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Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City is very crowded as the Tet Lunar New Year approaches.

Hotel room rates in HCM City have increased since the fourth quarter of last year to an average of VND 1.80 million (USD 77) per room per night, a rise of nine percent compared to the third quarter and

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced an additional 108 flights for the Tet Lunar New Year period.

Vietnam’s aviation industry is forecast to have a busy year ahead as China reopens its borders which had been shut down since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 16 paid a lunar New Year (Tet) visit to Most Venerable Thich Tri Quang, supreme patriarch of the Patronage Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha on the occasion of the coming Tet festival.

Bank profits are forecast to be the bright spot in the fourth quarter 2022 financial report season, which takes place after the Lunar New Year. This will help bank stocks flourish.

One person died and 26 others were injured when a coach collided with a passenger bus in the central province of Quang Ngai early Monday morning.

More than 200 children who lost their parents due to Covid-19 have prepared to welcome their first Tet Lunar New Year Holiday before returning to their homes to spend time with their relatives.

A strong cold snap has covered the northern region since Monday morning, causing temperatures to fall sharply by 10 degrees Celsius compared to yesterday, according to the National Hydrometeorological Forecasting Centre.

A chemical plant explosion in China has killed two people and injured 34, state media reported Monday.

The relatively low devaluation of the VND against the USD in comparison with that of other currencies in the region shows that the Vietnamese stock market remains an attractive destination for investment flows.

Long queues of cars and trucks have appeared at motor vehicle registration centres in the capital city after a number were temporarily closed as part of a police investigation.

Vietnam exported nearly 7.2 million tonnes of rice worth 3.49 billion USD last year, including many shipments navigating demanding markets such as Japan and the European Union (EU).

At least 67 people were confirmed dead Sunday after a plane with 72 on board crashed in Nepal, police said, in the Himalayan country's worst aviation disaster in three decades.

In just six months, Thái Hải Đăng's project Sách đến tay em (Books to children) has given nearly hundreds of books to students in remote areas.

Nikkei Asia, a news service in Japan, ran an article on January 6 saying that Vietnam's offshore wind power sparks an influx of foreign investment.

Many shippers are earning big thanks to the surge in deliveries in Hanoi before the Tet Lunar New Year.

At least 27 people have died in storms across the Philippines this month, authorities said Sunday, as forecasters warned of continued heavy rains in the disaster-prone country.