Vietnam is facing the dual task of accelerating high-tech workforce training while preparing for labour shifts in labour-intensive sectors, and can learn from Singapore’s experience in solving this problem, according to Singapore-based experts.

Vietnam’s digital economy is emerging as an important growth driver, accounting for 14.02% of GDP in 2025, equivalent to 72.1 billion USD. This offers great opportunities for businesses to make breakthrough growth and clinch their position in the supply chain.

Vietnam needs to build an ecosystem that connects large and small businesses, strengthen their capabilities, and help them gradually move up in value chains, while linking international resources with the domestic economy to create new development capabilities.

International press agencies have published positive and optimistic assessments of Vietnam’s economic performance, highlighting its strong growth momentum, stable macroeconomic fundamentals and long-term development prospects.

The 2026 Da Nang Innovation Startup Festival (SURF), the central coastal city’s biggest annual event of its kind, took place on August 18 and 19, attracting a large number of experts, investors, businesses, research institutes, universities and members of the domestic and international innovation startup community.

A wave of policy changes is accelerating Vietnam’s energy transition and widening manufacturers’ access to green electricity.

The Vietnam International Financial Centre (VIFC) on August 17 unveiled an online system for registering and recognising members for 2026-2027, marking a step toward digitalising administrative procedures and improving services for investors and businesses.

How to turn tourism potential into marketable products and connections forged at tourism forums into tours, tourism routes, air services and stable visitor flows were key issues discussed at the 2026 International Travel Forum, held in the south central province of Gia Lai on August 16.

Vietravel Airlines has launched a direct route between Ho Chi Minh City and China’s Shenzhen, marking a new step in its international network expansion and making it the only Vietnamese airline currently operating a nonstop service between the two cities.

The agriculture sector of Can Tho City considers digital transformation a shift from manual, experience-based management to data-driven governance.

The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) has approved its 2026-30 capital restructuring plan, which includes the full divestment of its stakes in 66 companies.

Logistics is increasingly becoming a major bottleneck for exports as transport costs rise and requirements for data management, low emissions and supply chain transparency become more stringent, requiring coordinated investment in logistics infrastructure, data infrastructure and transport capacity, according to insiders.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s top priority is to ensure that every mechanism, policy, and management action supports macroeconomic stability, major economic balances, and resilience, while maintaining a sound and transparent market-based banking system, said Prime Minister Le Minh Hung.

In preparation for the National Day (September 2) holiday, Vietjet plans to add 82,000 seats, equivalent to 400 flights, across domestic and international routes.

Sun PhuQuoc Airways has finalised plans to receive eight Airbus A330 wide-body aircraft, with four expected to join its fleet in 2026 and the remaining four to be delivered during the first four months of 2027. The move marks a key step in the airline’s strategy to expand its operations and progressively connect Phu Quoc with more distant international markets.

Honda Vietnam reported on August 10 that its motorcycle and automobile sales in July fell 9% and 18.7% year-on-year, respectively.

The US’s strategy to rebuild its semiconductor industry is creating great opportunities for Vietnam to deepen its role in global supply chains, while also clearly highlighting the differences in institutional capacity, resources, and implementation capabilities between Vietnam and more advanced economies.

For years, fruit from Australia and New Zealand has been a familiar choice among Vietnamese consumers.

Leveraging advantages such as extensive agricultural land, a network of river islets and specialized fruit-growing zones, many farmers in Can Tho have boldly combined agricultural production with experiential tourism.

Vietnam has emerged one of the most attractive destinations for leading US semiconductor companies, thanks to its competitive labour costs, political stability, favourable geographic location and extensive network of free trade agreements (FTAs), according to Dr. Tran Doan Huan, Senior Research Scientist at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.