As time passes by, shops selling oriental medicine on Lan Ong street in Hanoi are busy, unlike other traditional trades on many other streets in the city’s Old Quarter which have died out over the years.

As 2023 is nearing its end, the Vietnam News Agency has selected the top 10 events shaping the country in the year as follows:

Progenitor of Vietnamese traditional medicine Hai Thuong Lan Ong Le Huu Trac has been honoured as an eminent personality by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).