Vietnam approves bold reforms to streamline ministries

Vietnam's communist government plans to cut one in five public sector jobs over the next five years as part of a sweeping ...
East Asia Forum

Will Vietnam’s governance reforms push it towards federalism?

The Communist Party of Vietnam is enacting its most ambitious governance reforms in decades, aiming to streamline the governance system to better realise national development aspirations. While not ...
East Asia Forum

Vietnam redraws its administrative map

On 1 July 2025, Vietnam implemented its largest administrative reform since reunification, consolidating provinces, abolishing districts and streamlining bureaucracy. The changes aim to cut costs, ...
The Economist

Vietnam is rushing ahead with ambitious domestic reforms

Vietnam will not quite meet its ambitious 8.3% growth target for 2025. But it may come close. Output rose by 8.2% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025, though it would need to rise by nearly 10% ...
AOL

Analysis-Investors cheer Vietnam reforms, but To Lam's growth target looks elusive

Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary To Lam speaks during the 14th National Party Congress in Hanoi, Vietnam, January 20, 2026. VNA/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN ...