VOV.VN - Purchasing power in the market for the Lunar New Year 2025, known locally as Tet, is forecast to increase by 10% compared to the same period from last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

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

An art programme featuring performances of artists and students from the Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual school took place in the Lao capital of Vientiane on December 19, marking the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and 35th anniversary of the All-People Defence Festival.

Party General Secretary To Lam and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended an art programme at Hanoi’s Ho Guom Opera on December 17 evening to honour generations of soldiers of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA).

A week-long Vietnam-Japan cultural programme officially commenced on the evening of December 1 atop Ba Den Mountain in the southwestern province of Tay Ninh, marking the first event of its kind in the region.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 26 ordered the continuation of developing the domestic market and boosting consumption in the remainder of the year.

A ceremony to launch the "Hanoi Night 2024 " tourism promotion programme and announce three new tourist destinations as well as the opening of Metro Line 6 - Hanoi Street Museum will be held in Ba Dinh district, Hanoi on November 29.

VOV.VN - Artists from the Gyeonggi Dance Company of the Republic of Korea have staged a special art programme “Dance of Time: Tradition and Modernity” at the Duyet Thi Duong space within the Imperial City of Hue, central Vietnam, as part of the Hue Winter Festival 2024.

Vietnamese authorities and businesses are rolling out comprehensive promotion programmes to boost consumer spending for the upcoming Tet holiday (Lunar New Year).

Japanese ship Nippon Maru with 168 delegates of the 48th Ship for Southeast Asian and Japanese Youth Programme (SSEAYP) on board left Ho Chi Minh City on November 17 afternoon for other stops in their journey this year.