The National Economic Council (DEN) has prioritized the establishment of the Lake Toba Special Economic Zone (SEZ). This plan is being implemented in collaboration with the seven regional governments surrounding the Lake Toba area.

Maniamolo Fest 2025 held in South Nias Regency, North Sumatra Province will feature the Fondrundrukhu Omo Tradition Festival as part of its series of events at 10.00-12.00 Western Indonesia Time (WIB) on Jun. 20, 2025. This event aims to revive local wisdom among the community, especially residents of Hilisimaetano Village and tourists in general.

Medan Mayor Rico Tri Putra Bayu Waas opened the 8th Gelar Melayu Serumpun (Gemes) in 2025 at the courtyard of the Maimun Palace in Medan City, North Sumatra on May 25, 2025. He stated that culture, especially Malay culture, must be a great promotional tool to introduce Medan City to the world.

KIS Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Raghunath KR and AEP Group Mills and Engineering Head Shashi Kumar Govindan inaugurated the biomethane compressed natural gas (bio-CNG) project, a collaboration between KIS Group subsidiary PT KIS Biofuels Indonesia and Anglo Eastern Plantation (AEP) Group subsidiary PT Tasik Raja. It is the second bio-CNG project in Indonesia and the largest such factory in Southeast Asia.

PT Indonesia Infrastructure Finance (IIF) and PT ANHE Konstruksi Indonesia (ANHE) signed a cooperation agreement for the distribution of working capital financing worth US$ 12.2 million. The signing of the agreement was carried out by IIF Chief Investment Officer M. Ramadhan Harahap and ANHE President Director Zhou Yu Fei.

North Sumatra's realized investments soared by around 104.56 percent year-on-year from about Rp39.05 trillion in 2023 to more than Rp48.27 trillion in 2024.

PT PTPN III (Persero) subsidiary PT Kawasan Industri Nusantara (PT KINRA), signed an investment agreement with Chinese company Zhonghong Pulin Group Co., Ltd. worth US$297 million (about Rp4-5 trillion) that will focus on the development of the medical equipment industry and medical glove production in the Sei Mangkei Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Simalungun Regency, North Sumatra Province.