(VOV) - Millions of Vietnamese nationals abroad turn their hearts to the homeland, expecting to receive more Part and State incentives to contribute to the nation.

Up to 85 people were killed and 148 others injured in the 168 traffic accidents nationwide over the past three days as the nation is celebrating the traditional Tet (Lunar New Year).

The Vietnamese embassy in Morocco held a get- together to celebrate the 2014 Lunar New Year (Tet) in Rabat on January 26, attracting about 150 overseas Vietnamese. 

(VOV) - The first Vietnamese victim of the A/H5N1 avian flu has been identified as Nguyen Thi U, born in 1954, in Tan Long village, Thanh Binh district, Dong Thap province.

(VOV) - On New Year’s Eve, everyone sets aside daily worries and looks on the bright side, so that they may start the Year of the Horse 2014 full of hope for good health, good luck and success.

(VOV) - Overseas Vietnamese (OV) in Russia and Sri Lanka are ceremoniously ushering in the Lunar New Year (Tet) on January 28-29 with traditional festivities and gatherings.

(VOV) - Vietnamese ambassador to Germany Nguyen Thi Hoang Anh granted an exclusive interview to a VOV reporter regarding the Vietnamese community's contributions to Vietnam-Germany friendship.

As many as 55 traffic accidents occurred nationwide on January 28 - the first day of nine-day Lunar New Year (Tet) festival - killing 24 people and injuring 43 others.

The northern mountainous province of Ha Giang and southern Tay Ninh province have introduced tough measures to thwart poultry smuggling during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival in a bid to prevent the spread of bird flu in their border areas.

(VOV) - The traditional lunar New Year festival, an indispensable part of Vietnamese people’s spiritual life, is also widely celebrated by international friends, especially Russians.

(VOV) - Phnom Penh governor Paso Cheatevong on January 28 paid a courtesy visit to the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia on the occasion of Vietnam’s Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

(VOV) - Education Minister Pham Vu Luan has stressed the sector needs a dramatic change in its management and examination systems to live up to the public’s expectations and serve as the infrastructure for national development.

(VOV) - Vietnam and Laos on January 28 signed a plan to increase bilateral cooperation in information sharing over 2014-15.

(VOV) - A large number of overseas Vietnamese in Ukraine held a get together at National Aviation University on January 27 to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

(VOV) -French Ambassador to Vietnam Jean-Noel Poirie’s dedication to fostering long-term relations between Vietnam and France mirrors his interest in Vietnamese culture and language.

As Tet approaches once more, flower shops in Ho Chi Minh City are full of buyers. Various kinds of flowers and bonsai have brought colour to the city on the threshold of the Year of the Horse. 

Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Vu Quang Minh on January 27 attended a memorial service held in the English city of Coventry for Madeleine Agnes Sharp, a UK doctor who made great contributions to humanitarian aid in Vietnam.

Chapters of the Vietnam Journalists Association across the country have presented gifts worth over VND81 billion (US$3.8 million) to social welfare beneficiaries, poor people and those from ethnic minority groups in 2013.

(VOV) - Nearly 300 overseas Vietnamese gathered in the US state of Washington, on January 26 to attend  a ceremony to welcome the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet). 

The capital city of Hanoi will employ drastic measures to inspect and prevent environmental pollution in its river basins, industrial parks and trade villages in 2014.

(VOV) - A HCM City People’s Court on January 27 sentenced Huynh Thi Huyen Nhu, a former VietinBank worker, to life imprisonment charged with embezzling VND4 trillion and falsifying documents.

(VOV) - Despite their expensive price, peach trees grown in the highland forests are highly coveted and sought after by peach connoisseurs during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday. 

(VOV) - Hungary has announced it will grant 50 full scholarships to Vietnamese students in the 2014-2015 academic year. 

(VOV) -A Lao delegation, led by Vice Governor of Vientiane province Singkham Khongsavanh, paid a working visit to the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on January 26.

(VOV) - Hundred of overseas Vietnamese from across the UK gathered in London on January 26 to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

A Design Lab contest, themed "Creating Healthy Homes", opened at Hanoi's University of Industrial Fine Arts on January 22 as part of a series of activities to celebrate the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Sweden.

(VOV) - Overseas Vietnamese in Japan gathered at a program held by the Vietnamese embassy on January 25 to celebrate the Lunar New Year Festival.

(VOV) - Vietnam has achieved tremendous results in poverty reduction, socio-economic development and has come a long way in conquering new challenges in its status as a middle-income nation.

(VOV) - The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) has presented 1 million gifts to disadvantaged families, Agent Orange/Dioxin victims and people in remote areas in the lead up to the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet).

The Health Ministry was at the bottom of the ministerial-level public administration reform index 2012 (PAR INDEX 2012) with 64.78 percent, announced the Ministry of Home Affairs at the Government’s regular January meeting in Hanoi on January 25.