People-to-people diplomacy will focus on activities in service of national socio-economic development in 2023, President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga has said.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and the Phu Nhuan Jewelry JSC (PNJ) have jointly launched a “zero-dong mini supermarket” programme as part of the efforts to care for the needy in the city ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet), the most important annual festival of Vietnamese people that falls in late January.

The Vietnam Report JSC and VietNamNet online newspaper on January 5 revealed the list of the 500 largest enterprises in Vietnam (VNR500) and top 10 prestigious companies in the fields of pharmacy, logistics, tourism, transportation and animal feed in 2022.

VOV.VN - The Miss Vietnam Business 2023 pageant is scheduled to take place from March 15 to March 22 in Da Nang City.

Executive Chairman of the China-ASEAN Business Council and Chairman of the RCEP Industry Cooperation Committee Xu Ningning has hailed Vietnam as one of the fastest growing economies in ASEAN in 2022.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese national women’s football team have scheduled two friendly matches against the German and Japanese national women’s teams before the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup starts in July.

VOV.VN - The S&P Global Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dropped to 46.4 in December 2022 from 47.4 in November, indicating the continued deterioration of business conditions in manufacturing.

VOV.VN - A senior Party official has requested that the Party’s Central Commission for Internal Affairs make timely recommendations in order to help the Party strictly handle notorious corruption cases in 2023.

VOV.VN - Vietnam can be considered as a "jewel" of Southeast Asia in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, according to the view put forward by several international institutions.

VOV.VN - China’s recent decision to reopen its market in early January is anticipated to have a positive impact on local businesses which export commodities to the northern neighbour.