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Vietnam’s workforce welcomes new public holiday on Nov. 24
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (341+ words) More than 95% of 85,000 surveyed workers have expressed strong approval for designating November 24 as "Vietnam Culture Day," a proposed national holiday where employees would receive a day off with full pay. The remaining survey participants also voiced support for the new…...
Government assigns social housing development targets for localities
18+ hour, 18+ min ago (286+ words) The Government has assigned social housing development targets to each locality as part of efforts to achieve the goal of completing at least one million housing units for low-income earners and workers in industrial zones by 2030. By the end of…...
PM asks to rein in housing prices
23+ hour, 8+ min ago (250+ words) Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has instructed relevant ministries and agencies to adopt measures to rein in commercial housing prices'particularly apartment prices'to reasonable levels in line with the country's overall development. He made the request while addressing the fifth meeting…...
Network of Vietnamese AI experts to be established
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (303+ words) The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) is intensifying efforts to build a global network of top-tier Vietnamese artificial intelligence (AI) experts to spearhead the country's key national AI development programs, according to a report from the Government News. To…...
Per capita income climbs 9.3% in 2025
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (492+ words) Average per capita income in 2025 was estimated at VND5.9 million ($225) per month, marking a 9.3 percent increase from 2024, the Government News quoted preliminary findings of the Household Living Standards Survey 2025 from the National Statistics Office (NSO) as reporting. Part of the income…...
Hanoi targets 171,000 new jobs
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (212+ words) The Hanoi People's Committee has issued a plan to support labor market development and generate employment for workers across the city in 2026. Under the plan, the city aims to create 171,000 new jobs and maintain the urban unemployment rate below 3%. The…...
Vietnam on the way to achieve net-zero commitment
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (1007+ words) Could you tell us about the results Vietnam has achieved in implementing its international commitment to greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation towards meeting the 2050 net-zero target? Vietnam is among the countries most severely affected by climate change. Extreme weather events have…...
Economic diplomacy shifts gears to fuel double-digit growth momentum
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (423+ words) Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged economic diplomacy to continue creating breakthroughs to serve the nation's goal of achieving annual double-digit growth starting from 2026. He made the request during an online conference with Vietnamese representative agencies abroad on January…...
UOB upgrades Vietnam's 2026 economic growth forecast to 7.5%
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (228+ words) Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB) has raised its forecast for Vietnam's GDP growth in 2026 to 7.5% from a previous estimate of 7%, according to the bank's latest Vietnam economic outlook report. The country's real GDP expanded by 8.46% year-on-year in the fourth quarter…...
Investment demand remains a main driver of the real estate market
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (154+ words) Highest supply in the 2019-2025 period Signs of rpice cuts emerge" In Da Nang, prices rose sharply due to increased investment demand, especially from Hanoi investors, but liquidity also slowed down at the end of the year with price levels tending…...