First ever white book on women-owned SMEs in Vietnam launched

Hanoi: The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on January 23 launched the first-ever study on women-owned small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam.

The report, named “Facilitating Entrepreneursh…

Ban flower festival to ignite National Tourism Year – Dien Bien Phu 2024

Dien Bien: The Ban Flower Festival, a highlight of the National Tourism Year 2024, is set to open in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien on March 16.

Spanning from March 13 to 18, the festival boasts a diverse lineup of activities, includi…

Nearly 15,500 tonnes of rice allocated for 17 provinces

Hanoi: Seventeen provinces across the country will be provided with nearly 15,500 tonnes of rice to allocate for local residents during the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday and the between-crop period in early 2024, said Deputy Director of the Ge…

Vietnam to join global tourism recovery trend this year: insiders

Hanoi: The global tourism market is set to fully recover from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2024, and Vietnam will not stand out from this trend, insiders have said.

According the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), the first UNWTO World To…

Foreign students enjoy Tet in Vietnam

Khanh Hoa: The Nha Trang University in the central province of Khanh Hoa has held a wide range of activities to help foreign students experience the Lunar New Year (Tet) – the biggest festival in a year of the Vietnamese people.

Accordingly, they hav…

Vietnam’s first homemade radar satellite to go into space

Hanoi: LOTUSat-1, Vietnam’s first ever indigenous weather satellite, is expected to be launched into orbit from December 2024 to February 2025, according to the Vietnam National Satellite Centre (VNSC) at the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology …

Vietnamese beauties bring warm Tet to OVs, border residents

Hanoi: Miss Grand International 2021 Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien presented nearly 500 gifts and scholarships to Cambodians of the Vietnamese origin with difficulties in Phnom Penh and Kandal province in an effort to bring them a warm and happy Tet (Lunar Ne…