VOV.VN - Vietnam Airlines officially launched the Upstream Check-in (UCI) service from January 1, allowing passengers traveling from mainland China or Macao to Vietnam or vice versa to conduct direct check-in procedures when transiting at Hong Kong International Airport.

VOV.VN - Italian Ambassador to Vietnam Marco Della Seta has presented his country’s Order of Merit to Dr. Nguyen Phuong Hoa, director general of the international cooperation department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

VOV.VN - Vietnam witnessed impressive growth of Indian tourists in 2024 and is expected to continue to experience a boom this year, according to the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT).

Vietnam SuperPort on January 7 signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Transport Development and Strategy Institute under the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, and China Railway 16th Bureau Group Vietnam Co. Ltd. (part of China Railway Construction Corporation) on cooperation to develop rail logistics infrastructure.

Technological innovation, technology transfer, and workforce training form the core strategy for transforming the nature of Vietnam’s economic growth in the coming years, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc remarked at the 17th Vietnam Economic Scenario Forum’s spring 2025 plenary session in Hanoi on January 7.

Marking the 100th anniversary of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, formerly the Indochina School of Fine Arts, an exhibition and a series of discussions opened in Hanoi on January 7, celebrating the evolution of modern art in Indochina.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has been ranked among the top 10 most punctual airlines in the Asia-Pacific region for 2024, according to Cirium, an aviation data analytics company and a strategic partner of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

VOV.VN - An international conference was held on January 7 in Hanoi as part of efforts to ramp up tourism co-operation between Vietnam and India.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Minh Tam has expressed confidence that the Laos visit by Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his co-chairing of the 47th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Intergovernmental Committee will make a great success.

VOV.VN - Ha Quang Trung and Vo Cao Ky Duyen will represent Vietnam at the upcoming Mister and Miss Supranational 2024 beauty pageants, both of which are set to take place in Poland this year.