Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has told the Ministry of Transport to complete the construction of 3,000 kilometers of expressway by 2025.

The Hue Monuments Conservation Center hosted a ceremony on January 14 at Hue Imperial Citadel (Dai Noi) in the central province of Thue Thien-Hue as part of efforts to re-create a traditional Tet with a royal style pole ceremony.

Worshipping “Ong Cong, Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) is a long-standing custom of great significance as it symbolises the farewell to all bad things of the old year to help people relaxedly enter a new year of peace and happiness.

The Vietnamese Government has asked ministries and localities to focus on promoting the development of digital finance and digital economy in 2023.

Vietnamese people believe that Tet marks the beginning of a new year, a holiday of hope and belief in new and good things and a farewell to the old.

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PM Pham Minh Chinh on January 14 hosted a reception for a delegation of overseas Vietnamese who are now in Vietnam for the Homeland Spring 2023, during which he called for their engagement in the efforts to bring Vietnam closer to the world.

In spite of a slowdown in industrial production, confidence among the business community is expected in increase, while being backed by the government’s sturdy efforts to provide enterprises a more business-friendly climate to play in.

International tourism in Vietnam has not picked up as expected after the country reopened again to welcome visitors after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Vietnam’s TV drama industry took a step backward from ‘Nguoi phan xu’ (Judge) in 2017 to ‘Hanh trinh cong ly’ (The journey to justice) in 2022.

The government is ordering the improvement of the operation of the Vietnam National Single Window, which facilitate enterprises to conduct all procedures online, and which is connected with the ASW.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan said he hopes overseas Vietnamese diplomatic missions act together for the sake of Vietnam and Vietnamese farmers’ image.

Huge inventories, a stagnant real estate market, and capital constraints are some of the factors heralding a pessimistic outlook for cement businesses in 2023.

In Vietnam, on-demand broadcasting services (OTT TV VOD) began developing in 2018 with the participation of foreign companies.

Nguyen The Chinh, director of the Environmental Economic Policy Institute, talked about the situation of circular economy in Vietnam and the measures to accelerate the transition toward the notion.

With dexterous hands, many people can ‘make’ fruit displayed on Tet days and turn them into artistic works. The special job can bring a high income on the days just before Tet.

The Ví and Giặm folk singing tradition has been passed down by working people in the central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh for hundreds of years, but sadly it is dying out due to a lack of talent and traditional performance spaces.

According to health experts, the number of Covid-19 cases in Vietnam will increase after the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, while the "most contagious" sub-variant of Omicron will appear.

In the latest survey by the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham), 41 per cent of respondents stated their company was shifting operations from China to Vietnam, up from 13 per cent in the third quarter.

The capital city began another pilot programme of traffic navigation at the Nga Tu So - Lang intersection, aiming to alleviate the long-term congestion.

The real estate market had to face many difficulties in 2022 and still faces many challenges in the coming year. The Government and ministries have taken a firm decision to support all real estate enterprises in 2023.

At the end of the year, forms of online fraud are continuously increasing, said the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 13 for Aurélia Nguyen, Chief Programme Strategy Officer at the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) and former Managing Director of COVAX Facility.

General Secretary of the Party Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong on January 13 chaired a meeting of the committee’s Secretariat on disciplinary measures against a number of officials for their violations.