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The number of tourists to Sapa Town in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai has been forecasted to rise sharply during the coming New Year and Tet Lunar New Year holidays.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his hope that the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry will encourage Indonesian businesses to pour more investments into Vietnam, in his meeting with KADIN Chairman Arsjad Rasjid in Jakarta on December 23.

The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has recognised three golden masks dating back around 2,000 years old as national treasures.

Workers in HCM City will have an average bonus of nearly VND13 million for the 2023 Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival; 45 percent higher than that last year, according to the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Vietnam witnessed a total of 11,450 traffic accidents this year, killing 6,384 people and injuring 7,804 others.

Stronger government support and operating environment have helped Vietnamese banks gain positive momentum, according to Fitch Ratings.

Police in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau have just detained two men who were found illegally trading firecrackers.

Prestigious website CNN Travel of the United States has named Da Lat and Lan Ha Bay in its list of the top 18 most underrated travel destinations throughout all of Asia.

The Hanoi Promotion Agency (HPA) opened the 2022 Hanoi shopping festival on December 22 night at the Vincom Plaza Long Bien shopping mall in Long Bien District.

“Children of the Mist”, a documentary film by Ha Le Diem, has been included into the shortlist of the top 15 documentary films advanced in the Documentary Feature Film category of the 95th Academy Awards (2023 Oscar).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has suggested Samsung expand its investment activities, considering Vietnam an important base, and a global strategy for developing key products to the international market.

The north and northern central regions are forecast to see more strong cold spells in the first two months of 2023, which will cause temperatures to plunge, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Vietnam and Indonesia have agreed to lift two-way trade to 15 billion USD or above before 2028, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo told the press following their talks in Jakarta on December 22.

The US Embassy in Vietnam has announced the Fulbright Vietnamese Student Scholarship Programme for the 2024-2025 academic year.

The southern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to see a series of high tides on December 24-26, the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting reported.

Dantri/Dtinews Newspaper has just completed a new kindergarten in a remote mountainous district of Yen Bai Province.

The Vietnamese traffic police have fined up to 40,000 drivers nationwide for excessive blood alcohol levels between November 15 and December 14.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has set a target of welcoming 110 million tourists including 8 million international visitors, earning revenues of VND650 trillion (USD27.08 billion) in 2023.

The northern province of Bac Giang has planned to build 13 golf courses by 2030 and a vision until 2050, said Duong Van Thai, the provincial party secretary.