VOV.VN - The Hanoi People’s Council will question officials on food safety enforcement this week, as part of broader discussions on the city’s economic performance and orientations for the remainder of 2025.

Vietnam’s bold move to merge 63 centrally governed provinces and cities into 34 units and adopt a two-tier local government system will bring about medium-term benefits, according to Associate Professor Li Junkai from the Institute for Global South Studies under Tianjin University.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh put forward three strategic pioneering proposals at the 2025 BRICS Summit in Brazil, aimed at creating a fairer, more equitable, efficient, inclusive, and sustainable global governance system that empowers developing countries and the Global South with greater influence and representation.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the opening ceremony of the 2025 BRICS Summit, along with leaders of BRICS member states and partner countries, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 6 (local time).

The Hanoi People’s Council has passed 11 key resolutions to ensure the effective operation of the two-tier local government model, which officially took effect from July 1, 2025.

VOV.VN - As Vietnam accelerates efforts to streamline its political system through historic Constitutional amendments and administrative reforms, hostile forces have intensified their use of online platforms to spread distorted narratives, incite public doubt, and undermine national unity.

Vietnam’s sweeping administrative reform, which came into effect on July 1 with the merger of its 63 provinces and centrally-run cities into 34 units and the official transition to a two-tier local government model comprising provincial and communal levels, has drawn widespread attention in Chinese public and academic circles.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked ministries, sectors, and localities to intensify all efforts toward the goal of achieving a GDP growth rate of at least 8% in 2025, a challenging goal amid continued global and domestic economic uncertainties.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s economy expanded by 7.31% in the first half of 2025, the highest six-month growth in two decades, reflecting a strong, resilient recovery amid ongoing global challenges, said Minister of Finance Nguyen Van Thang at a regular Government meeting in Hanoi on July 3.

Vietnam’s socio-economic situation has shown steady improvement in the first half of 2025, with performance in most sectors in the following month better than the previous month and the next quarter better than the previous quarter, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 3.