The year 2013 will likely be better for Vietnam’s economy than 2012 amid slowly improving domestic and external demand and the initial results from the country’s recent reform efforts.
Tien Giang province in the Mekong Delta has been selected as one of localities to see coastal communities adapt to climate change under an Oxfam-funded project.
Vietnam won three gold medals at the Asian Kickboxing Championships, which wrapped up in Pune, India on December 31.
Vietnamese tennis player Nguyen Hoang Thien will start a long-term training course with Integration Sports in Taipei on January 4.
The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre opened the Ta Tung Tu relic (Left Temple) after a year of restoration work, according to the centre's director, Phan Thanh Hai.
Channel 9 of the Ho Chi Minh City Television, HTV9, will broadcast the first episode of reality show Martin Yan – Taste of Vietnam hosted by renowned Chinese-American chef Martin Yan on January 4.
Vietnamese and Republic of Korean artisans have completed restorations on a set of musical stones used in the Hue Royal Court.
The third session of the Vietnam-China Land Border Joint Committee convened in Beijing, China, from December 23-27.
The 2013 Hue Traditional Craft Festival will take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from April 27 to May 1.
A tendency for offices in HCM City to move back to the downtown area was discernible in 2012, according to leading commercial real estate services provider Cushman & Wakefield.