VOV.VN - Vietnam’s tourism industry is accelerating the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) as a strategic driver for sustainable growth, as the industry looks to build on its strong post-pandemic recovery.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City’s economy expanded by 8.27% year on year in the first quarter of 2026, marking its fastest growth for the same period in five years, according to the municipal statistics office.

Economists have underscored the necessity of tax and fee reductions to support business recovery and sustain growth in the current context which, however, are placing increasing short-term pressure on the state budget balance.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s tourism industry opened 2026 with strong momentum, recording double-digit growth in both visitor arrivals and tourism revenue during the nine-day Lunar New Year holiday from February 14 to 22, reinforcing confidence in the industry’s sustained recovery and long-term expansion.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s government has been credited by lawmakers with steering the country through an unusually turbulent five-year term, citing flexible governance, resilience and a series of socio-economic achievements recorded amid global and domestic headwinds.

Canada’s Secretary of State for International Development Randeep Sarai on January 7 visited the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, where six Canadian government-funded programmes and projects are being implemented.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s tourism industry recorded a series of major milestones in 2025, emerging as one of the country’s key growth engines and placing the Southeast Asian nation among the world’s fastest-growing tourism destinations, according to the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism.

State budget revenue reached approximately VND2.47 quadrillion (US$94 billion) by December 15, 2025, exceeding the target for the whole of 2025 by 25%, according to the Ministry of Finance.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has passed the 20 million international visitor mark in 2025, setting a tourism record and opening a new phase in which growth is increasingly tempered by sustainability concerns.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s labour market closed 2025 with signs of steady recovery, though structural challenges remain, particularly regarding workforce quality and mismatches between labour supply and demand.