A ceremony was held in Vientiane on December 13 to inaugurate a project upgrading the Lao People's Army History Museum at a cost of US$4.6 million funded from the Ministry of National Defence of Vietnam.

There are at least 40,000 deaths caused by tobacco-related diseases in Vietnam each year, heard a conference held by the Health Ministry in Hanoi on December 12 to review 10-year enforcement of the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harm.

VOV.VN - The authorities of Da Nang central city are planning to launch direct flights to Nagoya in Japan in the first quarter of 2024 in orderas part of efforts to boost investment, trade, and tourism.

VOV.VN - As many as 110 youth delegates from nine ASEAN member countries and Japan have arrived in Ho Chi Minh City for the 2023 ASEAN-Japan Youth Festival from December 12-15.

Five black-faced spoonbills migrating from Northeast Asia were discovered in the Tra O Lagoon in Phu My, the central province of Binh Dinh after a survey conducted by the environmental protection sub-department under the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

There were some 13,900 cyberattacks in Vietnam in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 9.5%, according to a report announced by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) on December 12.

The National Innovation Centre (NIC) is building a project on developing human resources for the semiconductor industry as part of the country’s efforts to provide 50,000 engineers for the industry, according to NIC Vice Director Vo Xuan Hoai.

The Vietnam International Digital Week 2023 opened in the northern province of Quang Ninh on December 12.

VOV.VN - Prestigious website CNN Travel of the United States has released its annual “The Top 100 City Destinations Index 2023” according to global market research company Euromonitor International, with Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City among the top city destinations in the world.

More than 300 Vietnamese students in the Czech Republic participated in a career orientation conference held in Prague on December 10.