VOV.VN - Hosts Thailand defeated visitors Vietnam 1-0 in Bangkok on January 16 evening, defending their AFF Cup championship title following their 2-2 in an away match in Hanoi three days earlier.

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.

As Vietnam and Japan mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties in 2023, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will work harder to contribute to Vietnam’s development via official development assistance (ODA).

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 16 paid a lunar New Year (Tet) visit to Most Venerable Thich Tri Quang, supreme patriarch of the Patronage Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha on the occasion of the coming Tet festival.

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).

VOV.VN - An international aviation expo (Aero Expo Hanoi) & Vietnam Aviation Forum 2023 is scheduled to take place in Hanoi on March 21, said the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade at a press conference on January 16.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese contestant Nguyen Thi Ngoc Chau failed to make the Top 16 of Miss Universe 2022 during the grand final of the contest held in the United States on January 15.

VOV.VN - The total import-export turnover of foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) last year reached US$506.83 billion, representing an annual rise of 9.3% and making up more than two thirds of the country’s trade value, according to the latest statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 16 paid a lunar New Year (Tet) visit and presented gifts to armed forces, families of social policy beneficiaries and needy people in the northern border province of Cao Bang.

The Vietnamese retail sector has recovered to the pre-COVID-19 level, with 53.8% of total retailers reporting similar or better business outcomes, according to Vietnam Report JSC.