Vietnam is the destination with the highest number of business class bookings, followed by Thailand and Japan, according to data from Gmarket’s analysis of 2023 airline ticket sales in the Republic of Korea (RoK) market.

President Vo Van Thuong on January 20 evening attended the “Spring in border areas warms people’s hearts” programme in Ha Tien city, the southern province of Kien Giang.

Over the 20 years of its development, the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange (VAVA) has obtained remarkable achievements in the effort to support Agent Orange (AO) victims.

Vietnamese organisations and individuals in the Kansai region have donated 600,000 JPY (over 4,000 USD) to help residents in earthquake-hit Suzu and Wajima cities, Japan’s Ishikawa prefecture.

The People’s Court of Dak Lak on January 20 sentenced ten defendants to life imprisonment on the charge of terrorism in the trial of the case of “terrorism aimed at opposing the people’s administration, terrorism, organising illegal exit or entry for others, and harbouring criminals” that occurred in Cu Kuin district in the Central Highlands province on June 11 last year.​

The northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh has carried out an array of measures to ensure the livelihoods of local ethnic minority groups, thus enhancing the local living standards, under the national target programme for socioeconomic development in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas.

The Ministry of Health advises health inspection centres to stay updated on global infectious disease information, ensuring effective monitoring and prevention measures at border checkpoints.

It is vital to establish a unified standard framework for urban railways in big cities in Hà Nội and HCM City.

The Romanian press on January 19 highlighted the upcoming official visit to Romania by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Hanoi is set to implement measures aimed at attracting foreign visitors in 2024, focusing on such key markets as Northeast Asia, the EU, and the US, the municipal Department of Tourism said at its January 19 conference to deploy working plans this year.

The Hanoi police on January 19 announced a decision to launch criminal proceedings against and arrest a man in the capital city on the charge of making, storing, distributing, or disseminating information, documents and items against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam under Article 117 of the 2015 Penal Code.

Computer viruses caused estimated losses of 17.3 trillion VND (716 million USD) to Vietnamese users in 2023, according to a cybersecurity assessment programme for individual users conducted by Bkav Corporation in December last year.

Hanoi moved up 16 places to 144th in a global ranking of the world's most liveable cities.

Hanoi is taking steps to complete the “greening up” of local bus services 15 years ahead of the roadmap designed by the Government, which aims to convert buses from using petrol to green energy (electric or CNG) in Hanoi by 2050, according to Vice Chairman of the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen.

Other problems that lower the patient’s satisfaction at State-owned hospitals in HCM City are procedures for check-up covered by health insurance, instructions and seats for patients in the waiting area.

The Decision aims to develop a synchronous, modern postal network linking the real world and the digital world, part of the essential infrastructure of the country and the digital economy.

Provinces and cities across the country have worked hard to bring a happy Tết (Lunar New Year) to the people.

Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Trần Hồng Thái on January 18 had a working session with Chief Representative of UNESCO in Vietnam Jonathan Baker.

In 2023, Việt Nam's border guards conducted communication activities that reached 700,000 people, detected, prevented, and handled 1,604 cases with 66,621 people involved in illegally entering and exiting the country

Commander of the Border Guard Command Lieutenant General Le Duc Thai and Head of Home Office International Operation of the UK’s Home Office Victoria Pullen signed an agreement on cooperation in the prevention and combating of human trafficking between the two sides in Hanoi on January 18.