Vietnam

The Đường Hoa Tea Festival in Quảng Ninh attracted thousands with tastings, rituals honoring tea heritage, a blessing for tea trees; the celebration is an effort to preserve local tea culture, promoting sustainable growth and exchange among tea businesses

Hà Nội's local administration has launched a mass measles vaccination campaign, aiming to administer 70.000 doses to children and healthcare workers by November 15; The initiative seeks to achieve over 95% vaccination coverage for children aged 1-5

Through favorable loan programs, ex-inmates can start small businesses or find stable employment; local authorities are collaborating with communities to offer moral and practical support to reduce recidivism and help former prisoners build better futures

Officials and agricultural experts learned the use of remotely piloted aerial vehicles for pesticide spraying during a recent training session in Hà Nội

Dà Nang Free Diving, a diving group, is regularly cleaning coral reefs supported by a loyal group of 40 amateur and professional divers

On the coast of Hai Phong and Quang Ninh evacuations had been ordered for 230.000 people, ports and airport closed, hundreds of cruises in the UNESCO site Ha Long Bay cancelled before Super Typhoon Yagi, one of the most powerful in a decade, made landfall

The State Bank of Việt Nam and the Bank of Laos are exploring a joint cross-border retail payment system that would imply the use of respective domestic currencies in bilateral trade and investment cooperation activities to prevent external risks

The biotrade project, run by the Swiss agency Helvetas and the Centre for Rural Economic Development, a local NGO, has been helping small businesses in the Mekong for the past eight years and ended with an event at the Swiss Embassy

To achieve the economic growth target of 7,5-8%, HCM City departments are working to remove bottlenecks in the delivery of public investment

Since the beginning of 2024, more than 42.400 pigs have been killed to prevent the spread of African swine fever, five times more than in the same period last year

The Binh Dinh Essence of Land and Sea 2024 Festival will promote tuna specialities until 15 July in Quy Nhon, presenting the image and brand of Binh Dinh oceanic tuna to domestic consumers and exporters

With the increase in the number of tourists visiting Ha Noi, the city's luxury hotels are launching a series of special offers to boost sales; the goal is to attract 27 million visitors in 2024, generating around $4,2 billion in tourism revenue

The Wildlife Rescue Station in Đắk Lắk Province, which belongs to the Elephant Conservation Centre, has rescued and cared for hundreds of trapped or injured wild animals since 2021