The four-day New Year holiday from January 1 to 4 has driven up demand for shopping and travel, serving as a key trigger for year-end consumption stimulus programmes.
Between 2020 and 2025, authorities nationwide detected and handled about 120,000 - 190,000 cases of smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods each year with trade fraud accounting for the largest share of around 79-88 per cent.
Leading global postgraduate education platform upGrad has recently unveiled a strategic partnership with Skills Bridge aimed at providing a more accessible and practically-focused online learning experience for Vietnamese learners.
Hà Nội has begun piloting an administrative procedure model that allows citizens and businesses to submit documents at any branch of the city’s Public Administration Service Centre, regardless of their place of residence or the jurisdiction of the authority.
In Việt Nam, Meta said it removed more than 5.4 million pieces of violating content on Facebook and 14,000 on Instagram, with most detected proactively before users reported them.
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has asked ministries and local authorities to accelerate the implementation of plans to simplify and remove administrative procedures and business conditions in 2025.
Việt Nam ranks among the countries with the fastest e-commerce growth in the region, in the global top 10 for growth rate, and third in Southeast Asia in market size.
Data show the broader e-commerce tax intake – covering all domestic and foreign suppliers – reached VNĐ152 trillion ($5.63 billion) in the first nine months of 2025, up 64 per cent year-on-year.
The Vietnam Competition Commission received 144 complaints and suggestions from consumers in the e-commerce sector in the first nine months of this year.
Meta has introduced new s to its Brand Rights Protection tools, aiming to help businesses better protect their brands and customers from scams and misuse on Facebook and Instagram.