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The International Fund for Agricultural Development and the spouses of heads of mission collaborated today on a mini-workshop exploring the diverse cuisine of Vietnam's rural and ethnic minority communities.

President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins has agreed to foster bilateral cooperation and connectivity with Vietnam across spheres, especially economy, people-to-people exchange, and education-training.

Hanoi received an estimated 4.23 million visitors, including nearly one million foreign tourists, in the first two months of 2024, earning VND16.42 trillion in revenues, according to a report from the municipal Tourism Department.

Local businesses invested in 17 new projects abroad over the first two months of the year with a total registered capital of US$25 million, equivalent to 21.7% over the same period from last year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency.

The domestic retail market is expected to regain momentum on increasing incomes and rising middle class to drive economic recovery this year.

The Dan Kia-Suoi Vang Reservoir, which serves as the domestic water supply for Da Lat City in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, is nearing its dead water level, raising fears of a domestic water shortage among local residents.

Hospitals in the southern region of Vietnam have reported an increase in patient admissions due to the prolonged heatwave.

The recently released Programme for International Student Assessment 2022 results show that Vietnam is a typical example of high academic results despite limited education investment, according to the Quality Control Department under the Ministry of Education and Training.

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg met Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a visit to Japan, discussing the risks of generative AI, a government spokesman said Wednesday.

An international jazz festival is scheduled to take place in Nha Trang city in the southcentral coastal province of Khanh Hoa from April 27 to May 1, with the event being the first of its kind in the region.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a conference to perform the task of developing the stock market in the year ahead, with the event jointly organized by the Ministry of Finance and the Government Office on February 28 in Hanoi.

Buon Ma Thuot City in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak will provide free coffee on March 10 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Buon Ma Thuot Victory.

Authorities in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau have suspended a popular market fair over safety concerns.

Vietnam has attracted more than 4.29 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first two months of 2024, a year-on-year increase of 38.6%, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Foreign Trade Agency.

Vietnamese doctor Nguyen Thanh Triet, director of Binh Dinh Hospital of Ophthalmology, has been honoured with the 2024 Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness Award.

Hanoi’s just-opened Astronomy Park has seen mass fish deaths over recent days.

Searches from China for destinations in Vietnam have rebounded strongly since the 2024 Tet Lunar New Year holiday, according to digital travel platform Agoda.

Vietnam’s seaports handled nearly 112 million tonnes of cargo in the first two months of 2024, a year-on-year increase of 8%, statistics from the Ministry of Transport's Vietnam Maritime Administration revealed.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will double its frequency to two flights a day on the route connecting the capital city of Hanoi and the northwestern province of Dien Bien from March 6 to 30.