Vietnam rang in the Lunar New Year 2023, the Year of the Cat, with spectacular fireworks shows on Saturday. After 2 years of suspension due to COVID-19, fireworks were displayed at 30 locations in Hanoi, where locals are celebrating Vietnam’s largest national holiday with high hopes for a better year. HCM city
The central coastal city of Da Nang welcomed the first international flight of the Year of the Cat, carrying 170 passengers from Incheon, South Korea. Upon their arrival, the guests, carried by Vietnamese budget carrier Vietjet, were treated to a lively welcome ceremony with lion dances and presented with gifts. Da
“Strong reforms in mindset and working methods” is the message National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue delivered during an interview on the legislatures’s performance granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the eve of the New Lunar Year of the Cat 2023. Mr. Hue said that last year the National
Vietnam will likely attract between 36 billion and 38 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) this year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) of the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Last year’s figure was nearly 22.4 billion USD. The FIA’s forecast is based Vietnam’s impressive economic growth
Nearly 300 pictures, documents, and items are being displayed at an exhibition at Ho Chi Minh museum in Hanoi in celebration of 50 years of the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. Among the exhibits are the 4 pens used by Le Duc Tho, Nguyen Duy Trinh, and Nguyen Thi Binh,
