VOV.VN - Elke Büdenbender, the wife of the German President, joined with Phan Thi Thanh Tam, the wife of President Vo Van Thuong, to watch a traditional water puppet show held on January 23 in Hanoi as part of her ongoing official visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife went on a tour of the historic Temple of Literature, Vietnam’s oldest university, on January 23 in Hanoi as part of their two-day state visit to the nation.

VOV.VN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who is currently on a State visit to Vietnam, was welcomed on the January 23 by President Vo Van Thuong at a ceremony held at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Craftsmen based in Lai Thieu village in the southern province of Binh Duong are racing against time as they make clay dragon-shaped money savings boxes which are in high demand ahead of the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

VOV.VN - The temperature at Mau Son mountain peak in the northern province of Lang Son continued to sink to minus -1.1 degrees Celsius on the early morning of January 23, with white frost seen at the 1,500 metre-mountain peak.

VOV.VN - A strong cold spell resulting in temperatures dropping to 11 degrees Celsius coupled with drizzly conditions throughout Hanoi has prompted local residents to don an extra layer of clothing as a way of keeping warm amid the chilly conditions.

VOV.VN - Romanian Prime Minister Ion-Marcel Ciolacu hosted an official welcome ceremony on the morning of January 22 in Bucharest for Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh who is on a three-day visit to the country.

VOV.VN - Located in Thanh Tri district of Hanoi, Tranh Khuc village specialises in making Banh Chung (square glutinous rice cake) and is full of villagers hastily producing the festive delicacy for the Lunar New Year festival, which begins in just over two weeks.

VOV.VN - The traditional values of the Vietnamese Tet (Lunar New Year holiday) were introduced to foreign guests, including ambassadors, members of the diplomatic corps and tour operators,, at Duong Lam ancient village on the outskirt of Hanoi on January 20-21.

VOV.VN - With the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) just around the corner, streets across the capital have begun bustling with colours of peach blossoms and crowds of people shopping for Tet.