VOV.VN - On January 17, the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) marked the 70th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s New Year poem. 

The southern largest economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City has been undertaking activities to bring a happy Tet (Lunar New Year) to all people, especially those in disadvantaged circumstances.

An exchange of Vietnam-Japan teenager ambassadors took place in Japan on January 17, gathering 16 Vietnamese students from the Viet Duc (Vietnam-Germany) High School in Hanoi and 16 Japanese students from the Yokkaichi City high school in Mie prefecture.

VOV.VN - On January 18, US Ambassador Ted Osius visited the Quang An Flower Market in the Tay Ho District of Hanoi to buy flowering peach branches for Tet.

Experiences of social economic development programme (SEDP) highlight that successful community-based planning using the SEDP process will not only create opportunities to improve the effectiveness of public investment.

State-owned plantations in the Central Highlands plan to restructure to boost business efficiency, according to the Steering Committee for the Central Highlands Region.

An increase in the number of resistant-TB cases has occurred in the southwestern region of Vietnam, according to the head of the region’s national TB prevention and control office.

Vietnam is among countries with an average cancer rate, stated Prof. Dr. Tran Thanh Huong from the National Institute for Cancer Prevention and Control on January 17.

The National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) has announced 11 hotlines to receive traffic complaints during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.

The Department of Science and Technology and the People’s Committee of Thuan Thanh district in the Red River Delta province of Bac Ninh organised a ceremony on January 17 to announce the collective brand name for its Ho chickens.

A Botanical-Animal Museum has opened at the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens (Saigon Zoo) in HCM City.

The Hanoi youth union has released its list of ten young locals with outstanding achievements in scientific research, economics, security, art, sports and volunteering last year.

The central province of Phu Yen’s Border Guard Command on January 17 handed over two Filipino fishermen who were rescued in Vietnam’s sea to officials of the Philippines Embassy in Vietnam. 

VOV.VN -A huge fire has broken out at Vinh Phuoc Commune in Nha Trang, destroying as many as 70 houses and causing great loss of property.

VOV.VN - Miss Vietnam 2008 Thuy Dung and other celebrities on January 17 offered Tet (Lunar New Year) gifts to 300 disadvantaged children in Ta Nung Commune, Da Lat City, Lam Dong Province.

VOV.VN - Administrative reform is one of the seven key tasks of Ho Chi Minh City. This year, the city will apply e-planning and provide better public utility services to its citizens and businesses. 

One person is killed every hour by accidents on Vietnam's roads at present.

After pork, vegetables have become the second food in Ho Chi Minh City to have their origin made traceable via a simple QR scan.

Netizens are venting their anger online over reports the Son Doong project is going ahead.

Disadvantaged kids and their teachers will receive dual-ethnic language textbooks as part of the plan.

Air pollution is posing a serious threat to the public’s health, with children, pregnant women, and outdoor workers being the most vulnerable groups, heard a workshop in Hanoi on January 17.

Ho Chi Minh City’s health insurance fund recorded a surplus of VND680 billion (over US$30 million) in its balance last year.

The municipal authority of Ho Chi Minh City has taken measures to improve the city’s public passenger transportation, aiming to increase the number of bus passengers by 5% this year.

With a passion for physics, a Dong Nai-based group of students have invented an affordable robot-wheelchair, in a bid to ease the struggle disabled people have with movements and maneuverers, having been inspired by the wheelchair used by world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan presented Tet gifts to poor households in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre on the threshold of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival on January 17.

The Vietnamese community in China on January 16 gathered at the Vietnamese Embassy in Beijing to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet), the year of the Rooster.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Embassy in Beijing hosted a get-together for the Vietnamese community in China to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year festival or Tet with dance and song performances.

VOV.VN - The buses home for the TET holidays program is designed to give students and needy individuals a safe, comfortable alternative ride home, say representatives of the Ho Chi Minh City Support Centre.

The Management Board of the Hoa Lo Prison relic site on January 17 received valuable items from the family of US war veteran Walter Eugene Wilber for the second time.

 Aquaculture farmers directly affected by natural disasters and epidemics will receive compensation ​worth up to VND60 million (US$2,600) per hectare, according to Decree No 2 issued by the Government last week.