A delegation from the Vietnam-India Friendship Association (VIFA) led by Vice Chairman Ha Minh Hue recently attended the national conference of the All-India Peace and Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO) in Kerala State, India.

The Ministry of Health said it will step up administrative reform and improve public services to increase the satisfaction of people and businesses in 2017.

The Prime Minister has instructed the Ministry of Finance to allocate nearly 1,700 tonnes of rice for the central province of Quang Binh and the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang to support their poor residents during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

The Vietnam Music Copyright Protection Centre collected VND72 billion (US$3.2 million) in royalties last year for registered composers and songwriters, an increase of 7% over last year.  

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged authorities of Ho Chi Minh City to devise immediate and long-term solutions to the worsening traffic congestion in the city, especially during the upcoming Lunar New Year festival. 

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan paid a Tet visit to medial staff and cancer patients at the Vietnam National Cancer Hospital (hospital K) in Tan Trieu commune, Hanoi’s outlying district of Thanh Tri on January 23. 

VOV.VN - Vietnamese people around the world are celebrating Tet, the traditional Lunar New Year festival.

VOV.VN - The central Danang City has hosted Vietnam’s first language exchange festival to promote foreign language competency among local students and teachers.

VOV.VN - Hundreds of flower traders from western regions have flocked to the Binh Dong Pier, their boats loaded to the hilt with a vast colourful and varied assortment of spring flowers and ornamental plants for TET.

VOV.VN - There is something special about trains that evoke nostalgia around TET.  It could be the stirring of childhood memories or simply the wistfulness of coming home for the holidays, arms filled with TET packages for family and friends.

VOV.VN - Travel to Vietnam, both business and personal, rebounded last year on the back of 48% and 34% surges in inbound travellers from the Chinese and Republic of Korea markets, official statistics show.

VOV.VN - With just a few days left until the TET Lunar New Year holiday officially begins, retailers throughout the capital city of Hanoi say the peach tree selling season has already been a huge success.

Da Nang city’s HIV/AIDS Prevention Centre and the Vietnam Health Improvement Project (VNHIP) hosted a pre-Tet (Lunar New Year) celebration for children with HIV in Da Nang and Quang Nam province on January 22.

Devotion from doctors and hospital staff is good medicine for patients, who have to spend their Lunar New Year festival (Tet) in hospital, said Vo Van Thuong, head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education.

Service fees at residential buildings in Hanoi, ranging from VND700 (US$3 cents) to VND16,500 (US$72 cents) per square metre, under the capital’s newly-issued decision are thought to be unrealistic.

More than 30 enterprises in the Binh Duong southern industrial hub participated at a job fair on January 22, seeking 20,000 workers.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has officially issued a circular to prohibit the use of cysteamine - a substance used in animal husbandry, Hoang Thanh Van, head of the ministry’s Animal Husbandry Department said.

VOV.VN - Le Hang and other Miss Universe contestants have visited children born with cleft lips and palate within the charitable activities under the framework of the ongoing beauty pageant in Manila, the Philippines.

Peach flowers, orchid flowers, yellow apricot blossom and pomelos are among hot items at busy Tet (Lunar New Year festival) markets in Ha Noi.

VOV.VN - A fishing vessel with five fishermen on board in distress was rescued by British Innovator on January 22 after having a breakdown, around 282 nautical miles offshore Quy Nhon beach. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited several heroic mothers in the central province of Quang Nam on January 22 ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year.

Vietnamese communities in the United Kingdom and Brazil recently held events celebrating Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

Saigon's infamous congestion was brought to a whole new level on January 22 as migrant workers packed their bags to return home for Tet, or the Lunar New Year. 

Hanoi authorities are not intending to ask churches and temples in the city to ring their bells on Lunar New Year’s Eve, a senior official said on January 21.

The country is focusing more on improving its workers’ skills to meet high demands from developed markets.

Hanoi authorities have asked three construction giants to devise planning schemes to develop the areas along the iconic Hong (Red) River that flows past the capital city.

Poor workers, households and children nationwide have received financial support to welcome the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival. 

Smuggling of firecrackers from Cambodia to Vietnam has increased considerably during days approaching Tet (Lunar New Year), according to Tay Ninh Police’s economic police division.

Vietnam’s diplomatic agencies around the world have held get-togethers for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) on the threshold of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Party and State officials and local authorities paid visits to units and localities ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival on January 21-22.