The capital city of Hà Nội welcomed about 653,000 visitors during the seven-day Lunar New Year (Tết) holiday from February 8-14, up 21.6 per cent year on year, including nearly 103,000 foreigners, a rise of 2.2 per cent over the same time last year, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.
A festival commemorating the 235th anniversary of the historic Ngọc Hồi – Đống Đa Victory over the Qing Invaders (1789 - 2024) is being held at Đống Đa Park in Đống Đa District, Hà Nội, attracting thousands of visitors from far and wide
Together with the general Vietnamese preference of keeping gold as a means of reserve to hedge against inflation and risks, the monopolies cause unbalance of supply and demand in the gold market, causing domestic gold prices to differ widely from world prices.