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With roughly 35,000 foreign arrivals and 1.6 million vacationers during the recent 3-day New Year holiday, Ho Chi Minh City tourism sector hopes to attract more visitors to the locality during the New Year 2023.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism on January 3 announced that the locality welcomed roughly 35,000 foreign arrivals and 1.6 million vacationers during the recent 3-day New Year holiday, earning more than 5.9 trillion VND (251 million USD).

Vietnam had a good start at the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022 with a 6-0 triumph against Laos on December 21, which helped the team rise to the top of Group B.

Vietnamese shooters secured a gold and one silver on May 16, the first competition day of shooting at the ongoing SEA Games 31.

The Vietnamese taekwondo team won four gold and one silver medals in the very first day of competition at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) on May 16.

Vietnamese kickboxers had a strong start to the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) at Bac Ninh Gymnasium on May 8.

Vietnam thrashed Brunei 6-0 as they opened their campaign in the 2020 AFC U23 Championship Qualifier in a stunning fashion at the My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi, on March 22.

Farmers in the Mekong Delta have begun harvesting the winter–spring rice crop in areas where it was sowed early, and yields are high.

Vietnam earned 220 million USD from shipping 175,000 tonnes of rubber abroad in January, up 10.8 percent in value and 28.9 percent in volume compared to the same month last year.

Sa Pa town in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai welcomed more than 77,000 visitors in the nine-day Lunar New Year holiday from February 2-10, up 17 percent over the same time in 2018, including 7,600 foreign tourists.

Keeping up the momentum from the previous year, the Vietnamese economy got off to a good start in 2019 with many robust macroeconomic indices in the first month.

Vietnam enjoyed a good start at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Argentina as weightlifter Ngo Son Dinh won a gold medal for the country at the men’s 56kg event on October 7, the first day of competition at the Games.

Vietnam’s economy had a good start in 2018 with a 7.38 percent GDP growth in first quarter, but experts warn of challenges and risks ahead in the remaining of the year as well as following years.

Skechers USA, a major footwear maker based in California, is studying a plan to invest in Vietnam in a project that probably needs 20,000 workers.

The first Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM-1) and related meetings successfully wrapped up in Nha Trang city, the central province of Khanh Hoa.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Nguyen Quoc Cuong has described the upcoming Vietnam visit by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as a good start for an eventful year in bilateral relations.

Vinamilk, Vietnam’s largest dairy company, signed a contract to export powered milk for children, worth 12.5 million USD, while attending Gulfood 2016 held in the UAE from February 21-25.