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The proportion of Japanese enterprises operating in Vietnam forecast to be profitable in business activities last year is 54.3 per cent, up 4.7 points compared to 2020.

Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City has become more crowded in recent days due to increasing amounts of travel around the Lunar New Year Holiday.

A coffee shop is attracting lots of customers in HCM City thanks to its unique design that mimics a metro train carriage.

The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh is ready to welcome international tourists back from late January or early February.

Vietnam’s northern mountainous region will see heavy rains and thunderstorms on January 20-21, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

A 22-year-old Vietnamese student who has inspired lots of people with her fight against cancer has just decided to participate in the Miss World Vietnam 2022 Pageant.

Vietnam expects drug maker AstraZeneca will continue to provide new generation COVID-19 vaccines and drugs to Vietnam to increase its protection capacity against new strains.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has given in-principle approval that favourable entry procedures will be created for foreigners, and overseas Vietnamese and their relatives.

Nearly 100 preschools in HCM City have had to stop operations due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the municipal Department of Education and Training.

Fishermen in the southern central province of Binh Dinh are preparing for their trawling expeditions through the Lunar New Year.

Vietnam will reduce the excise tax and registration fee placed on electric cars, with these two preferential policies anticipated to become a lever in which the local electric vehicle market, which is in its infancy, can quickly develop in 2022.

Vietnamese futsal goalkeeper Ho Van Y has been named as one of the world’s 10 leading futsal goalkeepers in 2021 by FutsalPlanet.

The central city of Da Nang has taken the top position in the Vietnam Tourism Competitiveness index (VTCI), according to the city’s Department of Tourism.

An additional 15,959 Covid-19 cases were confirmed in Vietnam on Wednesday including 38 more Omicron infections, the Ministry of Health has reported.

The Hanoi municipal administration has decided to cancel its plan for a fireworks display to welcome the lunar New Year 2022 due to concerns about the Covid-19 pandemic.

A large-scale rice processing plant was put into operation in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on January 18.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 19 attended a ceremony to open the main road of Trung Luong-My Thuan expressway, a key route linking the Mekong Delta with Ho Chi Minh City and localities in the southern key economic region.

The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam has requested that the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum demolish five welcome gates which were built without permission.

The traditional mud ball wresting festival in Van Village, Van Ha Commune, Viet Yen District, in the northern province of Bac Giang, has been named among 19 national intangible cultural heritages, according to a recent decision of the Ministry