Vietnam's rich and colorful cuisine is increasingly known by international friends. Not only Vietnamese rice noodles and Spring rolls, but also many other dishes have attracted the attention of gourmets around the world.

At the end of 2022, the World Food Awards listed Vietnam as the "Best Asian Food Destination in 2022".

In addition, many well-known tourism and culinary magazines have published articles praising Vietnamese cuisine and its food destinations.

The latest time was in late January 2023, when the American travel magazine "Travel and Leisure" listed Vietnam as the best food destination in Asia, especially street cuisine, in its "Must Do List for Asia 2023". The magazine also recommends the best places for tourists to explore Vietnamese cuisine, including Hanoi, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City. Must try dishes include French baguette and rice rolls. It says that if there is any dietary culture with irresistible, rich, and delicious flavors, it is definitely Vietnamese cuisine. In addition to its beautiful natural landscapes and historical and cultural relics, Vietnam is also famous for its unique, attractive, and delicious cuisine.

The famous Canadian travel magazine "The Travel" has also announced the 10 most attractive food culture countries in the world, with Vietnam ranking fifth among readers' choices. In addition to river noodles, it also recommends other dishes, such as fried Spring rolls, Fried Rice and broken rice for tourists to try.

The Director General of the Vietnam National Tourism Administration of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism believes that Vietnamese cuisine is gradually emerging on the world food map. This is a great potential to attract tourists, especially foreigners.

Vietnamese food culture is rich, diverse, and exquisite, so it is not surprising that Vietnamese cuisine is highly praised by international diners. Among them, Vietnamese river noodles are known as "food ambassadors", making contributions to promoting Vietnamese culture among international friends.

The Prime Minister of Laos, Songsai Sipandun, has requested urgent action to establish an entry-exit office at the Laos-China Railway station to facilitate inbound and outbound passengers.

The Prime Minister of Laos presided over a special cabinet meeting and instructed the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to cooperate with the Laos China Railway Company to designate areas within the station where entry and exit offices can be established.

On the occasion of the visit of the Assistant Foreign Minister of China to Laos from March 11 to 12, 2023, the Lao side expressed its willingness to work with the Chinese side to advance the development concept of China Laos Thailand connectivity, focusing on railway cooperation, and take the opening of the passenger transport function of the Laos China border railway port in mid April as an opportunity to welcome more Chinese tourists to Laos for sightseeing.

Ms. Bans Raymond, Governor of Bailin, led the investigation team to inspect a Chinese mango processing and exporting company. More than 100 people had previously written to the provincial government to prevent the company from discharging wastewater.

Bans Raymond asked the mango processing company to stop discharging waste and sewage containing toxic chemicals into nearby rivers, affecting the living environment of nearby residents.

Bans Raymond also requested the company to cooperate with professionals to equip wastewater treatment facilities and solve problems through technical means. It is prohibited to discharge wastewater to affect residents or pollute public water sources.

Recently, the 2023 Berlin Tourism Exhibition in Germany was held as scheduled, at which the Green Tourism Destinations Award, organized by the Netherlands based Green Tourism Destinations Foundation, was presented to encourage destinations that contribute to the development of sustainable tourism.

Among them, Ko Mak Island, Dharat Province, Thailand, won the "Governance, Resettlement, and Restoration" award in the Tourism Destination Award at the above-mentioned tourism exhibition; The minority villages of Yefengsong Prefecture won the "Community Prosperity" award. The winning of the above awards has had a positive impact on the two tourist attractions in expanding their international visibility.

On March 16, former Prime Minister Yingluck of Thailand sent a message through her personal Facebook account, accompanied by a group photo of her brother Thaksin while traveling in India. From the photos, it seems that Yingluck and Thaksin enjoyed their trip to India very much.