The Ho Chi Minh City International Music Festival, known as HOZO, opened on December 22 at Nguyen Hue pedestrian street in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1.

Oxalis, the only firm operating expedition adventure tour to Son Doong – the world’s largest natural cave on December 23 announced that the tour is fully booked for the whole of 2024.

There has been a significant surge in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities within the water industry in recent times.

Scores of Vietnamese-branded products have been displayed on popular e-commerce platforms in the world contributing to the promotion of Vietnamese products.

The 17-year-old has been one of Việt Nam’s ’athletic treasures’ who hopes to lift the country back on top of regional games.

According to Dr. Nguyen Vu Thuong, Deputy Director of the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, the disease surveillance system in the Southern region has recorded 117 cases of monkeypox including 6 deaths since the disease was reported in Vietnam.

Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City has been forecasted to handle up to 27,000 flights with a total of four million passengers during the coming Tet Lunar New Year.

The Open Air #2 X-mas Festival scheduled to take place in Hanoi on December 23 and 24 was cancelled at the last minute after some artists announced they would not perform.

The severe cold spell, which has blanketed the northern region as well as the provinces of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An since last Saturday, is expected to last until following Monday.

Foreign investors are expected to plough large amounts of money in the Vietnamese property market in 2024-26, according to experts.

The wood industry market shows some signs of recovery, however, 2024 still poses some potential difficulties for the industry.

Malaysia media forecasts Vietnam’s bright medium-term outlook

The General Department of Taxation reported this year’s tax revenue at VNĐ1,396 quadrillion (US$57 trillion), exceeding the target by 1.7 per cent as 29 out of 63 localities across the country have completed their 2023 tax estimates.

Vietnam this year has consistently grown in attractiveness to travelers around the world, online travel platforms said.

Vietnam needs to improve its ability to connect domestic logistics networks with international ones, especially given the volatile economy and fierce competition, experts said.

Le Phan Hoang Quan brought home a gold medal in the boys’ U8 standard event on the final competition day, raising the total number of medals to six golds at the Asian Youth Chess Championships 2023.

Temperatures across the northern region dropped further due to the effect of a strong cold snap, with thicker frost forming on local mountaintops.

PM orders drastic measures to ensure traffic safety for students

More than 1,100 natural disasters have taken place across Vietnam this year, heard a conference held by the office of the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control in Hanoi on December 22.

Ten localities in Vietnam are taking actions to fight plastic pollution under Plastic Smart Cities (PSC), an initiative put forward by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Of the powerful 20 companies thar have digital rights management (DRM) solutions, including IBM, Google, Apple and Adobe, Thu Do Multimedia is the one Vietnamese name.

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung said that 2024 will be the year for commercializing 5G nationwide to create an infrastructure for industrial apps, ANI (artificial narrow intelligence) and AI apps.

The VN Athletics Federation (VAF) was confident its talented young athletes could shoulder heavy missions in the future, while senior competitors would receive strong support for their Paris Olympics task.

From the delicate harvesting of lotus stems to the intricate 14-step process of creating a lotus silk scarf, artisan Phan Thị Thuận shares her passion and perseverance in preserving this special art.

Securing places for the 2024 Paris Olympics has become an urgent task for Vietnamese wrestlers.