After recording a difficult year with heavy losses in 2022, earlier this year a series of investment funds reported strong growth in profits.

Vietnamese theatregoers have been treated to the first-ever performance of L'Homme aux sandales de caoutchouc (The Man in Rubber Sandals), a play written in 1970 by the renowned Algerian writer Kateb Yacine, who wrote the production while living in Vietnam.

Originally scheduled for February 26 in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, the title fights were rescheduled for March 25 in HCM City after the provincial authorities declined to grant the necessary licence to the organisers.

Fashion designer Phan Anh Tuan from Ho Chi Minh ity introduced his latest collection at the Bangkok Design Week 2023, which closed on February 12.

The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) on February 16 officially issued a Sustainable Loan Framework in consultation with the Carbon Trust.

It is necessary to increase tree coverage to reduce the effect of heat-induced problems and increase the absorption of greenhouse gas emissions in urban areas in order to contribute to realising the target of net-zero emissions by 2050, according to Nguyen Tuan Quang from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE).

Asian destinations, including Vietnam, are always on the list of favourites of the Republic of Korea (RoK), Japanese and Taiwanese tourists, according to a report conducted by travel market researcher The Outbox Company.

The Ministry of Transport has directed the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) to inspect domestic airlines' transport licences.

Vietnamese exporters need to ensure their capacity and maintain existing export markets, typically Asian and African outlets, amid many challenges in 2023, a senior trade official has said.

Ho Chi Minh City is ranked among the top markets in the land price category for data centre development, experts said.