Laos’s inflation rate in April dropped to 39.89%, a slight fall from the average rate of 40.85% in the first quarter of this year, according to the Lao Statistics Bureau.The country recorded an inflation rate of 40.97% in March, the first drop from th…
More than 110.6 trillion VND (4.7 billion USD) of public investment was disbursed in the first four months of this year, equivalent to 14.6% of the yearly target and lower than the 18.48% in the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Fina…
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung held a working session with Cambodian Minister of Tourism Thong Khon in Phnom Penh on May 6 to review bilateral collaboration in terms of delegation exchange and tourism promotion.To boost the wo…
Five cars and 19 motorbikes were burned at a parking area on Tran Quoc Hoan street, Hanoi’s Cau Giay district, at 13:00 on May 6.As soon as detecting the incident, residents and the parking area operator took measures to control the fire and reported …
Laos welcomed nearly 831,250 foreign tourists in the first quarter of this year, according to the country’s Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism.Thailand took the lead in the number of visitors with 344,405, and was followed by Vietnam and Chi…
Nearly 3,000 athletes are competing in the VinFast IRONMAN 70.3 Vietnam in the central city of Da Nang on May 4-7, according to the event’s organisers.It said the event draws the participation of nearly 1,000 international athletes from 62 countries.P…
Vietnamese karate artists won two gold medals in the women’s and men’s team kata categories at the ongoing 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia, also the first by the Vietnamese karate team over the past 18 years.Female fighters Nguyen Thi Phuong, Luu Thi Thu U…
Swimmer Tran Hung Nguyen finished first in the men’s 200m individual medley final swimming with 2 minutes and 01.28 seconds on May 6 afternoon at the ongoing 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 32) in Cambodia, begging the first gold medal for the V…
Vietnamese women basketballers defeated their Philippine rivals with a score of 21-19 in the 3×3 category at the ongoing 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 32) on May 6.Thao My, Thao Vy, and Tieu Duy had an impressive performance in the hard-fought …