Construction began on a 25-storey Youth Cultural House project worth VNĐ2.24 trillion (US$88 million) in HCM City on Friday (December 19), aiming to serve as a flagship cultural and social hub for the city’s youth.
After nearly a decade of delays and repeated construction suspensions, the second campuses of Bạch Mai and Việt Đức hospitals have been inaugurated in a flagship effort to ease chronic overcrowding at Hà Nội’s central hospitals.
The railway has a total main line length of about 390.9km and branch lines totalling about 27.9km.
The first section of the Châu Đốc - Cần Thơ - Sóc Trăng expressway was opened to technical traffic in An Giang on December 19, marking a key step in improving connectivity across the Mekong Delta.
Social infrastructure requires technical infrastructure first. Yet, Hà Nội currently lacks a transport model and should assess whether models exist for hydrology, air quality and waste management.
Long Thành International Airport marked a major milestone on December 19, as a Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787 carrying Party and State leaders became the first official flight to land at the new airport.
Major projects nationwide broke ground or entered operation on December 19, to mark the upcoming 14th National Party Congress. Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính presided over the ceremony launching the Olympic Sports Urban Area in Hà Nội.
The ministry’s request follows continuous media reports that several apartment complexes in Hà Nội and HCM City have temporarily denied EVs into their basement parking lots for fear of fire and explosion risks.
The inauguration at this time carries particular significance, helping to promptly ease congestion pressure at largest aviation gateway in the northern region ahead of the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday peak and the 2026 tourism season.
The festival will enhance networking and exchanges in OCOP production and trade among localities nationwide and with international partners.
Việt Nam has approved a plan to implement its nuclear energy development and application master plan through 2030, with a vision to 2050.
Six journalists and groups of authors from the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) won the awards, including a top prize.
The Olympic Sports City and the Red River Scenic Boulevard projects will serve the goal of achieving a GRDP growth rate of 11 per cent in 2026.
National Assembly Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn expressed his confidence that in 2026, journalists will continue to uphold their responsibility, accompanying the legislative body in conveying its activities and helping people-elected agencies operate more effectively and efficiently.
The nuns’ charitable work has contributed to strengthening the great national unity, said Vice President of the Việt Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyễn Thị Tuyến.
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính stressed that breakthroughs in science and technology, innovation, digital transformation and administrative reforms are an objective requirement and a strategic choice for Việt Nam.
HCM City on December 19 will break ground on eight major infrastructure and urban development projects, including six public-investment works and two projects under the public-private partnership (PPP) model, in one of its largest coordinated construction launches in recent years.
Grounded in updated household and labour market data, the report highlights how the Mekong Delta can adapt and sustain its role as the nation’s agricultural heartland while raising productivity, moving up the value chain and aligning with Việt Nam’s broader economic transformation.
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