VOV.VN - Thai ethnic people in Ruoc Ram village, Thanh Hoa province, hold Kin Chieng Booc May festival after a hard working year to give thanks to the gods, and pray for good health, wealth and a bumper harvest in the year ahead.

State budget collection from export-import activities in January topped VND24.8 trillion (US$1.07 billion), or 5.8% of the estimate, down 42.3% annually, reported the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese exporters are required to swiftly grasp information in order to adjust production activities in line with market conditions amid global high inflation, along with rising domestic exchange rates and interest rates, according to insiders.

VOV.VN - The nation saw 10,800 newly-established enterprises in January, an increase of 0.7% over the previous month, although representing a fall of 16.6% over the same period from last year, according to data compiled by the General Statistics Office (GSO) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

A working delegation of the Vietnam Centre for Overseas Labour (Colab) met on January 29 with representatives from the Counseling Centre for Foreign Workers of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Ansan city to promote the implementation of support activities for Vietnamese labourers in the RoK.

VOV.VN - The success of the nation’s trade activities last year has served to create greater momentum for 2023 and the years ahead, particularly as local enterprises have moved to enhance their internal strength along with receiving additional support from the State.

Seaports nationwide are still working through Lunar New Year (Tet) break to ensure that import-export activities are not disrupted, according to the Vietnam Maritime Administration (VMA).

The Vietnamese retail sector has recovered to the pre-COVID-19 level, with 53.8% of total retailers reporting similar or better business outcomes, according to Vietnam Report JSC.

The Department of Commerce of China’s Guangxi province, in collaboration with the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Asia-Africa Market Department and Vinexad Company, held a Guangxi-Vietnam trade and economic cooperation conference in Hanoi on January 12.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, in collaboration with the Japan International Labor Foundation (JILAF), hosted a conference on January 11 in Ho Chi Minh City to share experience in trade union activities among enterprises.