The proposal ceremony, or engagement ritual, is a key milestone in the marital life of the Jrai people, who follow a matrilineal system. Recently revived in Op village, Pleiku ward, Central Highland Gia Lai province, the ritual helps preserve traditional cultural identity while adding appeal to community-based tourism.
Party General Secretary To Lam on January 9 received US Ambassador Marc Evans Knapper, who paid a farewell visit upon completing his tenure in Vietnam.
The Temple of Literature in Hanoi is hosting the themed exhibition “Horses Return to the City” to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Horse. The exhibition runs until the end of March.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Cuba on January 8 held a press briefing to provide Cuban press and media outlets with information on the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, scheduled to take place from January 19 to 25, 2026.
Quang Ninh is intensifying vessel management and round-the-clock enforcement, backed by near-universal licensing and compliance gains, as it aligns local action with national efforts to lift the European Commission’s IUU “yellow card”. The province is pairing tougher inspections and VMS monitoring with accelerated digitalisation of fisheries data to curb violations, strengthen traceability and advance sustainable marine development.
According to Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Committee Pham Duc An, the city prioritises building sustainable economic ecosystems and focuses on key breakthrough sectors with strong spillover effects, including high technology and digital transformation, logistics, urban infrastructure, finance, processing and manufacturing industries, high-tech agriculture, and the pharmaceutical and medicinal herb industry.
Resolution 79 is not only about SOEs. At a deeper level, it is about how Vietnam reorganises its development drivers in a world that is changing at breakneck speed.
In 2025, Vietnam’s GDP grew by 8%, beating UOB’s forecast of 7.7% but still falling short of the Government’s target of 8.3–8.5%, which would have needed an extraordinary boost in the final quarter.
On the morning of January 8, My Dinh Square within the National Sports Complex in Hanoi, was filled with red flags and banners, along with the high morale of uniformed personnel, as the Ministry of Public Security conducted a full rehearsal of the deployment ceremony and security drills for the 14th National Party Congress.
Vietnam must pursue radical economic restructuring and a new growth model driven by science, technology, innovation and digital transformation to achieve double-digit growth from 2026, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at a nationwide conference on January 8 reviewing 2025 performance and launching tasks for 2026.
The international community has recognised and praised Vietnam’s socio-economic development achievements in 2025, Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said on January 8 at the ministry's regular press briefing.
At the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi, the performance “Echoes of the Ly Dynasty” has emerged as a major attraction by combining large-scale 3D mapping with a digital immersive experience space.
Khanh Hoa’s grape growers are actively caring for high-quality table grape varieties to ensure harvests are ready for the Lunar New Year 2026.
The organisation of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) was announced to foreign diplomatic missions and international organisations in Vietnam during a meeting in Hanoi on January 7.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 7 demanded the swift completion of the “Quang Trung Campaign” to rebuild and repair houses for people affected by storms and floods in central Vietnam, stressing that all work must be finished ahead of the 14th National Party Congress and the Lunar New Year.
Party General Secretary To Lam on January 7 stressed the urgent and critical need to transform the country’s development model toward one based on science and technology, alongside the pursuit of double-digit growth in tandem with the establishment of a new growth model.
Vietnam’s total trade exceeded 930 billion USD in 2025, up nearly 20% from the previous year, with a trade surplus of over 20 billion USD, according to the National Statistics Office.
Despite numerous difficulties in 2025, Vietnam’s agricultural sector closed the year with export earnings of 70.9 billion USD, laying an optimistic foundation for a 74 billion USD export target in 2026. The information was announced at the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment’s first regular press briefing of the year, held in Hanoi on January 6.
Since the 28th meeting of the National Steering Committee on combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has completed and submitted a report on IUU fishing prevention to the European Commission.
With strong determination to have the European Commission’s “yellow card” lifted, the northern province of Hung Yen has been actively implementing robust measures to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. These efforts have brought positive changes in fishermen’s awareness and practices, helping fisheries operations become more effective and gradually more orderly.
Politburo member and Standing member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu on January 6 inspected preparations for the upcoming 14th National Party Congress at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science and Technology, in collaboration with the Saigon Hi-Tech Park Management Board and tech companies Saolatek, Real-time Robotics Vietnam, and Di Dong Viet, has kicked off a pilot programme using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for delivery services.
A national ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of Vietnam’s first general election was held in Hanoi on January 6.
Party and State leaders, together with representatives of various generations of National Assembly deputies, paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum in Hanoi on January 6, marking the 80th anniversary of Vietnam’s first general election.
Eighty years ago, on January 6, 1946, history was made when, for the first time, all Vietnamese citizens aged 18 and above, regardless of gender, wealth, ethnicity, religion or social background, cast their ballots to elect the National Assembly, the highest representative body of the people and the supreme state authority of the newly founded nation. The National Assembly went on to decide the country’s most critical issues, including adopting the Constitution and laying the legal foundations of an independent Vietnam.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on Russia’s AFK Sistema to step up partnerships with Vietnamese firms, particularly in high-tech fields, in order to turn high-level bilateral agreements into concrete results.
Drumbeats echoed across the highlands as the traditional glutinous rice cake pounding contest burst into life at the Mu Cang Chai commune stadium in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.
Party General Secretary To Lam has called on the Party’s internal affairs sector to accelerate more substantive, effective and sustainable progress in the fight against corruption, wastefulness and negative practices, stressing that this is a strategic, long-term mission requiring persistence and continuity, not short-term or campaign-style efforts.
