Foreign direct investment in the southern province of Dong Nai surpassed 500 million USD in the first quarter this year, nearly tripling that in the same period last year, according to the management board of the provincial industrial parks.
Delegations of Vietnamese students studying at Cambodia’s National Defense University and Royal University of Phnom Penh set up a twinning relationship at a ceremony in the Cambodian capital city on March 26.
The Ministry of Health and the World Bank in Vietnam held a workshop in Hanoi on March 27 to discuss the orientations for developing grassroots healthcare in the new context.
Police in the resort city of Da Lat in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on March 27 announced that a Korean tourist died on March 25 after his motorbike crashed into a roadside power pole.
The Thai army has tightened security along the northern border following reports of greater quantities and varieties of illegal drugs flowing into the country from Myanmar.
The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) on March 27 announced that the ballet suite “Carmen” will be performed in the city on April 2 at the Saigon Opera House.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has announced that passenger biometric authentication (facial recognition) will be piloted at check-in desks in Van Don international airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh.
Domestic tuna exporters are targeting promising small markets to get out of current difficulties amid economic fluctuations in big importing countries.
Politburo member and State President Vo Van Thuong had a meeting with the Party’s civil affairs board and leaders of the Supreme People’s Court in Hanoi on March 27.
The Vietnamese Embassy and the Vietnamese Association in the Czech Republic co-organised a music show entitled "Homeland's Melody" in Prague on March 26, attracting crowds of Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in the country.
The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), in collaboration with Lao Cai province, held the International Friendship Exchange – Spring 2023 in the northern mountainous province on March 26-27.
The cooperation between the central province of Thua Thien-Hue and Attapeu province of Laos has been strengthening and generating practical results in fields, Secretary of the Thua Thien - Hue provincial Party Committee Le Truong Luu said on March 27.
The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is expected to raise its policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1.75% to contain inflation amid the economic recovery while trying to ease baht volatility, according to economists.
Vietnam is becoming an attractive retail market for companies all over the world with many regional and global FDI investors recently announcing plans to increase capital and expand distribution networks here.
Thailand's domestic car and motorcycle sales may suffer the brunt if Thai financial institutions are affected by the risk of bank failures in the US and Europe, according to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
Relevant departments and sectors of Hanoi have paid special heed to promoting trade promotion activities for products of the One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme, with the goal of building trademarks for such products and increasing consumers' awareness of them.
Hanoi, home to 28 groups of national treasures with 297 items that are closely attached with the Thang Long-Hanoi culture and history, is working hard to protect and promote the values of the treasures and bring them closer to the community.
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