Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City are expected to reach US$7 billion in 2023, an annual increase of about 6-7%.

Besides limited technological capability, Vietnamese mechanical engineering enterprises are upset about their trained workers leaving for foreign-invested companies or searching for opportunities to work abroad in labor cooperation programs.

The Ho Chi Minh City Photographic Association and the Vietnam Institute of Buddhist Studies on May 22 opened a photo exhibition on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Bodhisattva Thich Quang Duc’s self-immolation to protest the persecution of Buddhists by the US-backed South Vietnamese government of Ngo Dinh Diem (June 11, 1963 - June 11, 2023).

VOV.VN - Thailand has welcomed 9.47 million foreign tourists, including 84,221 Vietnamese visitors, so far this year, earning about 391 billion baht, equivalent to over US$11.3 billion, in revenue.

VOV.VN - The reality TV show Top Chef Vietnam 2023 was officially launched on May 22 in Ho Chi Minh City aiming to introduce Vietnamese cuisine to a global audience.

VOV.VN - From the 2024 - 2025 season onwards Vietnamese football clubs will no longer be able to secure a place in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League.

VOV.VN - With 94% of votes in favour, lawmakers on May 22 agreed to relieve Tran Hong Ha of his post as Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, at the ongoing session of the National Assembly in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Amid global uncertainties Vietnam will continue to pursue the goal of maintaining macroeconomic stability, controlling inflation, promoting growth, and ensuring major balances of the economy, said Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai while addressing lawmakers at the ongoing session of the National Assembly in Hanoi on May 22.

VOV.VN - As many as 33 Vietnamese businesses and a number of the nation’s trade and investment promotion agencies will attend the Asia's largest food and beverage trade exhibition and business matching Thaifex Anuga Asia which is scheduled to run in Thailand from May 23 to 27.

VOV.VN - Approximately 150 Vietnamese players residing in eight European nations took part in a friendly table-tennis tournament held in the German capital of Berlin on May 21.