(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam stands at a historic crossroads in pursuing its global climate goals. High-level blueprints like Just Energy Transition Partnership and the Power Development Plan for 2021-2030 known as PDP8 are in place, but the true challenge is implementing them. Juhern Kim, Vietnam Country Representative of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), which is tasked with facilitating the mobilization of 1 billion USD in green financing for Vietnam by 2028, talked with VOV24/7 about opportunities and challenges facing Vietnam in achieving Net Zero by 2050.

(VOVWORLD) - The 14th National Party Congress has drawn attention from the public at home and overseas by introducing important new strategic orientations. For the first time, Vietnam has explicitly integrated self-reliance into its core diplomatic identity while elevating external relations to a status equal to national defense and security. In this week’s Q&A, Mr. Nguyen Hong Hai, Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations, College of Arts and Science, VinUniversity and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Sunshine Coast, Australia, will break down the new pillars of Vietnamese diplomacy.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is expected to launch international financial centers in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang this year. This move prompts key questions: Why now? Can Vietnam compete with established hubs like Hong Kong and Singapore? What opportunities and challenges lie ahead? To shed light on these, we spoke with Mr. Nguyen Hong Hai, Adjunct Associate Professor of Politics and International Development at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. He is also Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations, College of Arts and Sciences, VinUniversity.

(VOVWORLD) - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), To Lam, has authored an article titled "Vietnam is one, the Vietnamese people are one" on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification (April 30). In an interview with VOVWORLD, Dr. Nguyen Hong Hai, Senior Lecturer of Politics and International Relations at VinUniversity, and Fulbright Visiting Scholar in Residence at American University, Washington D.C., shares his insights on the article’s message and significance.

(VOVWORLD) - On the evening of January 5, the Vietnamese men’s national football team defeated its Thai competitor at Thailand's Rajamangala cauldron to claim the Southeast Asian football championship for the third time. While Thailand and Singapore have generally enjoyed greater success at the biennial championship, the statistics of Vietnam’s victory this year were striking.

(VOVWORLD) - Republican candidate Donald Trump has won the 2024 US Presidential election, marking a stunning comeback to the White House after four years. Dr. Hai Hong Nguyen, a senior lecturer at VinUniversity in Hanoi and a Visiting Fulbright Scholar at American University in Washington DC, has a quick comment on Trump’s return.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had an official visit to Australia from March 5 to March 9. The establishment of the Vietnam - Australia comprehensive strategic partnership during Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to Australia, which concluded on March 9, has attracted attention from Australian experts and scholars, opening a new chapter in relations between the two countries. VOV’s correspondent in Australia Viet Nga talked to Layton Pike, co-founder of the Australia-Vietnam Policy Research Institute, about the visit and the relationship between the two countries.

(VOVWORLD) - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue will pay an official visit to Thailand from December 7 to December 10, reflecting the development of the Vietnam-Thailand relationship and creating favorable conditions for upgrading the bilateral relations to comprehensive strategic partnership in the year to come. On this occasion Kavi Chongkittavorn, a senior fellow at Chulalongkorn University's Institute of Security and International Studies and an expert in ASEAN and international relations, granted an interview with VOV correspondent in Thailand.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is one of 40 countries that have promulgated a strategy for hydrogen energy development. Vietnam added hydrogen energy to its strategic orientation for national energy development until 2030 with a vision to 2045. What does Vietnam need to do to develop a hydrogen energy market to keep up with the global clean energy transition?

(VOVWORLD) - Semiconductor chips make their way from concept to consumers through three stages: designing, assembling, and packaging and testing. Where is Vietnam now in this process and whether or not Vietnam has chosen the right direction for its semiconductor industry. This is the opinions of Professor Albert P. Pisano, Dean of Jacobs School of Engineering of University of California San Diego. In our series about Vietnam tapping its potential to develop semiconductor industry, we will talk with Professor Pisano, who is Co-Chair of the Pre-Screening Committee for the VinFuture Prize Award 2023.