The Phong Luu Khau Vai Market Festival is returning after being suspended for two years due to COVID-19 concerns.

The Sa Pa Summer Festival 2022 has been kicked off by the People’s Committee of Sa Pa township in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

As travel demands during the National Liberation Day (April 30) and the May Day (May 1) have surged, many travel firms announced that their outbound tours have been fully booked, while those for domestic destinations have also increased strongly.

One woman has been diligently preserving, promoting, and teaching different generations about “bun oc” - a dish with the typical flavour of Hanoi cuisine - over recent years. Recognising her contribution to preserving the capital’s culinary heritage, the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Association decided to admit her as a member and opened the “Bun oc ba Ngoai Culinary Cultural Heritage Space”.

In recent times, in Diem village in Bac Ninh province, on the day of the Quan Ho (love duet) Ancestral Festival, local Quan Ho clubs have had the opportunity to meet and connect with similar folk singing clubs from Nghe An province, in a new and creative measure to help preserve Vietnam’s cultural heritage.

The average daily trading value on Vietnam’s stock market has reached more than 1.34 billion USD per session so far this year, up 15.9 percent from the last year’s figure and now the second largest in ASEAN, only after Thailand, according to the Ministry of Finance.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has approved adjustments to an elephant conservation plan in Vietnam that was previously signed off for 2013-2020.

Developing a network of enterprises, experts, and national brands is necessary to improve value and promote Vietnamese national brands. This counts among the many highlights of the Vietnam National Brand Week launched by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Son Tra Peninsula in Da Nang city is always covered in yellow blossoms during April. The colour of the flower and images of the brown-shanked douc langur found in the area create a unique impression and attract local people, tourists, and especially photographers.

Along with Hanoi, the northern province of Hoa Binh is one of 12 cities and provinces honoured to host sporting events within the framework of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games 31. Nineteen years after first doing so at SEA Games 22 in 2003, Hoa Binh once again joins the atmosphere of the region’s biggest sports gathering by co-organising road cycling and mountain biking from May 14-22.

In the image of a rare mammal from Vietnam, Saola was selected as the mascot for the Southeast Asian Games 31, but few would know that the creation of artist Ngo Xuan Khoi overcame more than 500 other entries to claim the honour.

Vietnam and Thailand held the fourth meeting of their Joint Trade Committee in Bangkok on April 20, working out orientations, measures, and action plans to soon raise bilateral trade to 25 billion USD.

Vietnam’s tourism sector is hoping to speed up its post-pandemic recovery as SEA Games 31 is being held just as the country reopens its doors to international visitors. Southeast Asia’s largest sporting event is expected to be catalyst for Hanoi and the other 11 localities hosting events to attract local and foreign visitors.

Vietnam’s power generation capacity is projected to reach 146,000 MW by 2030, according to a Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh's conclusion at a conference with localities regarding the completion of the National Power Development Plan for the 2021 - 2030 period.