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Hanoi’s junior, senior citizens get New Year gifts
As many as 100 needy children in Hanoi’s outlying districts of Soc Son and Ba Vi received New Year gifts, each worth VND500,000 (US$23 USD) at an annual programme on January 25.
PM asks for warm, happy New Year
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called for the best efforts by ministries, agencies and localities to ensure a warm, happy and safe New Year holiday for the people, at the regular government meeting in Hanoi on January 25.
Quang Ngai provice aims to receive more visitors
Quang Ngai plans to become a major destination in the central region and to develop tourism to into a major sector of its economic structure, contributing significantly to the province’s income and development.
Khanh Hoa’s tourism sector ready for Tet
The tourism sector of the central province of Khanh Hoa is ready to welcome an estimated 154,000 tourists, including 35,000 foreigners, in the first lunar week of the Year of the Horse (January 31-February 5).
Quang Ngai’s specialities win Vietnam recognition
The central province of Quang Ngai has announced that four of its local specialties have won national accolades: Tra River bong fish, keo guong (transparent candy), don (shellfish) and Tra Bong cinnamon.
President visits museum for revolutionary prisoners
President Truong Tan Sang has stressed the need for the country’s experienced citizens to set a greater moral example to the next generations.
HCM City, Japan’s Nemuro boost fishery cooperation
Ho Chi Minh City wants to boost its bilateral partnership with the Japanese city of Nemuro, especially in agriculture and fisheries.
HCM City leaders pay pre-Tet visit to Buddhist dignitaries
The Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee Le Thanh Hai led a delegation to pay a pre-Tet (Lunar New Year) visit the southern office of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha Central Committee (VBFCC) on January 24.
Human traffickers arrested at Tan Son Nhat airport
Police in the southern province of Tay Ninh on January 24 arrested five local people for involvement in a human trafficking ring.
Festival serves up traditional cakes
A southern traditional cake festival is taking place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho’s Cai Khe Islet, with more than 100 kinds of traditional cakes on show.