For the 2024-2025 academic year, Hanoi's education sector continues to lead the nation in terms of scale, with nearly 2.3 million students, over 130,000 staff members, and 2,913 schools.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City welcomed 4.014 million foreign tourists and 27.353 million domestic visitors during the January to September period, up 12.4% and 1.3%, respectively, reported the municipal Department of Tourism.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a Government Conference alongside major private enterprises on September 21 in Hanoi in a bid to remove difficulties, and promote their pioneering role and proactive engagement in large projects as a way of contributing to socio-economic development.

The food and beverage (F&B) sector of Vietnam has long been an attractive and potentially lucrative market for both foreign and domestic investors, despite facing numerous challenges, insiders affirmed at the Flavours Vietnam 2024 conference in Ho Chi Minh City on September 19.

Typhoon Yagi has caused severe damage in many provinces and cities in the northern region, including major tourist centres such as Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, and Sa Pa (Lao Cai). In an effort to overcome the damage, many localities have organised activities to welcome tourists back.

According to a socio-economic report recently published by the General Statistics Office, retail revenue for the first eight months of the year is estimated at nearly VND3.3 quadrillion (US$130.3 billion), a 7.3% increase year-on-year.

VOV.VN - Statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Trade show that the Mekong Delta region is contributing about 31% to GDP of the entire agricultural sector, with roughly 50% of rice output, 95% of rice exports, 65% of aquaculture and exploitation output, 60% of fish exports and approximately 70% of all type of fruits.

VOV.VN - An inspection team from the EU is set to visit the nation in order to inspect the aquaculture sector, with a focus on evaluating the performance of the residue control programme for products permitted for exports to the EU market, as well as verifying the reliability of ensuring that farmed seafood does not contain residues according to regulations.

Vietnamese Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi held a working session with Russian Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities Irek Faizullin in Moscow on September 10, as part of National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man’s ongoing official visit to Russia.

State budget collection from export-import activities reached VND274.03 trillion (US$11.1 billion) in the first eight months of 2024, equivalent to 73.1% of the assigned estimate and up 13.1% year-on-year, the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC) announced on September 10.