VOV.VN - Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2022 is forecast to reach about US$413.81 billion, thereby ranking 37th in the world, according to the latest projection on the GDP scale for countries globally made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

VOV.VN - The aviation market recorded roughly 55 million passengers in 2022, marking 3.7-fold increase from the previous year and equivalent to 69.6% of that in the pre-pandemic period back in 2019, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

VOV.VN - Last year saw citizen diplomacy prosper alongside the two pillars of Party diplomacy and State diplomacy to make a breakthrough after a long hiatus, thereby making substantial contributions to the process of recovery and socio-economic development of the country following the pandemic.

VOV.VN - The globally-renowned tourist resort of Sa Pa in the northern province of Lao Cai has received approximately 42,000 visitors during the three-day New Year break from December 31 to January 2, a figure 2.7 times higher than the same period from 2022.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 30 sent a letter of congratulations to Sonexay Siphandone who was approved by the Lao National Assembly as Prime Minister.on the same day.

An art performance programme spotlighting the Vietnam - Laos solidarity was jointly held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos, the Vietnamese association in Vientiane and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on December 28 in the Lao capital.

Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh thanked Vietnam for its assistance in agricultural development while receiving Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan in Vientiane on December 28.

The Party Organisation and authorities in the central Lao province of Vientiane on December 28 hosted a ceremony in Thoulakhom district to commemorate heroes and martyrs of the Laos-Vietnam combat alliance who laid down their lives on the Keun battlefield in 1946.

Senior officials of central Quang Tri province and Laos’ Savannakhet and Salavan provinces held talks in the Vietnamese locality’s Dong Ha city on December 27, during which they signed cooperation agreements in various fields for 2023-2025.

Sen. Lieut. Gen. Luong Dinh Hong, Political Commissar of the National Defence Academy, visited Laos and attended an exchange programme with Lao military alumni who studied in Vietnam from December 22-24 at the invitation of the Lao Ministry of Defence.