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Van Don International Airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh has been named “Asia’s Leading New Airport 2019” at the World Travel Awards Asia & Oceania (WTA), becoming the first Vietnamese airport to be honoured with this prestigious award.

Ha Long city in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh welcomed 7.9 million visitors in nine months of this year, up 21 percent.

The 7th International Precision Engineering, Machine Tools and Metalworking Exhibition & Conference (MTA Hanoi 2019), themed “We are Industry 4.0 ready!”, opened at the International Centre of Exhibition in Hanoi on October 16.

Vietnam is expected to attract more investors as its economy is developing at a stable rate, with GDP growth of 7 percent.

Vietcombank is heading to Australia and could open for business in Sydney within the next 24 months.

Singapore has surpassed the US to become the most competitive economy in the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s latest Global Competitiveness Report, which was released on October 9.

Thailand needs to restructure the export, import and investment sectors to cope with mounting external risks, particularly from the ongoing trade war, the Brexit impasse and the international geopolitical situation, said Boonyarit Kalayanamit, permanent commerce secretary.

The 28th Vietnam International Industrial Fair (VIIF 2019) opened in the capital city of Hanoi on October 8.

The Myanmar government recently announced new regulations to make it easier for foreign tourists to enter the country.

The Vietnam International Plastics and Rubber Industry Exhibition (VietnamPlas) opened on October 3 in HCM City, showcasing advanced technologies and machinery and equipment used in the plastics and rubber industry.

Vietnam shipped abroad 586,000 tonnes of rice in September for 251 million USD, pushing the total rice export volume and value in the first nine months of this year to 5.2 million tonnes and 2.24 billion USD, respectively.

The value of Thailand's gems and jewellery exports was 351 billion baht (11.45 billion USD) in the first eight months of 2019, up 45.8 percent year on year.

Ha Long city in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh is striving to develop sustainable tourism, especially promoting the world natural heritage site of Ha Long Bay.

The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa served more than 5.6 million holiday-makers between January and September, reeling in 32 trillion VND (1.38 billion USD) in total.

Hanoi led 59 cities and provinces receiving foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first nine months of this year by luring 6.15 billion USD, or 23.5 percent of the total FDI that Vietnam got in the period.

The biggest Vietnamese retailer - Mobile World (Hose: MWG) - has become an exclusive distributor of genuine superhero watches in Vietnam, according to a recent exclusive deal with Richburry Ltd.

The Vietnamese insurance market is heating up with many high-value bancassurance deals and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) unveiled recently.

Hong Kong (China) topped 109 countries and territories investing in Vietnam in the first nine months of this year with total capital of 5.89 billion USD, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The ethnic Cham Brahman people in the central province of Binh Thuan on September 28 flocked to the Po Sah Inu tower in Phan Thiet city to open their biggest yearly occasion – the Kate Festival.

Foreign investors poured 26.16 billion USD into Vietnam in the first nine months of this year, up 3.1 percent over the same period in 2019, according to the General Statistics Office.