2023 was a challenging year for the Vietnamese automobile market as sales fell 25% year-on-year despite a 50% cut in the registration fee from July 1, according to the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA).

VOV.VN - Indonesian President Joko Widodo is scheduled to begin a three-day working visit to Vietnam on January 11 at the invitation of Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong.

The Vietnamese Party and State always value and give top priority to the Vietnam-China relations, Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and head of its Commission for Popularisation and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia said on January 10.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose slightly from 47.3 in November to 48.9 in December to reach a point of softer rate of deterioration, according to international independent credit rating data source and index provider Standard & Poor’s Global (S&P Global).

The Vietnamese animation studio Sconnect has officially been recognised for two records in the fields of animated film copyrights and multilingual distribution on digital platforms, marking the first time in Vietnam that records have been established in the realm of animated films.

VOV.VN - With the Philippines expected to import between 3.5 million and four million tonnes of rice this year, there are bright prospects ahead for Vietnamese rice exports to the market, according to Phung Van Thanh, Vietnamese Trade Counselor in the Philippines.

VOV.VN - There remains ample room for the nation and Sweden to boost ties in a multitude of fields, especially those of each other’s strength and demand, Vietnamese Ambassador to Sweden Tran Van Tuan said in a recent media interview given on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of both nations’ diplomatic relations.

VOV.VN - Extending economic policies, finding fresh directions for exports, and promoting domestic consumption are the solutions that exist for the nation to overcome "headwinds", according to information given by economic experts.

Vietnamese Consul General in Hong Kong (China) Pham Binh Dam emphasised achievements in relations between the two sides for 2023, in a recent interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency.

Speaker of the Bulgarian National Assembly (NA) Rosen Dimitrov Jeliazkov on January 9 called on students of the Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) and young people in general as future politicians, managers, and scientists to grasp the world’s opportunities to continue developing relations between the two countries.