Vietnam’s Diplomacy in 2025: Shaping a new position

Vietnam’s Diplomacy in 2025: Shaping a new position

In 2025, diplomacy continued to serve as a firm foundation for national development, the building of equal and mutually beneficial partnerships, and the safeguarding of national interests amid growing regional and global volatility.
From integration to initiative: Vietnam makes milestones in multilateral diplomacy

From integration to initiative: Vietnam makes milestones in multilateral diplomacy

State President Luong Cuong has made impotant contributions to advancing Vietnam’s diplomacy in 2025, with his active engagement in both bilateral and multilateral activities, especially at major international events, helping showcase Vietnam’s vision, resolve, and responsible and humane approach in a rapidly evolving international order.
Hanoi – Dien Bien Phu in the air: A victory of resolve and ingenuity

Hanoi – Dien Bien Phu in the air: A victory of resolve and ingenuity

Over 12 days and nights, from December 18 to 30, 1972, the US Air Force launched an unprecedented bombing campaign in Indochina, in an attempt to “throw North Vietnam back to the stone age”. With courage, determination, ingenuity and close coordination, the armed forces and people of the North shot down 81 aircraft, including 34 B-52 bombers. The decisive victory over Hanoi shattered the peak of US military escalation and led to the signing of the Paris Agreement, ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam and Indochina.
OP-ED: Journalism - A

OP-ED: Journalism - A "vanguard" in battle against corruption, negative phenomena

From the task of dissemination, detection, and supervision to the rebuttal of false allegations, the information work of the press in general, and the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) in particular, has been implemented in conjunction with its role as the official source of information for the Party and the State. This contributes to strengthening social trust and promoting the building of a clean and strong Party and political system.
OP-ED: Stronger rules in ‘people-centred’ disaster response

OP-ED: Stronger rules in ‘people-centred’ disaster response

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, in his urgent dispatch issued on November 2, commended local Party committees, authorities and residents, along with military and public security forces, and residents for their coordinated actions against recent floods in the central region, guided by the “four-on-the-spot” principle and the spirit of solidarity and mutual support.
OP-ED: Party’s political report: Economic growth in tandem with human development

OP-ED: Party’s political report: Economic growth in tandem with human development

The draft report sets economic targets for the 2026–2030 period, aiming for an average annual GDP growth rate of at least 10% and a per capita GDP of about 8,500 USD by 2030. In the social sphere, the draft aims to raise the HDI to 0.78, increase average life expectancy to around 75.5 years with at least 68 healthy years, and reduce the poverty rate under the multidimensional poverty standard for 2026–2030 by 1–1.5% annually.