Ho Chi Minh City is yet to tap the full potential of the night time economy despite evidence from other countries that it encourages higher spending by tourists, experts said.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Uzbekistan Dang Minh Khoi presented a letter of credentials to Uzbekistan's acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir I. Norov at a ceremony in the capital city of Tashkent on June 9.

As one of the Vice Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)’s 77th session, Vietnam can bring into play its role in handling differences among countries and promoting consensus on the UNGA’s decisions, an official has said.

The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) will cooperate to implement a project on establishing and building capacity of the Vietnam – Australia Centre under an agreement signed at a ceremony in Hanoi on June 8.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s total import-export value during the opening five months of the year reached US$306.16 billion, a rise of 16% or equivalent to a US$42.2 billion increase against the same period last year, according to statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Minister of Trade and Industry Dang Hoang An and Italian Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Manlio di Stefano co-chaired the seventh meeting of the Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation, following a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - More than 20 ambassadors and representatives of various international cultural organisations recent paid a visit to the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum to gain greater insights into the country’s lacquer paintings.

VOV.VN - Russia’s leading e-newspaper Infox.ru published an article on June 4 highlighting the Vietnamese leadership role in Southeast Asia in a piece written by Grigory Trofimchuk, an expert in foreign policy, defence, and security.

The southern province of Binh Duong lured US$2.5 billion worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first five months of 2022, rising to the top of localities nationwide.

VOV.VN - During the initial five months of this year,  Ho  Chi Minh City welcomed a total of 8.97 million domestic visitors and 262,090 foreign arrivals, with total tourism revenue reaching VND39.5 trillion, equivalent to US$1.691 million, an increase of 9.8% on-year.