Three tourist boats were destroyed in a fire which spread while they were being anchored at a wharf in the northern province of Quang Ninh on Thursday evening.

Three Vietnamese destinations - Hoi An, Ha Long Bay, and Sa Pa - have been named among the top 50 most beautiful places on the wish lists of tourists in 2024, unveiled Times Travel of India.

As foreign-invested businesses always need high-quality human resources to apply new technologies, training skilled manpower is believed to help Vietnam attract more foreign investment.

Vietnam sustains recovery momentum, positioned for significant growth

The south-central province of Khanh Hoa is expected to welcome more than 40 foreign cruise ships throughout the year, carrying tens of thousands tourists to the locality.

The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) on January 4 announced that as of December 29, 2023, there had been 42 enterprises with capitalisation of over US$1 billion listed on the HoSE.

Head coach Philippe Troussier has decided on a shortlist of 30 players of the national men’s football team to attend training in Qatar ahead of the 2023 Asian Cup finals, according to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

Businesses which had dispatched workers and apprentices to the Japanese prefectures of Ishikawa, Toyama, Niigata, and Fukui are urged to promptly take protective measures for them in earthquake-affected areas.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a national teleconference that opened on January 5 to review the operations of the Government and local administrations in 2023 and look at ways to implement their tasks for 2024.

Life expectancy in Vietnam increases

After 4 years piloting the 5G technology in 55 provinces and cities, major mobile network carriers are able to evaluate the potential and build corresponding business strategies.

Prof Tech-Seng Low says Vietnam has been moving rapidly ahead in attracting semiconductor manufacturers.

Vietnam targets to increase land area meeting VietGAP standards by 10-15 percent a year and organic farming area to account for 1 percent of the total cultivation land by 2030.

Policies need to be designed in a way to ensure benefits for academic researchers so they can live well and spend their time on research, and don’t have to sell themselves for food and clothing, experts say.

Although it was the segment achieving the best growth in property in 2023, industrial real estate is forecast to face many uphill battles in 2024.

On Metamask, different payment methods using e-wallets, domestic banks and VietQR have appeared, serving Vietnamese who buy cryptocurrencies.

Without a long-term strategy and faster localisation, Vietnam's energy sector could very well fall short in the competition for renewable energy market share on home ground, said industry insiders and experts.

Fruit and vegetables, rice, coffee, cashewnuts, and pepper are expected to bring large amounts of hard currency to the national coffers in 2024.

Vietnam exported 267,000 tonnes of pepper worth US$912 million last year, representing an increase of 16.6% in volume, but a decrease of 6.0% in value compared to figures from 2022, according to details given by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

A weekend night cycle tour has been launched by the Sustainable Tourism Investment and Development Joint Stock Company (Vietnam STID) and the VN National Museum of History to offer a gentle way of exploring the capital by night.