ASEAN is poised to enter 2025–2026 with strong momentum in education benchmarking, as Vietnam’s Grade 5 students recorded the highest scores in Mathematics and Reading in the 2024 cycle of the Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics, according to results released on December 4 in Manila.

Vietnam sees growing advantages in the global race to develop versatile humanoid robots - machines which are capable of performing complicated physical tasks, interacting naturally with humans and operating safely in a real-world environment.