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Vietnam’s GDP grew by 8.83% in the first nine months of 2022, the highest increase in the period of 2011-2022.

The consumer price index (CPI) saw a month-on-month rise of 0.4% in September 2022.

Five Vietnamese localities have been listed in the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC), which supports and improves the practice of lifelong learning in cities worldwide.

Many destinations in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh have been named as the Asia winners of the 2022 World Travel Awards.

Vietnam’s economy in Quarter 3 is forecast to expand 13.67 percent against the same time in 2021 when the COVID-19 outbreak struck and affected all production activities.

Six major indicators of Vietnam posting the highest growth in the Travel and Tourism Development Index (TTDI) revealed in a report by the World Economic Forum (WEF)

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz is paying an official friendship visit to Vietnam from September 28 to October 2 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh. The Vietnam-Cuba special relations have been strengthened across all fields.

Exports continued to record positive results in the first eight months of 2022, as Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of about 3.96 billion USD in the period, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Xoe dance reflects the Thai ethnic people’s perspective on the world and all things, and is performed during Tet, festivals, and important events. The communes of Muong Lo in Yen Bai province, Muong So in Lai Chau province, Thuan Chau in Son La province, and Muong Lay and Dien Bien Phu city in Dien Bien province are considered “centres” of the dance.

Vietnam ratified the 1972 Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage on October 19, 1987. Ever since, eight sites in Vietnam have been recognised as cultural and natural world heritage.

Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded Vietnam’s long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings to Ba2 from Ba3 and changed the outlook to stable from positive.

The index of industrial production (IIP) in the first eight months of 2022 surged 9.4% over the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Vietnamese airlines and destinations were named among the winners at the award ceremony of the World Travel Awards 2022 - Region: Asia & Oceania.

The Vietnam-Japan relationship has been on the rise. Japan is Vietnam's leading official development assistance provider, third largest investor, third biggest source of tourists, and fourth trade partner of the Southeast Asian nation.