According to Booking.com’s 2023 Travel Predictions, over half (61%) of Vietnamese travelers are looking to escape in the new year by embarking on an ‘off-grid’ vacation.

The Ministry of Public has expanded the ongoing probe into widespread violations at auto inspection centers by searching the Motor Vehicle Inspection Department under Vietnam Register in Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi City.

Roughly half of the registration facilities in HCMC have stopped working recently, causing long queues of vehicles to rush to complete their periodic safety inspection and registration.

Disbursement of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam in 2022 is estimated at nearly 22.4 billion USD, up 13.5% year-on-year, making it the highest amount in the past five years, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on December 29.

The handbook released by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) serves as an important tool to help the community of users to recognize false news, thereby joining forces to eliminate fake news and false news on cyberspace.

The British Embassy Hanoi and UNICEF have handed over £500,000 in life-saving equipment to the Ministry of Health to assist recovery of Vietnam’s health system.

Vietnam’s tourism sector targets to serve about 8 million foreign visitors from the total of 110 million next year, according to the General Administration of Vietnam Tourism.

The 2023 performance season of the Saigon Opera House will begin with a concert named “A night of Mendelssohn & Prokofiev” on January 3.

Vietnam’s import-export turnover in December is estimated at 58.82 billion USD, up 2.7% over the previous month, pushing the total in the whole year to 732.5 billion USD, a year on year rise of 9.5%, with a trade surplus of 11.2 billion USD.

Gov't disburses over 38.5 million USD for Cat Linh–Ha Dong railway project

The Party and State have always created optimal conditions for religious organisations and individuals to practice their religions and beliefs.

A string of fresh policies on higher retirement age of female workers, intellectual property rights, and insurance business will come into effect from January, 2023.

Gov’t strengthens prevention of biodiversity crime

According to statistics from the Ministry of Information and Communications, the communication service market generated around VND 138,000 billion in 2022, an increase of 1.6 percent compared to 2021.

Standing at the 55 th place in the worldwide government AI readiness index and 6 th in the ASEAN one, VN’s average point of 53.96 surpasses the world’s average of 44.61.

The nation has been listed among the top 20 countries in the world with the best cuisines, as compiled by renowned international food magazine TasteAtlas.

Vietnam recorded year-on-year growth of 3.15% in the 2022 consumer price index (CPI) while core inflation increased 2.59%, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said on December 29.

Thu Duc City in HCM City and the Vietnam Publishers Association on Wednesday commenced the building of Thu Duc City Book Street.

King Lear, the classic tragedy of playwright William Shakespeare, will be staged by Le Ngoc Theatre in collaboration with Japanese director Tsuyoshi Sugiyama.

Biere Larue has introduced an Installation Art Display called “Breaking Dawn” in Danang City, which won the first Asia Record of Recycled Art.

The Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP), home to 162 projects worth over 12 billion USD, obtained 23 billion USD from exports in 2022.

Vietnam’s GDP growth reaches 8.02% this year, a record high in the 2011-2022 period as the economy is recovering strongly, General Director of the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Thi Huong told a press conference in Hanoi on December 29.

As a son of an army officer, Hoang Nam Tien, President of FPT Telecom, together with the young generation of FPT, are writing their story in peacetime, one about conquering the world with Vietnamese wisdom.

After Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh gave instructions about stabilizing the real estate market, realtors felt more confident that they can overcome challenges, according to deputy chair of the Vietnam Real Estate Association Nguyen Van Dinh.

Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Lam said humanity, accuracy and objectivity are the core values of journalism and the reasons for journalism to exist.