Keyword: "Việt Nam - Kỷ nguyên mới"

Vietnam should develop a “borderless national intellectual network”, enabling Vietnamese professionals living abroad to contribute as visiting professors, strategic advisers, research leaders or co-directors of key laboratories. Such a model would help tap into global expertise without requiring specialists to return home permanently., according to Assoc. Prof., Dr Nguyen Thanh Phuong of the Department of Information Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics (DISIM) at the University of L’Aquila in Italy.

Lan Anh, Vietnam’s candidate, secured the highest number of votes among candidates from the Asia-Pacific region in elections held on June 18 at the 36th Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) at the United Nations headquarters.

The ASEAN Future Forum (AFF) 2026's opening in Hanoi once again placed Vietnam at the centre of regional diplomacy, Malaysia-based Southeast Asian history and defence researcher Enzo Sim Hong Jun told Vietnam News Agency.

In his welcoming remarks, Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung said Vietnam established the forum with the aim of creating an open, substantive and forward-looking space for dialogue among ASEAN member states and international partners.

The sea should not be viewed solely as an area for resource exploitation or sectoral economic development. It must be recognised as a strategic national development space where economic growth, national defence, security, science and technology, and international integration converge, said Party General Secretary and State President To Lam.

During the past tenure, with the Party’s leadership, effective State management and support from ministries, sectors and businesses, farmers nationwide overcame numerous challenges and achieved important accomplishments, VNFU President Luong Quoc Doan said.

During the first five months of the year, international arrivals reached a record 10.6 million, the highest figure ever recorded for the period.

Indonesian scholar Lamijo of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) said the speech reflected not only Vietnam’s national interests but also a broader strategic vision for the region, demonstrating the country’s readiness to share leadership responsibilities in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).