VOV.VN -  Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee President Nguyen Thien Nhan has suggested overseas Vietnamese (OVs) should introduce traditional culture to Vietnamese generations abroad and international friends at a meeting with 100 outstanding OVs on January 20.

VOV.VN - Le Hang and 85 other Miss Universe 2016 contestants has joined a charitable activity in Manila, the Philippines.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved a plan on vocational training for 1.4 million rural labourers from 2016-2020.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) received 1,000 wheelchairs for war invalids and the disabled from IM Japan – a Japanese international human resources training agency, on January 19.

Up to 558 households with 2,323 residents on Son Hai island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang were connected to the national power grid as an electricity supply project to the island commune was put into operation on January 19.

The Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North) (ECVN) needs to work with Hanoi’s Religious Committee to encourage priests and followers of the Church to abide by State law and build cultural life in their residential areas, said a senior Hanoi official.

Traditionally the most festive and awaited holiday season in Vietnam, Tet, or Lunar New Year, is also a time when many customs encompassing the shared values of its people are practiced, including ‘li xi,’ or the giving of lucky money.

The Vietnamese embassies in Cambodia and Algeria hosted celebrations for the upcoming traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) on January 19.

Tran Duc Anh Son, Deputy Director of the Institute for Socio-Economic Development (ISED) in Danang, on January 19 donated to Hoang Sa district several documents and old maps that clearly establish Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracels) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos.

Local authorities nationwide greeted overseas Vietnamese who returned home for the upcoming Lunar New Year festival. 

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Police said they were trafficking victims and had been forced to work as prostitutes in Malacca for 10 months.

VOV.VN - Heavy-lift vessel RollDock Storm carrying the sixth Kilo-Class Submarine named HQ-187 Ba Ria-Vung Tau entered Cam Ranh Port in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa on January 20.

PVI-Sun Life has recently made the switch to Sun Life Vietnam, a 100% foreign-owned subsidiary of Canadian life insurance company Sun Life Financial, aligning with the parent firm’s global strategy to better serve Vietnamese customers.

Alarming pollution readings have been recorded in both of Vietnam’s largest cities.

Life insurer Dai-ichi Life Vietnam has held the ceremony to celebrate its 10th anniversary and gave VND1.2 billion ($54,000) to poor patients in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) should encourage Buddhist  monks, nuns and followers nationwide nationwide to actively join movements, humanitarian and charitable activities initiated by the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee.

Everyone who wants smooth movement on roads in Ho Chi Minh City now can visit the city’s traffic website at giaothong.hochiminhcity.gov.vn, which made its debut on January 19.

Various traditional customs of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year will be featured on January 22 at So Village’s communal house on the western outskirts of Hanoi.

Police in Hanoi have said they are considering electronic (and automatic) charging of traffic fines to offenders’ bank accounts. 

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation Truong Thi Mai have extended her New Year greetings to Buddhist and Catholic dignitaries and followers.

The consideration of projects relating to areas with exceptional values like Son Doong Cave, as well as the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, must especially take into account impacts on the local environment, culture and society to ensure sustainable development.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Transportation Department on January 19 inaugurated a flyover located at the intersection of Nguyen Oanh and Nguyen Kiem Road in the Go Vap District.

VOV.VN - On January 19, Jean Déléage, a member of the Supreme Council of French Notary witnessed the signing of  an agreement to establish their twin ties between notary associations of Vietnam’s northern province of Thai Nguyen and France’s Rouen-Normandy region.

VOV.VN - Residents of the Tan Co Craft Village in the north central province of Thanh Hoa have rolled up their sleeves to harvest carp for sale as Kitchen God Day (January 20) draws near. 

Hung Lo commune in Viet Tri city, the northern province of Phu Tho, is believed to be the cradle of the traditional trade of making Chung cake, an integral dish of lunar Lunar New Year (Tet) celebrations.

A delegation from the High Command of the guard force of Cambodia, led by General Keo Sa Boun, visited and extended Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to officials of Vietnam’s southern province of Bac Lieu on January 19.

Hanoi authorities plans to provide 120 online public services within the first quarter of 2017.

VOV.VN - About 300 guests gathered at the Vietnam Embassy in the Czech Republic on January 19 to ceremoniously celebrate the 67th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries and the TET (Lunar New Year). 

The fourth industrial revolution and the development of digital technology have affected media technology, requiring journalists to improve their knowledge and skills to avoid lagging behind, a Party official has said.