[VOVWORLD] - Once introduced as a poverty-reduction initiative, Son La’s coffee industry has grown into a major agricultural export sector over the past 30 years. Son La province is now expanding cultivation, improving quality, developing specialty coffee, boosting deep processing, and building its Arabica brand to compete in global markets.

[VOVWORLD] - Quang Ninh has broken ground on a series of industrial park and industrial cluster infrastructure projects worth hundreds of millions of US dollars, laying the foundation for a new industrial ecosystem focused on high-tech, sustainability, and stronger competitiveness.

[VOVWORLD] - Mekong Delta tourism is gaining momentum, with visitor numbers and tourism revenue posting impressive growth. In implementing Politburo Resolution 26 on developing tourism into a spearhead economic sector in the new era, localities in southern Vietnam are introducing new policies, mechanisms, and tourism products to turn the region from a brief stopover into a destination for domestic and international travelers.

[VOVWORLD] - Vietnam and Pakistan are seeking to turn growing tourism interest into stronger two-way travel by tackling barriers in air connectivity, visas and tourism services. At a tourism B2B networking event in Hanoi last Tuesday, 100 Vietnamese travel companies and 20 Pakistani tour operators explored ways to expand the market.

[VOVWORLD] - The growing presence of foreign direct investment (FDI) groups has turned Hai Phong into a major local market for components, spare parts, and production services. But securing orders does not automatically mean domestic firms can enter global supply chains. Gaps in technology, management, human resources, technical standards, and suitable production space are barriers.

[VOVWORLD] - Vietnam has an opportunity to develop a low-altitude economy, with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) could emerge as a new technology sector, generating new products, services, and business models.

[VOVWORLD] - Vietnamese banh mi are now sold in many countries and have become part of the story of Vietnam going global. In Singapore, the Banh Mi Society is exploring how Vietnamese food products can be promoted in the international market. VOV’s reporter spoke to Ha Lam Tu Quynh, the founder of the Banh Mi Society, about her efforts to bring Vietnamese banh mi to the world and how overseas Vietnamese can contribute their knowledge and connections to enhancing Vietnam’s international standing.

[VOVWORLD] - Khuan Bang in Cho Moi commune, Thai Nguyen province, is a Tay ethnic hamlet once heavily dependent on farming and forestry. Today, villagers are turning what they already have – traditional stilt houses, local cuisine, tea terraces, natural landscapes, and cultural heritage – into tourism assets. Backed by state investment and local contributions, community-based tourism is creating an interconnected livelihood chain in which villagers are both hosts and primary beneficiaries.

[VOVWORLD] - According to Resolution 20 of the 3rd Plenum of the 14th Party Central Committee, Vietnam aims to become a strong maritime nation. Key tasks include upgrading marine infrastructure, advancing logistics, harnessing science and technology, driving digital transformation, and expanding economic space toward the sea. Seaports are a critical link between sea and land, production and markets.

[VOVWORLD] - Vietnam has established an extensive network of FTAs, opening up vast opportunities in markets, investment, and exports. But tariff preferences do not automatically translate into growth without strong local implementation capacity and active business participation. As requirements on product origin, the environment, labor, and sustainable development become increasingly stringent, effective implementation of FTA commitments is becoming crucial to strengthening competitiveness.