VOV.VN - TET is the most important celebration of Vietnamese residents residing in Berlin. Each year they gather at the Pho Da Pagoda to celebrate with traditional rituals, customs and make holiday delicacies such as Banh Chung.

VOV.VN - A charity has passed out hundreds of free Banh Chung cakes on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street in Hanoi along with thousands of gifts of candy and clothing to needy residents of the capital city.

2017 is the year of the rooster in the Vietnamese traditional zodiac. VIR’s Bich Ngoc analyses what the means for people and how the rooster is important in Vietnam’s life and culture.

VOV.VN - A number of activities have been held to ensure a happy Tet for everyone including the poor.

Sea desertification is a problem that is becoming more severe around the globe, including in Vietnam.

Central Highlands provinces have planted 4,811 hectares of forests, including 101 hectares of protective forests, accounting for 59.4% and 24.2% of their plans.

VOV.VN -As many as 700 gifts, worth an estimated US$45,000 (VND1 billion) funded by the My Tam Charity Fund have been presented to needy people and families in the central province of Quang Nam.

President Tran Dai Quang visited and extended New Year wishes to outstanding intellectuals in Hanoi on January 26. 

The Vietnamese embassies abroad held activities celebrating the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival. 

Fishing and fishery logistics cooperative groups have proved to be effective, benefiting fishermen in Ganh Hao town of Dong Hai district, the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu.

VOV.VN - The Merck Foundation in collaboration with the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Centre has announced the provision of a grant of US$7 million over five years to support healthcare in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The terminals for international flights at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City have been serving an estimated 20,000 passengers daily for the past few days as travellers head home for TET.

VOV.VN - The Saigon Train Station has added extra trains and cars so trains can carry more people, as record numbers of travellers head home for the long TET holiday.

'It has been a year since I've been home.'

As many as 621 prisoners in the southern province of Tay Ninh have their jail terms shortened on the occasion of Lunar New Year, according to the provincial People’s Court.

Disadvantaged workers at industrial zones nationwide are treated to entertainment activities and gifts from their companies and authorities to ease their loneliness when they are not able to reunite with families on the lunar New Year festival (Tet).

The Hanoi traffic police’s proposal to allow Hanoians to own only one car and one registration plate interferes with the citizens’ right to own property.

A massive overfly spanning the major Nguyen Binh Khiem – Le Hong Phong intersection in the northern city of Haiphong was put into operation on January 25.

VOV.VN - Special attention is being paid to secure a joyful Tet, Vietnam’s Lunar New Year Festival, for people in the central region, who suffered great losses in last year’s flooding.

VOV.VN - Nam Dinh police say they have arrested two suspects and seized 45 kilos of ecstasy, 20 kilos of heroin, phones, motorbikes and other drug paraphernalia following an investigation into a major drug-smuggling ring.

VOV.VN - Roller Coaster enthusiasts are quaking with anticipation as Asia Park in Danang officially opens the Queen Cobra, a triple record breaking roller coaster January 27, just in time for TET.

VOV.VN - The express trains leaving for the northern provinces from Ho Chi Minh City on January 25 were jam packed to the roof with TET travellers heading home to reunite with their families for the holiday.

As part of the healthcare programme Care for Tet 2017, HCM City doctors have been offering free health exams to residents in the city and neighbouring provinces of Binh Phuoc, Dong Nai and Tay Ninh as well as to soldiers stationed at border areas.

Mobile phone operators said they are making preparations to avoid network congestion during the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

People are flocking to streets and shops in HCM City to shop for Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, and sellers say sales are booming. 

The Northern Power Corporation under the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN NPC) supplied electricity for over 9.2 million customers across 27 northern localities in 2016.

VOV.VN - After nearly two decades of institutional and economic reform, the poverty rate in Vietnam has begun to show signs of rapid decline, says Oxfam International in a post on its website. 

Ambassador to South Africa Vu Van Dung presented his credentials to the country’s President Jacob Zuma on January 24.

Vietnam's traditional Tet food loved in Laos.

Vu Huy Hoang was stripped of the title as former Minister of Industry and Trade in the 2011-2016 tenure due to his violations in personnel work.