Vietnam has significant advantages for driving innovation and developing strategic technology sectors: a young, talented workforce; a strong macroeconomic foundation; a strategic location within Asia’s growth corridor; and proven capacity for learning and adaptation. What is now required is a well-structured strategy, including breakthroughs in cultivating tech talent and promoting innovation.
Vietnam’s e-commerce is projected to reach US$50 billion by 2030, further reinforcing the country’s position as one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing e-commerce markets.
As major import markets tighten green standards at the same time, Vietnam’s exports face a critical choice: adopt dual transformation, combining green transition and digital transformation, to meet the new rules or risk being pushed out of global supply chains.
The new Digital Government Development Program, approved by the Vietnamese government on December 1, 2025, is designed to develop inclusive, wide-reaching digital services based on the principle of placing citizens and businesses at the center as the primary stakeholders and co-creators of digital services.
As the world enters the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the digital economy, innovation and digital transformation are becoming key drivers of economic growth, productivity, and national competitiveness. Businesses are not only benefiting from new technologies but also leading the way in changing business models, managing data, and reshaping value chains within the innovation ecosystem.
Vietnam is no longer seen as a destination for easy capital. The country is repositioning itself as global investment shifts, and foreign investors are now expected to bring technology, expertise, and social responsibility, not just money. This was the key message at a recent forum in Hanoi held by Business Forum Magazine on improving policies to attract next-generation FDI into industrial parks.
The United Overseas Bank (UOB) projected Viet Nam’s fourth-quarter growth at 7.2 percent on-year, following a strong 8.23 per cent rise in the third quarter, the highest since the post-COVID rebound, in its report released on December 22.
As Vietnam accelerates institutional reform, digital transformation, and deep international economic integration, improving the effectiveness of customs legal policy development has become a key breakthrough in facilitating trade, supporting the business community, and enhancing the economy’s competitiveness.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has decided to establish the Executive Council for the International Financial Center (IFC) in Viet Nam.
On the evening of December 20, at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel (Hanoi), the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, in coordination with the Hanoi People’s Committee, solemnly opened the Vietnam OCOP Festival 2025 under the theme “Vietnam – Convergence and Dissemination.”
The grand ceremony on the groundbreaking and inauguration of 243 key projects took place simultaneously nationwide at 9:00 AM on December 19.
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