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A group of tourists during a visit to the HCM City Post Office. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI Vietnamese travellers have turned away from domestic tours during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holidays as airline tickets have become more expensive, said industry insiders and experts. Tour companies said there has been …

A Thai woman has been charged with illegal possession of a lion cub, police said on Friday, after a video of the animal cruising in a Bentley with a Sri Lankan tourist went viral online. The police ordered an investigation after a video showing a lion cub riding around the …

PM Phạm Minh Chính speaks at the meeting with representatives of donors and foreign-invested enterprises on January 26. (Photo: VNA) HÀ NỘI Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính attended a meeting with representatives of donors and foreign-invested enterprises in Vietnam on January 26 on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New …

Dubai is no longer top choice of Indian travelers who now opt for Bangkok thanks to Thailand’s visa-free entry, data from digital travel platform Agoda showed. Pattaya, famous for its nightlife and red-light district, came in third in the list of five most popular destinations for Indian tourists, followed by …

  Customers shop in special areas filled with a traditional spring atmosphere with plenty of specialties from the nation’s three regions at MM Mega Market in HCM City. VNS Photo HCM CITY — Supermarkets, commercial centres and convenience stores are offering various sales promotions with deep discounts to stimulate shopping demand and increase sales for the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday that begins …

Among Southeast Asian countries, 56.7% of Japanese companies target Vietnam for business expansion in the next 1-2 years, ranking behind Laos in regional growth interest. Vietnam had previously topped the ranking for two consecutive years. According to a survey on the status of Japanese firms investing abroad in the fiscal …

A Chinese engineer at the New Zealand water service provider Wellington Water is under official probe after boasting on social media about avoiding work during office hours. In the video posted on Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu on Jan. 5, the unnamed employee claimed that she had just returned to …

  Jose Fernandez, United States Under Secretary for Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment. — VNS Photo Trọng Kiên   HÀ NỘI  — Shortage of qualified workforce and a proper regulatory framework for setting up renewable energy systems for use in semiconductor supply chains has been among the chief concerns …

A Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BID) branch. BID lost 1 per cent yesterday. Photo BID HÀ NỘI — The stock market experienced a minor decline on Thursday as a result of the downward trend observed among prominent banking stocks within the large-cap category. On the Hồ Chí …

China ranked second in the list of Thailand’s top five inbound destinations for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, marking its return for the first time since 2019. Malaysia topped the list, according to Agoda’s data based on bookings made between Jan. 1 and 15 for checking in on Feb. …