Vietnam has a real opportunity to achieve rapid growth through 2045, provided it fundamentally changes the way value is created and ensures a sufficiently strong and reliable energy foundation, said Eric Van Vaerenbergh, an energy expert and lecturer at the Brussels Engineering School (ECAM).

VOV.VN - Vietnam closed 2025 with notable cultural milestones, underscoring a growing recognition of culture as a central pillar of sustainable development.

Toyota Motor Vietnam sold 1,082 hybrid vehicles in December 2025, pushing full-year hybrid deliveries to 8,474 units, a 58% increase from 2024, signaling growing preference among Vietnamese buyers for fuel-efficient models that maintain practical performance.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s dragon fruit exports have dropped to their lowest level in more than a decade, reflecting weakening demand and intensifying competition in global markets.

VOV.VN - Public investment is increasingly viewed as a critical lever for Vietnam’s ambition to achieve double-digit economic growth in the coming period, but experts warn that persistent bottlenecks must be removed for it to become an effective growth driver.

VOV.VN - Vietnam U23 enter the U23 Asian Cup 2026 with growing expectations, having won the gold medal at the SEA Games 33 and returned to training after only a brief break to prepare for Vietnam football’s first major tournament of 2026.

VOV.VN - Representatives of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) visited Vietnam U23 shortly before the start of the U23 Asian Cup 2026 finals, during which several competition-related issues were discussed.

State President Luong Cuong on January 3 sent a message of condolences to Swiss President Guy Parmelin following a serious fire in the canton of Valais on the night of December 31 that caused significant loss of life.

2025 was an incredibly significant year for Vietnam-US relations, marked by a series of major anniversaries and substantive advances across multiple areas of cooperation, US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper said in a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam’s continued socio-economic stability and positive development outcomes demonstrate the effective governance capacity and strong adaptability of its political system, according to Marcelo Rodriguez, head of the Commission for Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of Argentina Central Committee.