit homes and finish buildings before the 14th Party Congress.

President Lương Cường led a high-ranking delegation of Việt Nam to UNGA 80 in late September, where they consistently conveyed the message about the country’s role as a responsible, proactive, and substantive member of the UN.

A nationwide minimum wage increase will take effect from January 2026, alongside a series of new policies covering labour registration, administrative sanctions, agricultural land tax and technology transfer for major railway projects.

The 'Digital literacy for all' movement carries an urgent mission to popularise digital knowledge and skills nationwide, enabling all citizens to access and effectively use digital services and platforms.

Professional guidance, project 1816 and remote health care proved strategically vital – not as stopgaps but as enduring pillars of a modern health system.

Facing complex terrain and constant cross-border pressures, Hà Tiên Ward has turned to a community-based model in which local residents work closely with police to maintain security from the grassroots level.

Việt Nam–Indonesia relations are entering a new phase after 70 years of development on a foundation of close historical ties (December 30, 1955 – 2025).

A lifetime rooted in the fields, Professor Trần Đình Long helped shape Việt Nam’s agricultural science, delivering high-yield, resilient crops and training generations of scientists.

In the first nine months of 2025, remittances to HCM City reached US$7.94 billion, up 6.3 per cent year-on-year, keeping it the country’s largest recipient, consistently accounting for about 60 per cent of the national total.

Việt Nam-Russia relations continue to be consolidated based on strong political trust and substantive dialogue at all levels. Regular and effective exchanges, including at the highest level, have served as a key driving force for the expansion of multifaceted cooperation between the two countries.

The HCM City Public Administrative Service Centre in Thủ Đức Ward began operating this morning, accepting administrative applications and documents from individuals and businesses.

HCM City’s Department of Health has announced ten outstanding achievements of the city’s health sector in 2025, marking new milestones in building a modern and sustainable healthcare system.

HCM City plans to build the long-delayed Thủ Thiêm 4 Bridge using state budget funds, abandoning public-private partnership (PPP) models after years of regulatory and financing obstacles, city authorities said.

The Prime Minister signed a Decision allocating an additional VNĐ2.5 trillion (US$95 million) from the central budget reserve to localities to implement the gift-giving initiative

The OVs in Kansai actively engage in trade promotion, helping connect Vietnamese businesses with the Japanese market, promoting Vietnamese products, and sharing experience in business practices, market access and international standards.

Gifts for workers will be arranged by the Việt Nam General Confederation of Labour.

According to Ministry of Agriculture and Environment statistics as of December 24 this year, natural disasters throughout the year have resulted in over 400 deaths and missing persons, more than 700 injuries.