A notable milestone for Vietnam’s tourism sector in 2023 was again being honoured by the World Travel Awards with the title “World’s Leading Heritage Destination 2023”. Vietnam’s recognition as the World’s Leading Heritage Destination enhances its tourism profile and position. To sustain the title, however, the tourism sector needs to create more attractive experiences, to extend the stays of international guests. 2024 is considered a turning point for Vietnam’s tourism sector. The country has placed much hope and efforts to boost its appeal further, and to turn tourism into a leading and environmentally-sustainable economic sector by 2030./.

PM Chinh and his wife introduced the Lao guests to pen tower, ink slab tower, Thê Húc Bridge, Ngọc Sơn Temple, and especially the turtles in the lake and the legend of Sword Lake. On the occasion of the New Year and the upcoming Lunar New Year of the Dragon, PM Chinh presented PM Sonexay a calligraphy with Vietnamese words which mean Vietnam-Laos friendship is forever green and solid for generations. After their trip, the two PMs and their wives had an exchange with Vietnamese and Lao students. This also marks the final activity of the Lao Prime Minister before concluding his official visit to Vietnam./.

The Lunar New Year side wants to keep the traditions of following the weather and seasonal changes for agriculture and farming purposes. This is what those against Lunar New Year base their argument on: a strong country like Japan doesn't even celebrate the Lunar New Year. Agriculture Professor Võ Tòng Xuân said "If you want to cling to the Lunar New Year, our country will forever stay poor!" Some of the bad habits on Lunar New Year include overdrinking and getting drunk, drink-driving, burning firecrackers, and intense gambling, either during the holiday, or even the whole first lunar month. Tết, or Lunar New Year today has only one good thing, it pushes people to spend money to keep the economy growing.

Vũ Duy Thông and Văn Hiền went with Army Corp No 2 to cover its movement from Kiên Giang to Takeo and Kampong Som. In Cambodia, there were so many landmines of the Pol Pot forces. Artillery shells from the Pol Pot forces still fell on it. The Pol Pot forces also knew the importance of this front and as such, deployed their units both horizontally and vertically. This was the last defensive line of the Pol Pot forces before the entrance to Phnom Penh.

The event also saw the presence of State President Vo Van Thuong and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue. Vietnam basically obtained general targets and many important results in different fields. Besides, the PM demanded strongly developing cultural and social areas, guaranteeing social security, and improving people’s material and spiritual life quality. Looking back on last year’s performance, participants shared the view that 2023 was the first year the Vietnam - Cambodia and Cambodia - Vietnam friendship associations carried out the memorandum of understanding on the coordination of their activities during 2022 - 2027. The number of Cambodian students in Vietnam sponsored by the VCFA in the 2023 - 2024 academic year surpassed the target.

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TAMIL NADU, INDIA - Media OutReach Newswire - 6 January 2024 -The plan to expand into India aims to seize growth opportunities in the world's most populous nation and rapidly expanding EV market. This initiative forms a crucial part of VinFast's strategy to establish a strong presence in key markets and strengthen its supply chain for global expansion.The establishment of VinFast's integrated electric vehicle facility in Tamil Nadu is anticipated to generate approximately 3,000 - 3,500 employment opportunities locally. This aligns with the state government's initiatives to minimize carbon emissions in the transportation sector.VinFast's green transportation development project is its third manufacturing project and the largest investment in Tamil Nadu's history. About VinFastVinFast – a member of Vingroup – envisions driving the advancement of the global smart electric vehicle revolution. Established in 2017, VinFast owns a state-of-the-art automotive manufacturing complex with globally leading scalability that boasts up to 90 percent automation in Hai Phong, Vietnam.

Under the project, a digital transformation network from the central to the grassroots levels will be formed with the participation of State agencies at all levels, organisations, businesses and people with an aim to mobilise the maximum resources of society. All organisations and individuals in the digital transformation network will have access and master digital platforms and toolkits that are selected for consistent use across the country. A technician uses a smart device to check QR codes at 220kV Phan Thiet electrical substation in the south central province of Binh Thuan. (Photo: VNA)By 2030, the digital transformation network will be completed, effectively operate, be closely linked and synchronously coordinate in implementing tasks and solutions of the national digital transformation. Besides, all staff who perform digital transformation tasks from central to local levels will be trained annually to improve their capacity, meeting the requirements of state management and law enforcement on digital transformation in accordance with their job title and position standards./.

Vietnam has paid due regard to multifaceted cooperation with countries in Central and Eastern Europe, with Bulgaria being its top priority partner. The education sector will need to address issues of resources for innovation, especially human resources, tackling the shortage of teachers and improving the quality of the teaching staff. The decision is to allocate quotas for national land use for the 2021-2030 period, vision to 2050, and a five-year National Land Use Plan of the 2021-2025 period. The Lao PM and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam from January 6-7 at the invitation of Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh. Laos always ranks first among the 79 countries and territories where Vietnam has invested, and Vietnam remains a leading investor in Laos.

HCM CITY — HCM City’s economy is expected to rebound in the second quarter and is likely to achieve a growth of 8 per cent in 2024, according to a report. According to the HCM City Macroeconomic Report: 2023 Results and 2024 Forecast report, the city’s economy is forecast to continue to recover in 2024. Based on data from the last quarter of 2023, the report indicated stable economic recovery in the country’s largest city. HCM City posted growth of 5.81 per cent in 2023, down from 9.03 per cent in 2022. The report, published by the University of Economics HCM City (UEH) in cooperation with the city’s Statistics Office, provides a comprehensive overview of the city’s economy in 2023, along with forecasts and prospects for 2024.

The VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) gained for the third straight day, up 6.55 points, or 0.57 per cent, to 1,150.72 points. Liquidity, on the other hand, soared to nearly VNĐ25.3 trillion (US$1 billion) from just VNĐ14.7 trillion in the previous trade. The VN30-Index, tracking the 30 biggest stocks on HoSE, also extend the recent rallies to 1,156.37 points, a 11.52 points increase, or 1.01 per cent. On the Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX), the HNX-Index closed Thursday at 232.56 points, an increase of 0.92 points, or 0.4 per cent. Foreign investors continued to net sell VNĐ17.34 billion on HoSE but net buy VNĐ1.47 billion HNX.

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Hà emphasised the need to innovate diverse and regular communication methods and forms, thereby changing the awareness of all levels and sectors, especially grassroots and people, about food safety and having peak periods and serious responses to food safety violations. Food safety inspection activities must be undertaken in such a way as to avoid disturbing businesses, establishments and people. Delegates recommended the need to strongly apply information technology and build a map of food safety nationwide with the direct participation of people combined with a database on handling food safety violations. After 13 years of implementation, many provisions of the Food Safety Law are no longer consistent with practice. According to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, attracting excellent graduates and young scientists has been implemented since 2018.

Health Australia gives Vietnam over 490,000 vaccine doses Australia's government agreed to give 490,600 doses of ‘5 in 1’ vaccine to Vietnam through the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Health Some 40,000 deaths related to tobacco use each year There are at least 40,000 deaths caused by tobacco-related diseases in Vietnam each year, heard a conference held by the Health Ministry in Hanoi on December 12 to review 10-year enforcement of the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harm. Health Vietnam successfully produces radioactive drugs used to diagnose cancers Ho Chi Minh City-based Cho Ray Hospital, the leading medical facility in the south, said on December 6 that it has successfully produced two new radioactive drugs used to diagnose, monitor and treat prostate cancer and neuroendocrine tumors. Health Efforts made to ensure vaccines for expanded immunisation programme The Ministry of Health is working hard to ensure vaccine supply for the national expanded programme on immunisation (EPI), heard a regular Government press conference in Hanoi on December 6.

When we enter a market, it's crucial to shift the production focus for farmers and to align production objectives with the market's standards. Our agricultural products have more than proven Vietnamese farmers' ability to meet even the most stringent requirements. The success of the sector also depends on how the global markets view the country and their confidence in Vietnamese agricultural products. What measures had been taken by MARD to help Vietnamese farmers capitalise on the world's higher-than-usual demand for food in 2023? The first step we took was to reorganise the country's agricultural production because it was fragmented, with too many small, independent farming operations.