Over the past 500 years, Ngũ Xã bronze casting has evolved into magnificent masterpieces of national art. However, despite enduring various challenges, the village now has only one remaining family-run bronze-casting workshop.

Vietnam ranks 58th out of 113 countries and territories in the EF English Proficiency Index in 2023 with 505 points out of 800.

Despite a state coffer surplus for most of the year, Vietnam is expected to see a deficit in the budget for the whole of 2023, with some fiscal initiatives on assisting businesses applied.

A couple in the central province of Hà Tĩnh is getting rich from raising waterbug, or cà cuống, and making special fish sauce.

Serious cases of school violence recently have raised strong alarm about the importance of educating children on respecting teachers and upholding morality, along with implementing measures to protect educators.

With topography ideal for alternative tourism, Ba Vi District in northwest Hanoi has become an increasingly compelling destination for domestic and foreign tourists.

Air tickets for the main routes during the Tet holiday are selling out, while airfares have been increasing. Air carriers are rushing to lease aircraft and increase transport capacity.

The expansion of passenger terminal T2 at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi City is set to commence next year, with the goal of increasing its annual passenger capacity from 10 million to 15 million.

“Sustainable development is a factor that helps heighten value and guide the branding of Vietnamese enterprises in the European market,” said Ngo Chung Khanh from the Ministry of Investment and Planning.

Deputy Director of the HCM City Department of Planning and Investment Pham Trung Kien called on Japanese businesses to invest in 15 industries in which the city is striving to attract investment.

A series of art shows and cultural programmes will be organised in the central city of Đà Nẵng and Hội An ancient town as celebrations of Christmas Day and New Year among local residents, expats and visitors.

Hyomin, one of the three members of K-pop group T-ara, is scheduled to arrive in Vietnam on December 19 for K-Beauty Festa in Hanoi.

Australian travel newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald has called Lan Ha Bay as one of earth’s most stunning seascapes.

The emergence of ChatGPT has prompted Vietnamese to search for more information  about AI (artificial intelligence). The top search is the Make-in-Vietnam AI robot.

Vietnamese contestant Do Thi Lan Anh has become the winner of the “Best Appearance” award at the opening day of Miss Earth pageant, which is currently underway in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Quang Binh provincial People’s Committee has permitted the Management Board of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park and Chua Me Dat Joint Stock Company to continue operating tours to Va and Nuoc Nut caves.

Over recent days craftsmen in the incense-making village of Le Minh Xuan in Binh Chanh district of Ho Chi Minh City have been hard at work as they strive to meet orders for the coming Lunar New Year holiday, known locally as Tet.

The batch was worth VNĐ2 trillion with a rate of 12 per cent per year.

Vietnam is enjoying an all-time high in both rice output and export turnover this year, according to an international conference on the global rice market held on Wednesday in Hau Giang Province.

Dozens of online influencers were invited to livestream their experiences at Ben Thanh Market in HCM City on Wednesday.

Direct flight between Japanese, Vietnamese localities proposed

Vietnam, Belarus strengthen cooperation in security, crime control

The VN Record Association yesterday granted a record certificate to Hau Giang Department of Culture and Sports in recognition of an event on processing and presenting the biggest number of cakes made from rice and sticky rice in Vietnam.

Vietnam is among 45 out of 193 UN member countries whose deaths in road accidents decreased by over 30% in the 2011-2020 period, said Khuat Viet Hung, Vice Chairman of the National Road Traffic Safety Committee.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society will send another $600,000 to Syria to assist the country in overcoming consequences of the February earthquake, raising the total aid from the Vietnamese Government and people to the Middle East country to $900,000.