Vietnamese water puppetry will represent the national performing arts at the International Theatre Festival of Kerala (ITFoK), which will be held from January 20 to 26 in India.
The Travel Exchange 2019 (Travex 2019), part of the ongoing ASEAN Tourism Forum 2019 (ATF 2019), opened in Ha Long city, the northeastern province of Quang Ninh on January 16.
Vietnam has been named one of the leading investment destinations in Asia for a second straight year in a recent survey by the major audit firm PwC.
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which came into force in Vietnam on January 14, will support free trade amid ongoing global trade tensions, according to HSBC Vietnam.
Hoi An ancient town in the central province of Quang Nam has been given the 11th place among the 19 cheapest holiday destinations in the world in 2019 in the annual Holiday Money report compiled by Post Office Travel Money.
Criminal proceedings have been launched against more former officials of the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) with the charge of “violating regulations on banking activities, other activities relating to banking activities”, the Ministry of Public Security said on January 10.
Thousands of Cambodian people, along with officials of ministries and sectors of the Royal Government of Cambodia, gathered at a ceremony in Phnom Penh on January 7 to mark the 40th anniversary of the victory over the genocidal regime.
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Forty years have elapsed since the Pol Pot genocidal regime was overthrown on January 7, 1979, generations of Cambodians have been keeping in their mind the day as a most important historical moment.
Provinces in the southeastern region posted impressive economic figures in 2018, proving themselves an important growth engine of the whole country.
40th anniversary of Cambodia’s victory over Khmer Rouge
The hi-end property market in Ho Chi Minh City holds great attractiveness to Asian investors, especially those from China, according to CBRE Vietnam.
The manufacturing and processing sector garnered the most interest from foreign investors in 2018, attracting 16.58 billion USD, or 47 percent of the registered capital.
The north-western mountainous province of Dien Bien is planning to intensify efforts in investment attraction to industry and tourism development so as to boost local growth next year.
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted a reception for Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Martin Chungon on the sidelines of a conference themed “The National Assembly and the sustainable development goals” held in the central coastal city of Da Nang on December 17.
Vietnam signed over 50 cooperation agreements and treaties with countries, territories, and international sports organisations around the world during 1998 to 2016.
An international conference was held in Hanoi on December 14 to discuss the settlement of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin consequences which still linger in people’s bodies and the environment across Vietnam.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone document in the history of human rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, remains relevant today, heard a seminar in Hanoi on December 14.
Vietnam’s sport sector has had an outstanding 2018 and the country is starting to pay more attention to developing talented athletes.
