The Metro Line 1 (Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien) in Ho Chi Minh City will start commercial operations on December 22, 2024, while its official inauguration has been postponed to after the 2025 lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat has issued a directive on the organisation of the Lunar New Year (Tet) to ensure safe, healthy, and economical celebrations of the New Year, creating new momentum for realising the tasks for 2025.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Italy and the Vietnamese Defence Attaché Office in Spain and Italy have jointly organised a ceremony in Rome to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and the 35th anniversary of the All-People Defence Festival (December 22).

Party General Secretary To Lam attended the plenary session of the ninth National Congress of the Vietnam Youth Federation in the 2024-2029 tenure in Hanoi on December 18.

The Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) is one of the largest and most extraordinary military forces in the world, commented Cuban journalist and writer Luis Manuel Arce Isaac.

VOV.VN - Branches of peach blossoms and kumquat trees can now be seen on sale at Quang An flower market in Tay Ho district, the largest of its kind in Hanoi, signaling the arrival of a new spring, as the lunar New Year (Tet) is just more than a month away.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Netherlands' Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) organisation on December 17 co-organised the handover ceremony of the pilot results for the database system for forests and coffee-growing areas in compliance with the EUDR.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health on December 18 directed the City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) to closely monitor the fatal mysterious disease which has emerged in Congo, and to prepare plans to cope with the disease.

VOV.VN - An international seminar was held in the Central Highland resort city of Da Lat on December 18 to seek ways to develop the city’s green tourism and cultural industry.

VOV.VN - With inbound accommodation searches up 30% compared to last year, Vietnam has become a favourite destination among international revelers looking to welcome in the New Year, according to online travel services platform Agoda.