(VOV) - Vietnamese embassies in the Republic of Belarus, Slovakia, the Netherlands, and Cambodia held Lunar New Year (Tet) get-togethers for their respective overseas Vietnamese communities.

(VOV) - Vietnamese residents living in the Lao province of Xieng Khouang held a get-together in capital Vientiane on February 7 celebrating Vietnam’s traditional lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Tens of thousands of the Cao Dai Church followers and dignitaries on February 7 gathered in the southwestern province of Tay Ninh to join an annual grand ritual dedicated to the Duc Chi Ton (Supreme Being) who they believe to be the ancestor of the world.

(VOV) -The US magazine ArchDaily has presented its 2014 “Building of the Year” Award to architect Vo Trong Nghia and his Binh Thanh House design in HCM City.

The capital city of Hanoi has set to increase the number of its trade villages to 1,500 from now to 2015 in a bid to create jobs for at least half of its rural workers.

(VOV) - Police in Thanh Hoa province’s Tinh Gia district have arrested a local woman attempting to traffic and trade a large volume of explosives.

(VOV) -Measles is spreading far and wide in the capital city and the local government and healthcare workers mobilise to stop the virus from spreading.

(VOV) - Ho Manh Giang, is the first and sole Pako ethnic minority man in Thua Thien-Hue province, to achieve an MA degree from a big US university.

Unfavorable weather conditions and a high demand for poultry products during spring festivals are putting Vietnam at high risk of bird flu viruses, warns the animal health department.

(VOV) - In an effort to reduce individual transport, the Prime Minister has encouraged residents to use public transport, especially bicycles, in Hanoi, HCM City, Haiphong, Danang and Can Tho.

(VOV) - The Dresden and Surrounds branch of the Vietnamese War Veterans Association in Germany presented gifts to the war veterans and children of Hanoi’s Thinh Quang ward, Dong Da precinct, on February 5.

Dai Nam zoological park in the southern province of Binh Duong has welcomed a 10-kilogramme female African zebra on February 5, marking a good start for the Year of the Horse.

(VOV) -The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) has recently quashed rumours about a possible outbreak of avian flu H7N9 in the northern border province of Lang Son.

(VOV) - The Vietnamese Embassy in France held a get-together in Paris on February 4 to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet).

(VOV) - At least 250 people have been killed and another 560 seriously injured in 530 traffic accidents nationwide over the past 8 days (from January 28 to February 4), official statistics show.

A survey recently conducted in the northern province of Ha Giang has found the largest group of the endangered Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys to date. 

(VOV) - A Dutch heavy lift ship left Kaliningrad on February 3, carrying the second Russian-built Kilo-class submarine to a naval base in Vietnam.

(VOV) - Fire swept through an area of Hoang Lien National Park, about 10 km from southwest of Lao Cai province’s Sa Pa district on February 2.

(VOV) - Flappy Bird has surpassed Angry Birds or Candy Crush to become the world’s leading mobile game conquering mobile game market shares with downloads on iOS and Android phones in January 2013.

(VOV) - Special culinary dishes such as “Pho bo” (beef noodle soup), spring rolls, and Chung cake were the holiday dinner menu features at the cultural centre Woluwe-Saint-Pierre in Brussels on February 2.

(VOV) -Construction Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has used an interview with a VOV reporter to affirm his ministry will give top priority to improving local housing services in 2014.

(VOV) - Loos Nguyen Thi Hoai is widely recognised and applauded as among the most active members of Berlin’s Vietnamese women organization VINAPHUNU. .

(VOV) - Despite living far from home, Vietnamese nationals residing in France go to a pagoda on the outskirts of Paris on New Year’s Day to pray for good luck, happiness and prosperity.

(VOV) - Vietnamese ambassador to Japan Doan Xuan Hung attended the inauguration ceremony of a Vietnamese school for Vietnamese children in Tokyo on February 2.

(VOV) - Vietnamese students at the University of New South Wales (Australia) hosted a get-together on February 1, celebrating the lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

(VOV) - One local was confirmed dead and four others were injured in a private house fire in HCM City’s District 10 on February 1, the second day of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

(VOV) - Tropical storm Kajiki has weakened into a low pressure after heading towards the East Sea on February 1.

(VOV) - A 39m long savoury cake has been made by Yasaka-Saigon-Nha Trang hotel chefs and staff to welcome the traditional lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

(VOV) - The Party and State consistently pay special attention to protecting the social welfare of ethnic minority people in economically disadvantaged areas.

Secretary of the Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Le Thanh Hai visited workers at the construction sites for the Le Van Sy, Bong, and Hau Giang bridges on January 31, the first day of the Lunar New Year.