The exhibition features nearly 200 images showcasing Vietnam’s cultural heritage and efforts to preserve and promote its values in recent years. It is structured around four themes: the legal and policy framework for heritage protection; Vietnamese heritage recognised by UNESCO; the diversity and uniqueness of Vietnamese cultural heritage; and cultural heritage for sustainable development.
The congress underscores the Party and State’s strong political resolve to further uphold the tradition of patriotic emulation, viewing emulation as a key instrument for mobilising the combined strength of the entire political system, the business community and the people in the cause of national construction and development.
Under Official Dispatch No. 12729/VPCP-KGVX dated December 25, civil servants and public employees will have a four-day break from Thursday (January 1) to Sunday (January 4, 2026). To offset this, the working day on Friday (January 2, 2026) will be shifted to Saturday of the following week (January 10, 2026).
Taken together, the celebratory events, artistic programmes, and standout cultural products of 2025 helped foster a positive social atmosphere in which love for the Fatherland was not ignited by abstract slogans, but by concrete and genuine emotional experiences.
The campaign aims to mobilise social resources to support 1.5 million disadvantaged individuals, including people with disabilities, the elderly, orphaned children and those affected by natural disasters, for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.
Vietnam’s population has already topped 100 million, but the 2025 population report reveals trends accelerating well beyond earlier forecasts. Fertility has nosedived to all-time lows: the total fertility rate slipped from 2.01 children per woman in 2022 to 1.96 in 2023, then plunged to a record 1.91 in 2024.
Under the plan, civil servants and public employees will take the statutory holiday on January 1, be off work on January 2, and make up the working day on the next Saturday, which falls on January 10, 2026. This would create an uninterrupted four-day break from Thursday (January 1) to Sunday, (January 4, 2026).
More than a flower market, the event showcases the traditions of southern flower-growing villages, offering visitors an immersive Tet experience.
Current urban water supply systems boast a combined designed capacity of about 13.7 million cu.m per day, providing roughly 95% of the urban population with access to clean water.
Solidarity and kindness define Christmas in HCM City, where love transcends religion and ethnicity. A striking example is Most Venerable Thich Le Trang, Head of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Executive Board of HCM City, extended Christmas greetings to Archbishop Nguyen Nang of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City, and they pledged to guide believers and followers to live virtuous lives in love, compassion, and charity, serving as a vivid testament to religious unity.
Resolution No. 258/2025/QH15 pilots a number of special mechanisms and policies in the fields of investment, planning, urban development, architecture, construction, land, and finance to implement major and important projects in the capital.
The trial panel noted that the defendants who filed appeals had made honest confessions, shown remorse, and presented their difficult family circumstances. Some defendants also provided new details to support their appeals.
Christmas, also known as the Nativity of the Lord, marks the birth of Jesus Christ and is widely celebrated in many countries as a time for family reunions, sharing love and fostering a warm, joyful atmosphere within families and communities.
The eldest participant is 98-year-old Nguyen Thi Binh, a Hero of Labour and former Vice State President, while the youngest are five 11-year-old children.
Of the total, about 100 trillion VND will come from the central budget, 300 trillion VND from local budgets, and roughly 23 trillion VND from state-funded policy credit sources, according to Resolution No. 257/2025/QH15, freshly certified by National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man.
Under the pilot scheme, restrictions will apply on Thang Long Boulevard and National Highway 32 towards Ring Road 3 during the morning rush hour from 6.30 to 9.00am and in the afternoon from 4.30 to 7.30pm.
AI has been applied in administrative procedure monitoring, flood and rainfall tracking, traffic management, environmental supervision, public security and disaster prevention, helping reduce overdue dossiers and improve service quality.
As of December 21, repairs had been completed on more than 33,200 damaged houses (over 95%, with full completion expected by December 31, 2025), while 480 houses that collapsed or were swept away by floods have been rebuilt (over 29%, with full completion expected by January 31, 2026).
At the event on protecting national financial security in the digital age, Lieutenant General Nguyen Minh Chinh, permanent deputy chairman of the National Cybersecurity Association, said that in the current digital age, financial security has become a direct and inseparable component of national security.
The development of the railway industry should be pursued in the spirit of not only serving Vietnam, but also contributing to meeting the needs of other countries in the region; participating in the railway ecosystem for developed countries, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said.
