Da Nang city will host the City Partnership Forum-Da Nang 2025, Meet Da Nang 2025, from January 16 to 18.

The corporate bond market continued its robust recovery with an average transaction value of VND11.54 trillion (US$453.5 million) per session, up 77% compared to the previous year.

Vietnam's retail e-commerce market is estimated to surpass US$25 billion in 2024, marking a 20% increase compared to the previous year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VOV.VN - Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in big cities of Vietnam like Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hue, and Da Nang on December 24 evening to celebrate Christmas 2025.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held a working session with ambassadors and staff of the Embassies of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar in Hanoi on December 24 to accelerate the realisation of high-level agreements between Vietnam and the three countries.

VOV.VN - The Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and its Commission for Propaganda and Training and Commission for Foreign Affairs coordinated with the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) to organize a presentation on Vietnam's bamboo diplomacy policy on December 24 in Vientiane.

VOV.VN - The capital city of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and the central city of Hue have been named among top 100 best food cities in the world as complied by international food website TasteAtlas.

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded a total of 131 cases of food poisoning during the 11-month period, resulting in 4,796 affected people and 21 deaths, according to the latest report released by the Ministry of Health (MoH).

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) and its Chinese counterpart conducted the fourth joint patrol in the northern waters of the Gulf of Tonkin, off the coast of Mong Cai city in the northern province of Quang Ninh and Dongxing city in China's Guangxi province on December 24.

Vietnam's Payment for Watershed Services programme is a great example of sustainable natural resources management, according to Indonesian researcher Mohd Yunus Mohd.