On May 8, 2025, within the framework of General Secretary To Lam's official visit to the Russian Federation, Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Manh Hung had a working session with Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Valery Nikolaevich Falkov to comprehensively promote cooperation programs between the two countries in the field of science and technology.

During his working trip to the United States, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc, Special Envoy of General Secretary To Lam, and the Vietnamese Special Working Group achieved an important breakthrough in bilateral trade relations with the US.

Deputy Minister Hoang Trung had a meeting with the Minister of Trade and Export Development of Sakatchewan State, Canada, Mr. Warren Kaeding. The two sides discussed cooperation activities to promote agricultural import and export turnover between the two countries as well as sustainable agricultural production.

At the invitation of Minister Le Minh Hoan, Mr. QU Dongyu, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) led a working delegation to visit and work in Vietnam.

The 8th International Exhibition on Analysis, Laboratory Technology, Diagnostics and Biotechnology (Analytica Vietnam 2025) took place from April 2 to 4, 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City, organized by the Department of Information and Statistics in collaboration with Messe Munchen Group (Germany) under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and Technology.

On June 20, 2025, Can Tho City will hold a Forum to summarize the development activities of the innovative startup ecosystem for the period of 2021 - 2025.

During more than 50 years of friendly relations, the Republic of Austria has not only been an important trade partner of Vietnam in Europe, but also a model for developing source technology, core technology and national innovation ecosystem.

On May 15, a working delegation of the Ministry of Construction led by Deputy Minister Nguyen Danh Huy inspected the site for the scale and route of the Lao Cai-Hanoi-Hai Phong railway construction investment project, section passing through Lao Cai province.

Taking place from May 14 to 18, the Vietbuild Danang International Exhibition 2025 brang together nearly 900 stores of many participating businesses to display and introduce new products and advanced technologies in the construction field.

On May 12, 2025, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Construction held a meeting to review the results of the implementation of the 2024 tasks of the National Institute of Architecture. Director of the Department of Science, Technology, Environment and Construction Materials Le Trung Thanh - Chairman of the Council chaired the meeting.