(VOVWORLD) - Da Nang has been named Vietnam’s Smart City of 2025, securing the national title granted this year by the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA). This is the 6th consecutive year Da Nang has led the nation in digital transformation and smart urban development.

(VOVWORLD) - Conflicts spreading across many regions of the world, coupled with the digital gap and the lack of effective cyberspace governance mechanisms, have further exacerbated challenges to global human rights in 2025.

(VOVWORLD) - The 5th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Week is underway across communes and wards citywide. It aims to stimulate tourism, boost growth, and kick off the festive year-end season with fresh, exciting experiences for residents and visitors.

(VOVWORLD) - December 10 is observed as Human Rights Day around the world. In Vietnam, this year’s focus is strengthening mechanisms to protect human rights in the digital environment. This is one of Vietnam’s national priorities in the new period and one of Vietnam’s eight initiatives while holding the membership at the UN Human Rights Council for the 2026–2028 term, aiming to safeguard human rights amid climate change and digital transformation.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has been named the “World’s Leading Heritage Destination” for the 6th time at the grand finale of the 2025 World Travel Awards held recently in Bahrain.

(VOVWORLD) - Last Friday, President Donald Trump released a new National Security Strategy, setting out a list of priorities to safeguard US interests. The document marks the most dramatic shift in the US’s global strategy since the end of the Cold War.

(VOVWORLD) - Coastal localities across the country are stepping up efforts in the fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Vietnam is working to build a sustainable fisheries sector via tighter management, origin tracing, and restructuring fisheries.

(VOVWORLD) - One week after the launch last Monday of the “Quang Trung Campaign” to rebuild and repair homes for flood-stricken residents, new houses have been built and many damaged houses have been repaired. Local authorities, military units, police forces, and other organizations have been working around the clock to help affected families quickly regain stability.

(VOVWORLD) - As 2025 approaches its final weeks, Vietnam’s economic landscape in the last 11 months has proved Vietnam’s resilience, strong capacity to overcome adversity, and steadfast determination to maintain growth amid global uncertainties. Key indicators, from industrial production and trade to domestic consumption, inflation control, and macroeconomic stability, prove that Vietnam is on the right track in its recovery and development trajectory.

(VOVWORLD) - Asian countries have experienced a destructive 2025 marked by historic floods, which caused severe losses of life and property, potentially derailing a number of long-term strategic development goals.