Positive GDP growth amid complex challenges, visits by leaders of superpowers, and a disastrous fire incident are among the top 10 events of Việt Nam in 2023.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Viet A Technologies JSC Phan Quoc Viet has been sentenced a total of 25 years in prison on charges of "abusing position and power while on duty" and “violating bidding regulations, causing serious damages”, in the COVID-19 test kit case at the Viet A Technologies JSC and the Vietnam Military Medical University (VMMU).

Senior Lieutenant General Nguyễn Văn Rinh, President of the Việt Nam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAAV), discusses with the media the association's activities in the past term and outlines its plans for the upcoming term.

In the first 11 months of 2023, more than 7.3 million tourists from the Republic of Korea (RoK) visited Vietnam, an increase of 220% compared to the same period last year, according to the RoK’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) plays a significant role in the positive development of digital transformation in Vietnam in 2023, stressed Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang at the body’s December 29 conference of year-end review and new-year task deployment.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on December 29 demanded inspection be enhanced in the “sensitive fields” prone to corruption and negative phenomena.

About 12.6 million international tourists have visited Vietnam this year, a 3.4-fold rise from 2022, surpassing the target of 8 million set earlier, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported on December 29.

Lieutenant General Nguyen Huu Chinh, former political commissar of the Ministry of National Defence’s General Department of Technology, has been elected as President of the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange (VAVA) for the 2023-2028 tenure.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha Central Committee and the National Traffic Safety Committee held a requiem for victims of traffic accidents in Vietnam at Long Hung pagoda in Hanoi on December 29.

Trung kidnapped a 7-year-old boy in the Việt Hưng urban area in Long Biên, Hà Nội and demanded ransom from the boy's family.

The 5th National Representative Congress of the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin for the term 2023-2028 witnessed the active participation of over 300 delegates and representatives, collectively representing the interests of more than 400,000 members nationwide.

Set to come into effect from January 1, 2024, the new guidelines aim to create a more secure and efficient travel experience for both domestic and foreign passengers.

Hanoi has maintained its leading position in many patriotic emulation movements, especially the programme on new-style rural area building.

Ho Chi Minh City continues to be the leading locality in the country in terms of the number of visitors and revenue from tourism, with nearly 5 million foreign and nearly 35 million domestic tourists, and a total revenue of over 160 trillion VND (6.6 billion USD), the municipal Tourism Department announced on December 28.

The collection of carbon isotope samples has been ordered to determine the age of a sunken wooden ship recently discovered near the coast of Cam An ward in the central province of Quang Nam’s Hoi An city.

The average score is 6.2 out of 9.0, the same rank as South Korea, Pakistan and India, according to the data from the 2023 annual report on foreign language teaching and learning, issued by the Việt Nam National Institute of Educational Sciences and Management Board of the National Project on Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages.

HCM City's Sài Gòn Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) and US-based Ansys Software Pvt Ltd. (Ansys) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate to foster electronic design expertise and advance the semiconductor industry in Việt Nam.

The draft also proposed bonuses for organisations that restrict pollutant emissions.

The transport sector was asked to focus on key projects such as the construction of the Long Thành International Airport and highway projects using the public-private partnership model.

A meeting was held in Binh Dinh on December 28 to discuss how to promote tourism development link between the south-central province, and Atapu, Sekong, Champasak and Salavan province, southern Laos.