Retailers in HCM City are focusing on stimulating demand for the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday in February and ensuring that supply is adequate and food safety standards are met.

VOV.VN - An upland market aimed at celebrating the New Year is scheduled to get underway at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay district of Hanoi, with the event running from December 31 to January 3, 2021.

VOV.VN - The northern province of Quang Ninh recently hosted a festival featuring the Ao Dai, the nation’s traditional long dress, in Cam Pha city on December 26 for the purpose of promoting the local tourism industry.

Steel exports in November surged 21.52% month on month and 40% year on year, reaching more than 478,300 tonnes, reported the Vietnam Steel Association (VSA).

The Vietnam Malaysia Business Association (VMBIZ) and Malaysia’s Blue Ocean Capital Group Berhad (BOCGB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on December 20 to bolster collaboration and exchange between enterprises of both nations.

VOV.VN - Sun Group’s Sun World Fansipan Legend Company launched a winter festival in the tourist resort town of Sa Pa in Lao Cai province on December 19 to celebrate this year’s Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

VOV.VN - The nation’s human development index (HDI) value for 2019 stood at 0.704, thereby putting the country in the high human development category and earning it a position of 117th out of 189 nations and territories globally.

Fifty leading brands of Vietnam in 2020 was honoured during a ceremony held in HCM City by Forbes Vietnam on December 17.

VOV.VN - The Japanese Government is set to establish a fund worth approximately U$2.4 billion in support of smart-city projects to be undertaken by Japanese firms in Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam, according to business news publication Nikkei Asia.

VOV.VN - Many places throughout the country are set to hold coming Christmas and New Year festivals with significant discounts on offer to lure additional domestic tourists.