VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation are set to pay a visit to Laos and co-chair the 47th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee from January 9-10, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on January 6.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh warmly welcomed the Vietnamese national team on January 6 upon their return as champion of the 2024 ASEAN Cup.

VOV.VN - On the morning of January 1, 2025, BestPrice Travel collaborated with the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism to host a grand ceremony at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, welcoming the first international tourists to Vietnam in the New Year. This event aimed to highlight the city as an open, youthful, vibrant, and forward-looking destination for both domestic and international travelers.

VOV.VN - The national broadcaster, Voice of Vietnam (VOV), clinched three prestigious awards at the third National Press Award on the National Assembly (NA) and People's Councils, known as the Dien Hong Award, held in Hanoi on January 5.

VOV.VN - So far, three local beauties have been officially selected to compete for titles at global beauty contests this year.

VOV.VN - Despite facing numerous difficulties and the impact of Typhoon Yagi, the Vietnamese economy grew impressively by 7.09% last year, with the growth rate reaching an estimated figure of 7.55% in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to details given by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The Republic of Korea (RoK)'s media has praised the spectacular victory of the Vietnamese men's national football team in the ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2024.

VOV.VN - As soon as the Vietnamese national team had secured their third championship title with a 5-3 aggregate win at Thailand's Rajamangala stadium on the evening of January 5, local football fans flooded the streets to raucously celebrate the home team’s victory at the 2024 ASEAN Cup.

Box Office Vietnam announced that the total box office revenue in Vietnam for 2024, from January 1 to December 31, reached nearly VND4.7 trillion (US$185 million), marking the highest annual figure ever recorded.

Vietnam set a target of being in top three in the 33rd Southeast Asian Games, the national most important sport task in 2025.