The policy to attract overseas Vietnamese (OV) intellectuals will be more successful when it has open mechanisms, clear regulations, and a favourable working environment for scientists to utilise their creativity, according to an OV professor.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has expressed Vietnam's readiness to collaborate closely with the EU in building an exemplary cooperation model for green transformation, aiming to support developing nations, including Vietnam, in bridging gaps in finance, technology and human resources training.

VOV.VN - With the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) just a few days away, Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest of its kind in Vietnam, has become packed with people who are either flying home for family reunions or going on holiday during the festive season.

VOV.VN - About a week before the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet), bus stations are always crowded with people returning home for family reunion. But this year things seem to be completely different.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous locality in Vietnam, has seen a sharp increase in the number of cases caused by the JN.1 sub-variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the Ministry of Health has said.

VOV.VN - The People’s Committee and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of southern Tay Ninh province held a memorial and burial ceremony at Martyrs’ Cemetery Hill 82 on February 2 for the remains of 125 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who had laid down their lives during international missions in Cambodia.

The Consulate General of Vietnam in Pakse, Laos's Champasak province, a “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) programme on February 1 to bring the Tet atmosphere to overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in the host country.

The Hanoi Department of Transport has just issued a document on piloting a separated bicycle lane along To Lich River starting from February 1.

The overseas Vietnamese (OV) community in the Czech Republic have been updated on a new resolution of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) on piloting some specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - The National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion has said it still needs about 10,000 units of blood for treatment and emergency cases during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday that is due to last for seven days.

VOV.VN - Dozens of 37 flights on route to Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport were forced to either be diverted or delayed as a result of thick fog on the morning of February 2.

VOV.VN - Normal life was affected in northern Vietnam, including the capital city of Hanoi, on February 2 morning, with visibility falling to 10 metres.

VOV.VN - A total of 12 foreign sailors have been rescued from a sunken vessel by Vietnamese fishermen, according to information given by the Border Guard High Command of southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.

VOV.VN - Hang Be market in Hanoi, a site famous for selling food in the capital, is bustling as people are busy preparing for Ong Cong – Ong Tao (the Land Genie and the Kitchen Gods Day), which falls on 23rd of the last month of the Lunar New Year.

VOV.VN - Dinh Viet Thang, director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), has just issued a Directive on compliance and implementation of Alert Service Bulletine for PW1100 engines on the Airbus A321 NEO fleet that is being operated by Vietnam Airlines and VietJet Air.

VOV.VN - Bus and railway stations in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have begun to attract larger crowds with less than one week to go before the start of the Lunar New Year holiday, known locally as Tet.

The Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam (IP Vietnam) under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) reported that it has received more than 156,000 applications to establish industrial property rights of all kinds last year, a year-on-year increase of 11%.

A building for preserving remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers who had laid down their lives during wartime in Cambodia was inaugurated at a ceremony held on January 31.

In a historic medical breakthrough, Vietnam witnessed the first successful delivery of a baby over three weeks after having undergone foetal heart surgery.

There were 950 cyberattacks on Vietnam’s information system in January, a decline of 33% and 23% compared with that of December 2023 and the same period last year, respectively.

VOV.VN - Soldiers and residents on Song Tu Tay island of Truong Sa island district, Khanh Hoa province, have enjoyed an early lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, the largest of its kind in Vietnam, with gifts sent from the mainland.

VOV.VN - Officers at the Ha Tien International Border Gate in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, working in conjunction with Cambodian authorities, have rescued a Vietnamese girl who had been trafficked into the neighbouring country as a forced worker.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation to improve road traffic safety in Vietnam in the 2024 – 2026 period was signed between the Department of Roads of Vietnam (DRVN) under the Ministry of Transport and 3M Corporation of the US at a ceremony in Hanoi on January 30.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang on January 30 presented the Navy High Command with VND1.55 billion (US$63,500) donated by overseas Vietnamese (OV) to a programme on greening Truong Sa (Spratly).

The Vietnamese community in Thailand has grown strongly and played an important role in maintaining and cultivating the friendship relations between the two countries, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh.

VOV.VN - Many workers facing difficult circumstances have been given the chance to re-unite with their families during the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, thanks to free flights operated by national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines.

VOV.VN - The 2024 International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) Asia Pacific Championships is set to run from February 29 to March 3 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Overseas Vietnamese around the world are celebrating the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, at gatherings held in their host countries as Vietnam’s biggest traditional festival nears.

VOV.VN - Pham Thi Thanh Tam, spouse of Vietnamese president Vo Van Thuong, and Louise Araneta-Marcos, spouse of Philippines President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., made a tour of Hang Luoc flower market, the more-than-100-year-old flower market in Hanoi, on January 30.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) on January 29 held a get-together on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.