An exhibition at Hanoi's Heritage Space presents the essence of Vietnamese contemporary ceramics.

The Lunar New Year of the Goat (Tet) is a nine-day holiday, which is an opportunity for people to choose destinations to visit after a hard year at-work.

State President Truong Tan Sang paid visits to the southern provinces of Tay Ninh and Binh Duong on February 20, the second day of the Lunar New Year festival.

The 132nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-132), the largest diplomatic event with the participation of nearly 2,000 foreign delegates from 150 countries and international organisations, will take place in Hanoi from March 28 to April 1.

Companies in Vietnam will compete for the country's top talents in 2015, revealed the latest annual Global Salary Survey launched in Hanoi by recruitment firm Robert Walters.

The Yakasa-Saigon-Nha Trang Hotel in Nha Trang city, the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, has set a new record for its giant-sized traditional Tet cake, which is 40 metres in length, as part of the activities to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

Henry Martin, a French peace lover and close friend of the Vietnamese people, passed away in Paris on February 17 at the age of 88.

The ASEAN Community, scheduled to establish in 2015, is expected to greatly benefit tourism sector as the Mutual Recognition Arrangement on Tourism Professionals (MRA-TP) among ASEAN members will take effect in all member countries. 

Politburo member and Party Central Committee Secretary To Huy Rua on February 20 visited workers at the construction site of Cat Bi International Airport in northern Hai Phong city on the occasion of the traditional lunar New Year (Tet).

President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Vu Xuan Hong said the union plans to increase people-to-people exchanges with ASEAN countries in 2015 in the period leading up to the formation of the ASEAN Community at the end of the year.