Cambodian scholars and analysts agreed that the 14th National Congress of the CPV will play an important role in defining Việt Nam’s development path over the next five years and beyond, highlighting renewed thinking marked by innovation, groundbreaking approaches, and creativity, alongside long-term strategic goals.
Việt Nam has clearly identified its foreign policy priorities with neighbouring countries, maintaining and steadily developing relations with Laos, Cambodia and China
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has reviewed socio-economic achievements of 2025 and the 2021–2025 tenure while sketching out major orientations and tasks for 2026 during an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on the occasion of the New Year 2026, the first year implementing the Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress.
Over the past five years, despite budgetary pressures caused by the pandemic, social welfare policies and sustainable poverty reduction efforts have continued to be ensured
In a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 2026 New Year, Indian Ambassador to Việt Nam Tshering W. Sherpa emphasised the need to further strengthen the traditional pillars of the India-Việt Nam relationship, anchored in strategic trust, long-standing cultural and historical ties, and growing cooperation in emerging areas.
Parliaments in both Việt Nam and India share a common and vital function: providing an institutional space for dialogue, debate, and the reconciliation of differing views.
Held amid poverty and political uncertainty, Việt Nam’s 1946 election did more than create a parliament. In this interview, Nguyễn Sĩ Dũng explains how it reshaped ideas of power, citizenship and national unity – legacies that still frame governance today.
To move beyond reliance on scale expansion and low-cost labour, and to avoid the “middle-income trap”, Việt Nam must raise the technological content and value-added of its economy.
After seven decades of partnership, Việt Nam and Indonesia are entering a new phase of bilateral relations.
In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the New Year 2026, Ambassador Khamphao Ernthavanh highlighted the concept of “strategic cohesion” within the architecture of the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries
Eric Van Vaerenbergh, an energy expert and lecturer at the Brussels Engineering School (ECAM) said that the core issue is no longer how fast Việt Nam can grow, but how it grows, how to create more value with fewer resources, while enhancing resilience to external shocks.
Looking ahead to 2026, the country aims to attract 25 million international visitors, serve 150 million domestic travellers and generate around US$43 billion in tourism revenue.
Vietnam News Agency spoke with Trần Văn Thọ, Emeritus Professor at Waseda University in Japan and a respected scholar with extensive research on Việt Nam’s economy and national development, to gain insights into the concept of strategic autonomy.
US Ambassador Marc E. Knapper says growing high-tech, education and people-to-people ties are shaping the next phase of bilateral relations.
There are large Vietnamese communities, numbering in the millions in key technology countries such as the US, Japan, France, Australia, and Canada. Israeli expert Mel Shalev suggested Việt Nam make greater efforts to attract more of them home, or at least to their second home, as they are a bridge between Việt Nam and some key high-tech partner countries.
Numerous OV-owned businesses in Germany have invested in Việt Nam, acting as effective bridges for bilateral trade.
Many highly skilled Vietnamese experts in countries such as the US, the UK, France, Australia, and Japan are willing to devote time and efforts to consultations lasting for months, or even a year, without complaint.
In a video recap for 2025, US Ambassador to Việt Nam Marc E. Knapper reflected on the meaningful events that marked the 30th year of partnership between the two countries.
