The Vietnamese embassy in Morocco held a get- together to celebrate the 2014 Lunar New Year (Tet) in Rabat on January 26, attracting about 150 overseas Vietnamese.
As many as 55 traffic accidents occurred nationwide on January 28 - the first day of nine-day Lunar New Year (Tet) festival - killing 24 people and injuring 43 others.
The northern mountainous province of Ha Giang and southern Tay Ninh province have introduced tough measures to thwart poultry smuggling during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival in a bid to prevent the spread of bird flu in their border areas.
As Tet approaches once more, flower shops in Ho Chi Minh City are full of buyers. Various kinds of flowers and bonsai have brought colour to the city on the threshold of the Year of the Horse.
Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Vu Quang Minh on January 27 attended a memorial service held in the English city of Coventry for Madeleine Agnes Sharp, a UK doctor who made great contributions to humanitarian aid in Vietnam.
Chapters of the Vietnam Journalists Association across the country have presented gifts worth over VND81 billion (US$3.8 million) to social welfare beneficiaries, poor people and those from ethnic minority groups in 2013.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang reached an export turnover of US$83 million in January this year, representing a year-on-year increase of 8.1%.
The export turnover of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang in the first month of the year is estimated at US$74.8 million, up 21.3% over last year, according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.
President Truong Tan Sang paid a pre-Tet visit to Regiment 61, Air Defence Division 361, the Air Defence and Air Force of the Vietnam People’s Army on January 27.
The capital city of Hanoi will employ drastic measures to inspect and prevent environmental pollution in its river basins, industrial parks and trade villages in 2014.