Deputy PM meets former revolutionary prisoners
Deputy PM meets former revolutionary prisoners

VOV.VN -  Former Vietnamese revolutionary prisoners on January 31 held a get-together to celebrate the 87th anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam at the War Remnant Museum in Ho Chi Minh City.

Deputy PM meets former revolutionary prisoners
Human Cities: A human CSR initiative from AkzoNobel
Human Cities: A human CSR initiative from AkzoNobel

The role of Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives has increased in importance in recent years, especially for multinational corporations. 

Human Cities: A human CSR initiative from AkzoNobel
Bosch’s eScooters built to rideshare
Bosch’s eScooters built to rideshare

Three eScooter Sharing Systems have recently been launched at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), Vietnamese-German University (VGU), and Danang University of Science and Technology (DUT).

Bosch’s eScooters built to rideshare
Ta Thu Phong’s collection of vintage books and magazines
Ta Thu Phong’s collection of vintage books and magazines

VOV.VN - Mr. Ta Thu Phong’s house in Long Bien district, Hanoi, is like a library full of old books and magazines. Phong says each book and magazine is a rich source of information with great historical and aesthetic value.

Ta Thu Phong’s collection of vintage books and magazines
Francis Van Hoi – kind-hearted teacher of poor children
Francis Van Hoi – kind-hearted teacher of poor children

VOV.VN - After a thirty-year hiatus, Vietnamese German Francis Van Hoi, 67, returned to his childhood roots in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 2014 and opened a vocational school named Anre Mai Sen for disadvantaged youth. 

Francis Van Hoi – kind-hearted teacher of poor children
2 killed, 27 injured in bus crash in northern Vietnam
2 killed, 27 injured in bus crash in northern Vietnam

Traffic accidents remain of the leading causes of death among adults in the country.

2 killed, 27 injured in bus crash in northern Vietnam
Uber, Grab beat Vietnam's motorcyle taxi drivers on their own turf
Uber, Grab beat Vietnam's motorcyle taxi drivers on their own turf

As more locals embrace ride-hailing apps, xe om drivers, mostly old and poor, find themselves on the losing side.

Uber, Grab beat Vietnam's motorcyle taxi drivers on their own turf
Tet celebration on Truong Sa island district
Tet celebration on Truong Sa island district

VOV.VN - Located hundreds of nautical miles from the mainland, Truong Sa (Spratly) district of Khanh Hoa province is enjoying a joyful Tet festival. Despite difficulties, soldiers and people on the islands are hopeful about the New Year. 

Tet celebration on Truong Sa island district
People flock to pagodas for a prosperous year ahead
People flock to pagodas for a prosperous year ahead

Visiting pagodas on the first days of the Lunar New Year is a deep-rooted tradition of Vietnamese people. Amidst the Tet atmosphere, let’s join a tour to pagodas in the capital city.

People flock to pagodas for a prosperous year ahead
Khanh Hoa moves to protect marine ecosystem
Khanh Hoa moves to protect marine ecosystem

Authorities of the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa are taking measures to protect and restore the maritime ecosystem in lagoons and bays, focusing on forming marine preservation areas. 

Khanh Hoa moves to protect marine ecosystem
Vietnam’s top 10 ICT milestones of 2016
Vietnam’s top 10 ICT milestones of 2016

The following are the top ten information and communication technology (ICT) events in Vietnam in 2016.

Vietnam’s top 10 ICT milestones of 2016
Ancient houses on Ly Son Island
Ancient houses on Ly Son Island

More than 20 ancient wooden houses aged between 150-200 years still remain intact architecturally on Ly Son Island. These are miniature museums, serving as “live witnesses” of Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.

Ancient houses on Ly Son Island
Military officer works as teacher on island
Military officer works as teacher on island

Hon Chuoi island in the southernmost province of Ca Mau is home to a group of Khmer ethnic people, who do not receive education and eke out a living through fishing all year round.

Military officer works as teacher on island
Horse racing comes to Dai Nam with new track opening
Horse racing comes to Dai Nam with new track opening

VOV.VN - Officials hope that with the opening of a new race track on January 29 (the second day of the new Lunar New Year), horses and the Dai Nam Tourism Complex will soon become practically synonymous.

Horse racing comes to Dai Nam with new track opening
Pagodas overflowing on first days of New Year
Pagodas overflowing on first days of New Year

VOV.VN - Temples and Buddhist pagodas in Hanoi are near to overflowing on the first days of the TET holiday as faithful pray for safety, health, good luck, prosperity and happiness during the Year of the Rooster. 

Pagodas overflowing on first days of New Year
Thousands of calligraphy lovers flock to Van Mieu Temple
Thousands of calligraphy lovers flock to Van Mieu Temple

VOV.VN - Calligraphy (meaning ‘beautiful writing’ in Greek) is the art of forming and arranging handwritten symbols and a Vietnamese TET (Lunar New Year) custom spanning thousands of years.

Thousands of calligraphy lovers flock to Van Mieu Temple
Vietnamese village organizes 40 weddings during Tet
Vietnamese village organizes 40 weddings during Tet

Residents of La Ma Hamlet in Vinh Truong Commune believe that their village would set up a world record of throwing the most wedding parties this Tet, or the Lunar New Year.

Vietnamese village organizes 40 weddings during Tet
48 killed in road accidents on lunar New Year holiday
48 killed in road accidents on lunar New Year holiday

Traffic death toll amounted to 48 on the first two day of the lunar New Year (January 28 and 29).

48 killed in road accidents on lunar New Year holiday
Hung Kings Temples full of worshippers on Lunar New Year
Hung Kings Temples full of worshippers on Lunar New Year

About ten thousand of people visited the Hung Kings Temples Complex in the northern province of Phu Tho on the Lunar New Year’s Day to pay tribute to the founders of the nation and pray for a happy new year.

Hung Kings Temples full of worshippers on Lunar New Year
First international visitors arrive in Da Nang
First international visitors arrive in Da Nang

A flight from Hong Kong with 172 passengers landed at Da Nang International Airport on January 28, bringing first tourists to the central city on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

First international visitors arrive in Da Nang
Vietnamese Tet in the eyes of young foreigners
Vietnamese Tet in the eyes of young foreigners

Coming from different corners of the world, these youths share a common love for Tet, Vietnam’s Lunar New Year holiday.

Vietnamese Tet in the eyes of young foreigners
Vietnamese welcome Lunar New Year
Vietnamese welcome Lunar New Year

VOV.VN - Vietnamese people are celebrating Tet or the traditional Lunar New Year Festival which begins on January 28 with art performances at public places on the New Year’s Eve.

Vietnamese welcome Lunar New Year
Can Gio Mangrove biosphere reserve
Can Gio Mangrove biosphere reserve

Nearly 60 kilometres away from the centre of Ho Chi Minh City, Can Gio Mangrove has been recognised by UNESCO as a World Biosphere Reserve with primeval forests and abundant floral cover. It was also the sight of a number of glorious battles in the past.

Can Gio Mangrove biosphere reserve
Telecom giants must develop equitisation plans: MIC
Telecom giants must develop equitisation plans: MIC

The three telecommunication groups under direct management of the Information and Communications Ministry (MIC) will have to develop their equitisation plans in 2017, according to Minister Truong Minh Tuan.

Telecom giants must develop equitisation plans: MIC
Hanoi police ordered to ensure traffic safety during Tet
Hanoi police ordered to ensure traffic safety during Tet

President Tran Dai Quang has told traffic police of Hanoi to ensure traffic order and safety during the week-long Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

Hanoi police ordered to ensure traffic safety during Tet
Memory of the spring 70 years ago
Memory of the spring 70 years ago

VOV.VN - 70 years ago today, the soldiers and ordinary people of Hanoi were in high spirits to fight for national salvation.

Memory of the spring 70 years ago
Street vendors boil Banh Chung all night long
Street vendors boil Banh Chung all night long

VOV.VN - Banh Chung is an indispensable part of TET in Vietnam. The square shape, the fragrance, the glossy green of rice and the sight of yellow mung beans all evoke fond childhood memories.

Street vendors boil Banh Chung all night long
Vietnam contributes actively to WHO Executive Board
Vietnam contributes actively to WHO Executive Board

VOV.VN - A delegation led by Vietnam Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has attended the 140th session of the WHO Executive Board in Geneva as an official member representing 37 member states in the Western Pacific in the 2016-2019 term.

Vietnam contributes actively to WHO Executive Board
Lunar New Year celebrated nationwide
Lunar New Year celebrated nationwide

VOV.VN - The Lunar New Year (Tet) is joyfully celebrated nationwide. The atmosphere on the last day of the year is so special, marking the transition from the old year to the new year. 

Lunar New Year celebrated nationwide
Diplomatic representatives pay Tet visits to Vietnamese community
Diplomatic representatives pay Tet visits to Vietnamese community

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Embassy in Mongolia has extended Lunar New Year wishes to Vietnamese community there.

Diplomatic representatives pay Tet visits to Vietnamese community