Vietnam Australia Centre helps promote bilateral ties

Hanoi: Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Nguyen Xuan Thang has urged the Vietnam Australia Centre (VAC) to further promote research and policy consulting activities.

Thang, who is also Politburo member and and Chairman of the C…

Dong Thap commemorates 45th anniversary of southwest border defence victory

Dong Thap: A ceremony took place in the southern province of Dong Thap on January 5 to mark the 45th anniversary of the southwest border defence war victory and the Vietnamese volunteer soldiers’ assistance to Cambodia in overthrowing the Pol Pol geno…

Cambodian historian hails support from Vietnamese volunteer soldiers

Phnom Penh: Vietnamese volunteer soldiers had an important role to play in Cambodia’s victory over the genocidal Pol Pot regime on January 7, 1979, helping save the lives of more than five million victims of the most brutal regime in the human history…

Thailand steps up tourism promotion campaigns

Bangkok: The Airports of Thailand (AOT) in collaboration with the Tourism Authority of Thailand will roll out a range of measures, including tourism promotion campaigns, to attract tourists, especially those from China.

The agency anticipated that th…

Hai Phong strives to welcome 9.1 million tourists in 2024

Hai Phong: The northern port city of Hai Phong has introduced several key tourism tasks to realise the goal of 9.1 million tourists, including more than one million foreign arrivals, in 2024.

Deputy Director of the municipal Tourism Department Duong …

Visa-free policy hoped to bring 25 billion USD to Indonesia’s tourism industry

Jakarta: Indonesia’s tourism sector could potentially generate up to 25 billion USD in additional revenue through the implementation of a visa-free entry policy for foreigners, according to Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga …

Indonesia’s e-commerce transaction bloom

Jakarta: Indonesian Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan on January 4 said that the value of the country’s digital commerce or e-commerce transactions in 2023 is estimated to have reached 533 trillion IDR (34.35 billion USD), a 10.69% increase compared to th…