Vietnam’s trade sector harvested inspiring achievements in 2023, being listed in the top 20 nations in trade scale.

The Artists’ Pagoda in HCM City’s Go Vap District is scheduled to reopen before the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, which begins on February 10.

In the heart of Le Minh Xuan Commune, Binh Chanh District, HCMC lies a 100-year-old incense-making village where skilled artisans turn their craft into a living masterpiece.

The distinctive Dai Lanh squid rice noodles of Khanh Hoa Province come to life through a harmonious fusion of flavors.

For a long time, the Diễn pomelo has been considered a specialty of Hanoi. The citrus fruit is also one of the most sought-after products that Vietnamese people purchase for the Tet celebration.

Members of the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) saw their sales drop by 25 per cent on-year in 2023.

The plan would help turn the province into a nexus of the north-south economic and traffic corridor, and the East-West Economic Corridor connecting Laos, Thailand, Myanmar and VN.

In August 2022, the island district started piloting a Zero Plastic Waste programme, in which the district encouraged residents and tourists not to use nylon bags or single-use plastic on the island.

Recruiting doctors to work in commune health centres and district hospitals in mountainous regions has become more successful.

Bui Hui Plateau has emerged as an idyllic camping destination, offering expansive hills and vast stretches of lush green grasslands that extend to the horizon.

Artisans based in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue’s 300-year-old Thanh Tien craft village are hurrying to make paper flowers as the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, approaches.

Surgeons of Hanoi-based Viet Duc Hospital performed simultaneous eight organ transplants in 24 hours, said by Associate Professor Nguyen Quang Nghia, Director of the the hospital’s Organ Transplant Center.

Deposit rates at Vietcombank lowest among banking system

Vietnam’s economy is on a firm recovery track, likely returning to its trend growth of 6 percent in 2024, noted HSBC in its recent report Viet Nam at a glance.

A program set in Duong Lam Ancient Village would give foreign visitors to Hanoi a glimpse of the Lunar Year Year - the most important holiday for people in Vietnam.

As the world's most populous country with high-income cities, India has been identified as a target market by the global tourism industry, including Vietnam.

President Vo Van Thuong handed over appointment decisions to 26 ambassadors and heads of Viet Nam's overseas diplomatic missions for 2024-2027 period and assigned tasks to them on January 9.

Vietnam put its 2023 foreign trade at over US$681 billion, 6.9% lower than in the previous year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Phu Nhuan District in HCMC is gearing up to launch the Phan Xich Long Food Street on January 26.

Vice Chairman of the HCMC People’s Committee Nguyen Van Dung has put forth a proposal to revive helicopter tours to attract visitors to HCMC.