US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius has joined in the Tet (Lunar New Year) custom of releasing carp into West Lake in Hanoi.

Fast-food giant McDonald’s has just opened its fourth Vietnamese outlet in Go Vap district, Ho Chi Minh City, on the occasion of one year of its presence in the country, the Dau Tu (Investment) newspaper reported. 

More than 100 professional and amateur performers from local art troupes, and foreign embassies and cultural centres joined the “Chao nam moi 2015” (Welcome 2015) art performance on February 13 in Hanoi.

Job opportunities will increase this year in nine sectors of finance, banking, insurance, estate trading, information technology, administration, political and social affairs, housekeeping and international activities, according to a report from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs' Centre of Labour Market Information and Forecast (LMIFC).

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received delegations of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Central Committee and the Vietnam Catholic Church’s Episcopal Council on the occasion of the lunar New Year in Hanoi on February 13.

President Truong Tan Sang sent presents to officials, soldiers and the locals in Truong Sa (Spratly) island district in the central province of Khanh Hoa in honour of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet).

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and US Secretary of State John Kerry discussed bilateral ties over the phone on February 13. 

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh talked to Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi on the phone on February 13 on measures to enhance bilateral ties in 2015, the year marking the 65th anniversary of Vietnam-China diplomatic ties. 

Vietnam and Algeria are eyeing increased future partnership, stated Vietnamese Ambassador to Algeria Vu The Hiep.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan visited Most Venerable Thich Pho Tue, Supreme Patriarch of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, and other Buddhist dignitaries, in Hanoi on February 13 ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet), the country’s biggest holiday.