During long national holidays like April 30-May 1 (the South Liberation and May Day holiday) or National Independence Day on September 2, the number of arrivals did not see much improvement.

Glamour Universe Official, the world’s prestigious publication on beauty pageants, has selected Vietnamese representative Le Nguyen Ngoc Hang among the top 10 in its hot picks for the Miss Intercontinental 2023 contest.

As the nation’s top female badminton player, Nguyen Thuy Linh has returned to the world top 20 following the latest world rankings announced by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

The world-famous classical ballet The Nutcracker will be back at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on December 8, 9 and 10 to welcome the Christmas season.

Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia will host a joint border defense friendship exchange in mid-December 2023, a press briefing heard in Hanoi on December 1.

Ho Chi Minh City attracted more than 3 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first 11 months of 2023, down 12.9% year-on-year, the city’s Statistics Office has announced.

Vietnamese firms and their Chinese peers inked 21 agreements and economic contracts in agro-forestry-fishery import and export, trade, logistics, and high-tech agriculture at a November 30 business networking forum held in Quang Ninh.

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The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) on November 30 launched a management support platform to assist agencies and organisations in ensuring safety of their information systems.

The Quang Tri People's Committee has recently issued a decision approving the selection of the investor for a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) airport construction project worth over 5.82 trillion VND (239.408 million USD).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrived at Al Maktoum International Airport, Dubai city, late November 30.

Six more suspects in the case of "terrorism aimed at opposing the people's administration" in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has been put on the special wanted list, the provincial Department of Public Security said on November 30.

Vietnam's Ong Cua ST25 rice has won the first prize at the World’s Best Rice 2023 competition, within the framework of the 2023 International World Rice Conference Summit in Cebu, Philippines from November 28-30.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested Türkiye recognise Vietnam’s full market economy status and the two sides negotiate a free trade agreement while addressing a business forum in Ankara on November 30 (local time).

The Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information under the Ministry of Information and Communications on November 28 issued a penalty against media firm WPP Media Limited (GroupM) for its cross-border advertising violation.

Kyber Network CEO Tran Huy Vu told VietNamNet that the startup is doing everything possible to find the attackers and recover users' money after a recent hack.

Vietnamese now have one more choice for wellness tourism. They can book tours to Japan, which has developed more policies to attract medical travelers.

The investor of the Thien Ma Horse Racing – Madagui project has received an extension of two years and an approval for a dog racing field.

Da Nang joined the top 10 search destinations on Skyscanner, a list including Krabi (Thailand), Mahe (Seychelles), Almaty (Kazakhstan), Baku (Azerbaijan) and Osaka (Japan).

Vietnam boasts huge potential for adventure tourism, said Nguyen Anh Tuan, Director of the Institute for Tourism Development Research (ITDR) under the VN National Authority of Tourism at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.