Having launched an e-Government system in 2014, the central city has completed 1,632 out of 1,682 online administration procedures, marking a crucial step in becoming a ‘smart city’ and the first in Việt Nam to join the ASEAN ‘smart’ city network by 2030.

Doctors at Tâm Đức Heart Hospital in HCM City have successfully performed a life-saving heart operation on H’Nhun Niê, a 11-year-old girl from Ê Đê ethnic group in Đắk Lắk Province, the 8,000th heart operation funded by VinaCapital Foundation’s healthcare programme Heartbeat Vietnam.

Hà Nội's farm economy in suburban districts has developed well in both quantity and quality with high turnover and creating jobs for thousands of workers in recent years.

In the new high school education programme, textbooks are no longer the only source for teaching. Teachers have more autonomy in the teaching process, but many have not been able to catch up with the idea. Đinh Quang Báo, former principal of Hà Nội Pedagogical University, talks to VOV online newspaper about the issue