VOV.VN - Vietnamese shrimp export turnover hit US$2.8 billion during the first nine months of the year, up 10.5% year on year, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) reported on October 14.
VOV.VN - A festival to honour Vietnamese brocade culture will be held from November 8 - 10 in Sa Pa, a famous tourist resort in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, to feature a wide range of cultural activities and art performances.
VOV.VN - Vietnam has raked in US$44.3 billion from exporting goods to the Chinese market over the past nine months, up 2.7% year on year, with many export items fetching a turnover of over US$1 billion each, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
VOV.VN - Vietnam is now importing meat and meat products from 57 markets, with India emerging as the largest supplier, accounting for 22.5% of the country’s total meat and meat product imports over the past nine months.
VOV.VN - Three Color Dessert (Chè ba màu) has been named among the 100 best desserts in Asia, as compiled by international food website TasteAtlas.
VOV.VN - Filippo billiards player Johann Chua overcame several strong rivals to become the winner of the Hanoi Open Pool 2024 that ended in Hanoi on October 13.
VOV.VN - The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) recently held its third annual dialogue on War Legacies and Peace in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, with a primary focus on examining a year of the Vietnam – US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership upgrade and a USIP peaceworks report on postwar reconciliation between the two countries.
After cooling down in August 2024 and bottoming out at the end of September, the USD/VND exchange rate has shown signs of increasing again since the beginning of October.
VOV.VN - The National Assembly Standing Committee examined preparations for the coming year-end session of the legislature, at its ongoing 38th meeting in Hanoi on October 14.
The Vietnamese Student Association in Singapore held its first-ever “V-Challenge 2024: Intellectual Arena” at Curtin University, drawing a large number of Vietnamese students in the country.