The private business sector has been an important driving force of the economy and is expected to raise GDP contribution to 55% by 2025, a top economist told the second Private Economic Forum 2023 in Hanoi on April 2.

VOV.VN - A series of activities are taking place at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi’s suburban Son Tay township from April 1 to May 3 to celebrate Vietnamese Ethnic Groups’ Culture Day (April 19).

VOV.VN - Bamboo Airways flight QH9583 landed at Cam Ranh International Airport in Khanh Hoa province on April 2, bringing 153 Chinese visitors to central Vietnam from Macau (China).

TGS Tra Vinh Green Hydrogen Company, a member of The Green Solutions Group on March 30 started construction of Vietnam's first and largest green hydrogen factory in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh’s Duyen Hai District, with the total investment of VND8 trillion (US$341 million).

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Tran Tuan Anh held a working session with the Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) in Hanoi on March 31.

VOV.VN - Local authorities of Mong Cai city have recommended that Vietnamese people traveling to Dongxing city of China via the Mong Cai International Border Gate go in groups of three and above.

VOV.VN - Representatives from member nations of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the UK adopted a joint statement at a ministerial level regarding the substantial conclusion of negotiations on the UK's accession to the CPTPP at their virtual meeting on March 31 (Vietnam time).

Vietnam is one of the most potential markets in the Asia-Pacific region for shoppertainment - a trend that combines online shopping with entertainment, according to a report named “Shoppertainment: APAC’s Trillion-Dollar Opportunity” by the US-based Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and TikTok.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang expressed his desire for LG Group to continue expanding investment in Hai Phong and other localities, while proposing that the group move to invest in building a research and development (R&D) centre in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) organised a seminar from March 30 to March 31 in the northern city of Hai Phong as part of efforts to share experience in applying digital platforms and data to promote public services in the digital environment.