VIETNAM TODAY

Vietnam Report, in collaboration with VietNamNet newspaper, has announced the 2025 PROFIT500 Ranking – the Top 500 Most Profitable Companies in Vietnam.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training has proposed adding Cambodian, Thai and Indonesian to the school curriculum, starting with Lao in 2026 at selected schools with demand and resources.

At least 18 people, including 10 foreign tourists, were injured on September 15 after a four-vehicle collision on the Cau Gie-Ninh Binh Expressway.

Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko joined his delegation’s doctors in providing emergency care to a passenger who fell ill on Vietnam Airlines flight VN62 from Moscow to Hanoi on September 11.

Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defense and the US Embassy held a ceremony on September 15 to hand over more than 6 hectares of dioxin-free land at Bien Hoa Airport, Dong Nai Province.

Vietnam expects to mobilise around USD 370 million in official development assistance (ODA) and foreign concessional loans in the last four months of 2025, according to the Ministry of Finance.

Staff members from the Cham Islands Marine Protected Area removed nearly 130kg of marine waste and 18 crown-of-thorns starfish during a cleanup on September 14.

The Government has approved a project to upgrade the stock market, aiming to transform it into a more transparent platform capable of drawing in greater foreign capital.

Minister of Finance Nguyen Van Thang will lead a delegation to the United Kingdom and Italy to promote investment and strengthen economic ties from September 14 to 21.

The European Union (EU) is emerging as a promising market for Vietnam’s agro-forestry-fishery products, especially amid impacts from the US’s reciprocal tariff policy.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee has announced the shortlist of 20 outstanding candidates for the final round of the Golden Globe Science and Technology Awards 2025.

Alexander admitted he had purchased the firearm in Cambodia in late 2024 for USD 700 for self-defence.

Embarking on the North-South high-speed rail project, Vietnam is drawing on international practices and advanced technologies to ensure the success of the unprecedented project.

The State budget increased the minimum health insurance subsidies from 30 per cent to 50 per cent for students from grades 1 to 12 and university students from the 2025-2026 school year.

Residents of Tra Van, a mountainous commune in Danang City, have built eight temporary storm shelters to prepare for heavy floods and landslides.

Russia’s Medsintez Plant and Vietnam’s VNVC Vaccine and Biological Manufacturing Plant have signed a comprehensive technology transfer deal to produce new generation biologics.

The policy of expanding foreign ownership quotas for eligible projects to sell to foreigners is seen as an important step to help the market absorb international capital.

The Ministry of Construction has agreed on expanding the six-lane Hanoi-Bac Giang Highway to eight lanes following the northern province of Bac Ninh’s proposal.

Properties in Hanoi’s old quarter are being advertised at nearly VND 3 billion (approximately USD 115,000) per square metre, while several other central streets also see listings above USD 38,400.