By the end of 2024, international tourism in Vietnam can recover and reach 80% of the pre-pandemic level in an optimistic scenario, heard a workshop on Vietnam tourism 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City on September 21.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) estimates that Vietnam's climate investment opportunities will reach up to 757 billion USD by 2030, focusing on renewable energy, green construction, energy efficiency and transportation, said IFC's Regional Director for the Asia-Pacific Financial Institutions Group Allen Forlemu.
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet attended the 16th Ministerial Meeting of the Global Governance Group (3G) held on the sidelines of the high-level week of the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 20 (local time).
Legendary music group Westlife on September 19 announced that they will return to Vietnam after 12 years and bring the world tour “The Wild Dreams Tour” to audiences in Ho Chi Minh City on November 22.
The men's football team had a good start at the Asian Games (ASIAD 2023) tournament in China as they secured a 4-2 victory against Mongolia in the first match on September 19 in Hangzhou, China.
The forest ranging department of Dong Phu district, the southern province of Binh Phuoc, said it joined hands with competent authorities to release a female stump-tailed macaque into the nature.
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha paid a courtesy call on President of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernández and held talks with First Deputy Prime Minister of Cuba Ricardo Cabrisas Ruíz in Havana on September 18, as part of his visit to the Caribbean nation and attendance at the Group of 77 plus China (G77+China) Summit.
Head coach Mai Duc Chung has freshly confirmed the list of 22 players of the Vietnam women's national football team who will participate in the 19th Asian Games (ASIAD 19) 2023, held in Hangzhou, China.
LEGO Manufacturing Vietnam Co. Ltd. has opened a recruitment office to seek thousands of workers for its factory in the southern province of Binh Duong which is expected to start operations in early 2024, the province’s employment centre said on September 18.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on September 16 met with Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz as part of the Vietnamese official’s visit to the Caribbean nation for the Group of 77 plus China (G77+China) Summit.
Head of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee's Board for Deputy Affairs Nguyen Thi Thanh on September 14 received a delegation from the NA of the Republic of Korea (RoK) who are in Vietnam to attend the 9th Global Conference for Young Parliamentarians that will open on September 15 in Hanoi.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha's participation at the Group of 77 developing countries and China (G77+China) Summit in Havana from September 15-18 at the invitation of the Cuban Government and his working visit to the country demonstrate Vietnam’s solidarity and support to Cuba in the external relations front.
As of late August, the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) fulfilled its two important yearly targets of state budget contribution and before-tax profit ahead of schedule.
Japan's Tokyu Group Chairman Nomoto Hirofumi has pledged to continue cooperating and sharing its 100-year experience with the southern province of Binh Duong to turn the locality into a green, smart and worth-living city.
A direct marine freight route between Vietnam and Russia’s Vladivostok began operating last year, turning local ports into a transport hub facilitating the flow of goods between Southeast Asian countries and the Russian Far East’s port city.
Vietjet and the US-based leading aviation finance and asset management company - Carlyle Group - on September 11 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for aircraft funding worth 550 million USD on the occasion of the State visit to Vietnam by US President Joe Biden.
Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Phan Van Mai hosted a reception on September 11 for Catherine Deroche, Chairwoman of the France - Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians' Group of the French Senate, who is on a working visit to the city.
A ritual was recently reenacted in Hoang Su Phi district in Ha Giang province for local people to express their gratitude to the gods and their ancestors for blessing them with good weather and bountiful crops. It was previously included on the list of Vietnam’s national intangible cultural heritage.
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