Real estate is a profitable business field, but not all investors can earn huge profits.

Japanese musician, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Kitaro, who is widely regarded as a pioneer of New Age music, has confirmed on his Facebook page that he will perform at a concert of Vietnamese pop singer Ha Anh Tuan next year.

Vietnamese tourists are tending to choose destinations in Northeast Asia such as Japan, Taiwan (China), and the Republic of Korea (RoK) for short New Year holidays, according to survey conducted by travel firms.

The British Embassy on December 14 unveiled a logo for events to mark 50 years of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the UK in 2023.

Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr auction house presented for the first time a sale entitled La Modernite Vietnamienne for Vietnamese art in Paris, France, on December 14.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón on the sidelines of the ASEAN-EU Commemorative Summit marking 45 years of diplomatic ties in Brussels, Belgium, on December 14.

A customs administrative cooperation agreement between the Vietnamese Finance Ministry and OLAF was signed in Brussels on December 14.

Vietnamese striker Cong Phuong who has played for Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC is likely to return to Japan to play for J-League, said local media.

The Vietnamese women's national football team remain the leading team in Southeast Asia and retain their 34th place in the world, FIFA, the world football’s governing body, announced in its latest rankings.

PM directs healthy, transparent corporate bond market

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has raised its economic growth forecast for Vietnam this year to 7.5%, despite regional and global gloom, the bank said in a regular supplement to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2022 released on December 14.

PM Chinh meets Vietnamese community in Belgium, European countries

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called for more efforts to intensify international solidarity, uphold multilateralisation, and cooperate more closely and effectively among countries, while attending the 10th ASEAN-EU Business Summit in Brussels.

Vietnam always considers Belgium a partner of leading importance in the European Union (EU), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told his Belgian counterpart Alexander De Croo during their talks in Brussels on December 13 (local time).

A Vietnamese Party delegation attended the 10th Congress of Tanzania's Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) -Party of the Revolution - in Dodoma, Tanzania's capital, from December 6 to 9 at the invitation of the ruling party.

Of the 10 TV dramas most sought on Google in Vietnam this year, there was no Vietnamese product. For movies screened at the box office, there are three Vietnamese names.

Vietnam’s strong economic performance in 2022 has been driven by several factors, including export, domestic demand and private investment, according to Andrea Coppola, the World Bank (WB)’s lead economist.

Vietnam has set a target to double the amount of foreign investment in agriculture to 34 billion USD by the end of 2030.

Vietnam’s sea tourism has been growing rapidly, but  localities need to develop their own sustainable tourism products, experts said at a recent seminar.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on December 5 said that the credit growth rate limit has been raised by 1.5-2 percent for 2022, which means that about VND400 trillion more will be pumped into the national economy.

Amid rising non-performing loans (NPLs), many banks have strongly increased their loan-loss reserve (LLR) funds to readily face uncertainties in the future.

Local model Hoang Viet An has been named as the Vietnamese representative to compete at Mister Friendship 2022, with the male beauty pageant underway in Khon Kaen, Thailand.

According to https://www.numbeo.com, the monthly living expenses of a Vietnamese person in October 2022 was VND10.8 million and of a four-member family VND38.5 million.

The news about Nguyen Ngoc Thuy and the crisis of the Apax English system shows that the ambition of rapid business development can have high risks if the business is not administered well.

The potential of Vietnam's digital economy is estimated at US$40 billion, but only a small part of it has been exploited.