VOV.VN - Five export products have earned more than US$1 billion each in the first half of January 2023, according to the Vietnam General Department of Customs.
VOV.VN - Vietnam is becoming a popular tourist destination for US holidaymakers, with more than 215,000 Americans visiting the country last year, ranking second behind the Republic of Korea in terms of arrival number.
The signing of the Paris Agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam on January 27, 1973, created a new turning point in the Vietnamese nation’s resistance war against the US imperialists to liberate the south and unify the country.
VOV.VN - More than 350 delegates, including living witnesses, members of negotiation delegations, revolutionary veterans, scientists and scholars, attended a symposium in Hanoi on January 16, marking 50 years of the signing of the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords).
US Permanent Representative to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Ambassador Michèle Taylor commended Vietnam’s priorities and initiatives at the council while meeting Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet in Hanoi on January 13.
VOV.VN - Vietnam hopes the United States will support Vietnam’s initiatives and priorities at the UN Human Rights Council during its 2023-2025 membership tenure.
More than 50 hectares of land in A Luoi district in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have been cleared from war-left unexploded ordnance (UXO), giving more farming land for local residents.
VOV.VN - Hong Kong (China) group Yadea has been licensed to build an electric motorcycle manufacturing plant in the northern province of Bac Giang, a gateway to Hanoi capital.
The Vietnamese Embassy in the US held the Xuan Que Huong (Homeland Spring) programme in Washington D.C. on January 6 (US time) to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year festival, with nearly 600 people taking part, including US friends.
Vietnamese US dollar billionaires saw their value fall sharply in 2022 because of decreased stock prices. Vingroup’s Pham Nhat Vuong lost US$2.1 billion, while Bui Thanh Nhon was excluded from Forbes’ list of billionaires.