VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City has launched a state-backed venture capital fund aimed at accelerating startups in core technologies, marking a new model to mobilise both public and private capital for innovation.

The eighth National Startup Day for pupils and students (SV_STARTUP 2026) will be held from April 17 – 19 at the Banking Academy in Hanoi, with around 10,000 participants anticipated.

The Government has issued Resolution No. 86/NQ-CP promulgating the national strategy on innovative start-ups, aiming to foster a wave of innovation-driven entrepreneurship across society, grounded in science, technology and digital transformation.

VOV.VN - Vu Quoc Huy, Director of the Vietnam National Innovation Centre (NIC), and Professor Dr Jan Kratzer, Academic Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship (CfE) at the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on March 24 in Berlin.

Remittance inflows topping US$10.3 billion to Ho Chi Minh City in 2025 have strengthened the city’s financial resilience, standing out as a vivid symbol of trust capital and a key driver of institutional reforms designed to better harness this important capital source.

VOV.VN - Da Nang is accelerating its ambition to become a regional innovation hub, deepening ties with partners from Dubai and global investors as part of a broader strategy to position the city at the forefront of digital and emerging technologies.

The Xuan Que Huong (Homeland Spring) 2026 programme is not only a traditional Lunar New Year gathering but also a major people-to-people diplomacy activity in overseas Vietnamese (OV) affairs, helping realise Party and State policies on national unity and mobilise resources of the expatriates for development.

VOV.VN - US fintech startup Tala has officially set up a legal entity in Vietnam and rolled out a lending model in cooperation with partner banks, with a projected credit limit of up to US$100 million over at least three years.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Algeria Tran Quoc Khanh, in a recent interview with local television channel Elbilad, discussed stronger bilateral relations following the elevation to a Strategic Partnership during Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's official visit in November.

The National Startup Project Development Programme (Startup Festival 2025) was held in Hanoi on December 20, bringing together policymakers, entrepreneurs, universities/colleges, investors, and innovation supporters to honour outstanding startup projects of the year.