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Tourism sector posts strong New Year performance, serving 3.5 million visitors

Hanoi, Jan. 5 -- Vietnam's tourism sector recorded strong momentum during the New Year 2026 holiday from January 1-4, welcoming an estimated 3.5 million visitors nationwide, according to the Vietnam N... Read More


Vietnam's garment-textile sector makes strong inroads into Canadian market

Hanoi, Jan. 5 -- Canada has continued to stand out as a bright spot for Vietnam's textile and garment exports despite ongoing tariff challenges, with growth estimated at around 10% in 2025 to over 1.3... Read More


Innovation - Driver for new development phase

Hanoi, Jan. 5 -- Innovation has been affirmed as a key driver and powerful strong lever for economic growth as Vietnam enters a new development phase marked by transformation. The draft action program... Read More


China - Vietnam freight train volume hits record

Beijing, Jan. 5 -- Cross-border freight trains departing from China' Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to Vietnam carried a record of 37,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in 2025, surging 86% fro... Read More


Education-training cooperation drives sustainable development in both countries: Lao Ambassador

Hanoi, Jan. 5 -- Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Khamphao Ernthavanh has stressed that bilateral cooperation in education and training and people-to-people exchanges from 2026 onwards will continue to serve... Read More


Thailand to hold constitutional referendum on general election day

Bangkok, Jan. 5 -- Thailand's Royal Gazette website has published a Prime Minister's Office announcement, setting February 8, 2026 as referendum day. The notice says the cabinet told parliament it wou... Read More


Inorganic chemistry unlocks green solutions in Indonesia: scientist

Jakarta, Jan. 4 -- Inorganic chemistry plays a strategic role in transforming industrial waste and local natural resources into high-value functional materials that support sustainable development, sa... Read More


Tay Ninh leverages border-gate advantages to accelerate sustainable growth

Tay Ninh, Jan. 4 -- With a nearly 369km-long border and multiple key border gates, Tay Ninh province is steadily asserting its strategic role along the southern border economic corridor by upgrading b... Read More


Vietnam requests Netflix to remove film over maps featuring "U-shaped line"

Hanoi, Jan. 4 -- The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on January 4 that its Cinema Department has requested Netflix to remove the film "Shine on me" from its website and app. In a January ... Read More


Noi Bai airport hits record international arrivals on final day of New Year holiday

Hanoi, Jan. 4 -- Noi Bai International Airport handled around 115,000 passengers on January 4, the final day of the New Year holiday, hitting the peak of the four-day travel period. Of these, internat... Read More