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The U.S. dollar has appreciated against the Vietnamese dong for 10 straight days, one of the longest such streaks. The dong fell by 0.6% to a record 24,511 to the dollar Wednesday, data from Bloomberg shows, after the central bank widened the daily currency trading band from 3% to 5%. …

Travel firms are seeing positive signs for inbound tourism during the year-end travel season as many western tourists target Vietnam as their winter escape destination. Peter Zimmermann from Germany said he and his wife plan to fly to Vietnam early December because they want to escape the cold winter in …

The government wants royal relics to be preserved and tourism facilities upgraded to turn Hue into a “city of festivals and Asia’s cultural and tourist hub” by 2045. Vietnam’s former imperial capital is set to become a centrally managed city in 2025 alongside Hanoi, HCMC, Hai Phong, Da Nang, and …