Southern Ho Chi Minh City maintained solid growth during the first two months of this year, as declared in a meeting on February 26 reviewing its economic performance.
The 65,000-strong Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic stay calm after the February 24 shooting incident in Zlin province’s Uhersky Brod town that killed nine people.
Discussions on the Long Thanh International Airport project in southern Dong Nai province was the highlight of the ongoing 35th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee on February 26.
The Vietnam-Germany Hospital, one of the country’s largest surgical centres, inaugurated an 11-storey building equipped with advanced technology in Hanoi on February 26.
The Vietnam Tennis Federation has called players to prepare for the coming international events.
A traditional ceremony to remove “cay neu” (Tet pole) and open the royal seal was re-enacted in the Imperial Citadel of Hue, central Thua Thien-Hue province on February 25, the seventh day of the first lunar month and the last day of the Tet celebration.
Hanoi welcomed 270,000 domestic tourists and 70,083 foreign tourists during the nine-day lunar New Year holiday (February 15-23), up 8% from the same period last year.
Vietnam’s signature red-and-golden-star flag, traditional long dress (ao dai) and folk music were featured in the Grand Parade of the Limassol Carnival in the Republic of Cyprus on February 22.
The Ministry of Public Health has requested People’s Committees in provinces and cities across the country to intensify disease prevention efforts after the Lunar New Year (Tet) and during the 2015 festival season in response to a recent Government directive.
Land Saigon's 12-member cycling team will begin its seven-day and 1,000km-long journey from HCM City to Bangkok, Thailand on March 6.