VietExplorer2022

Commercial centers in District 1 sparkle with pine trees, reindeers, snowmen, and Santa Claus, making them attractive tourist destinations for Christmas in the city. A boy and his mother posing for a photo during Christmas celebrations, costing them VND50,000. A French tourist excitedly immerses himself in the early Christmas atmosphere that has taken hold in the city. He snaps a picture with a reindeer model on the sidewalk. Different types of Christmas toys are selling well with prices starting at a few tens of thousands of dongs each. Colorful decoration items for Christmas can be seen throughout the city’s streets. Some people wear Santa outfits to sell Christmas toys in front of commercial centers. Christmas decorations go up in the city at the beginning of December, with colorful lights, ornaments, and Christmas trees erected in shopping complexes and department stores. Commercial hubs have become hot spots for Saigo...

This is Xi Jinping’s third visit to Vietnam as the General Secretary and President of China. In the photo, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh welcomes the Chinese distinguished guests at the airport. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and his wife host a welcoming ceremony for the Chinese leader and his wife at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on December 12. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong invites Party General Secretary Xi Jinping to the podium for the flag salute ceremony. The two Party leaders and their wives wave at officials of both Vietnam and China at the welcoming ceremony. Shortly after the ceremony, the two Party leaders hold talks at the headquarters of the Party Central Committee in Hanoi. During the talks, the two sides agree to promote strong, stable, long-term and more effective development of Vietnam-China relations at a new level. President Xi Jinping also holds talks with President V...