Vietnam's resort real estate sector is set to see a fresh recovery as many foreign funds and investors are seeking suitable investment products, said experts from the real estate agency Savills Vietnam.

Over the past 70 years, Vietnam’s photography sector has created an incredible source of images on the country’s national defence, land, and people and the national cause of industrialisation and modernisation. Photojournalists from the Vietnam News Agency also made significant contributions to the development of revolutionary photography.

It has now been a year since Vietnam fully reopened its borders after a two-year closure due to COVID-19. The move has proven to be a catalyst in the recovery of tourism, trade, and investment activities.

This day exactly 35 years ago, 64 soldiers of the Vietnam People’s Navy laid down their lives defending national sovereignty in Truong Sa. Thirty-five years have elapsed, and waves could have swept away all the traces, but they have surely failed to erase in the mind of the Vietnamese people the image of the brave men whose sacrifice has erected a monument of immortality with their patriotism.

A host of different folk games and arts performances have been organised as part of the Ban Flower (or Bauhinia Flower) Festival 2023 and the 7th Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival of ethnic minority groups in northwestern Dien Bien province.

Da Nang is expected to welcome a large number of tourists this summer after a long period of stagnation due to COVID-19. Popular beaches in the central coastal city will be crowded, so the safety and security of visitors is a priority.

The Buon Don Elephant Festival kicked off in the Central Highlands’ province of Dak Lak on March 12, as part of the ongoing 8th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival.

The recovery of tourism, especially its international segment, is seen to be the driving force for the hotel market to prosper, with improvements in both occupancy and room rates, said experts from the real estate agency Savills Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has signed a decision to approve the general planning scheme of the Cuu Long (Mekong) river basin for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050.

A number of programmes took place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, the capital of the traditional Vietnamese “ao dai”, in celebration of International Women’s Day (March 8).

The central city of Da Nang welcomed more than 742,000 visitors, including 195,000 foreign ones, in the first two months of this year, according to the city’s Department of Tourism.

As one of the three largest investors in Laos, with total capital of over 5.3 billion USD, Vietnam’s electricity projects not only contribute to its neighbour’s socio-economic development and livelihoods but also to realising the ASEAN power grid initiative.

The opening ceremony of the 8th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival took place in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak – dubbed ‘Vietnam’s coffee capital’ – on March 10 evening.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh applauded the US Agency for International Development for continuing to increase development budget for Vietnam while receiving USAID Administrator Samantha Power in Hanoi on March 10.