Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 8 visited medical workers and patients at the Vietnam – Germany Friendship Hospital and the Central Pediatrics Hospital in Hanoi, ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Members of Engineering Unit Rotation 2 of Vietnam, who are performing duties at the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), have held a number of meaningful activities in celebration of the coming Lunar New Year (Tet) 2024.

VOV.VN - A number of hospitals based in Ho Chi Minh City have organised various charity programmes, including zero-dong markets, in an effort to help patients and their families who have to spend their Tet in hospital.

The Department of Medical Service Administration under the Ministry of Health is collecting feedback from experts and specialised units in setting alcohol concentration limits in driver’s blood or breath.

The profound love that Merle Ratner, a left-wing and anti-war US activist who passed away on February 5, gave to Vietnam during her entire life will be always in the hearts of Vietnamese people.

VOV.VN - These days hundreds of engineers and workers are working tirelessly on the eastern section of the North-South Expressway, leaving behind the joy of having family reunions during the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet), as the national key project is now entering into an important phase.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Center under the Institute of Geophysics said that on the morning of February 7 five consecutive earthquakes measuring 3.3 to four on the Richter scale struck Kon Plong District in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.

Three students of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV) are attending the 19th ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition (ICCMC-19) at the headquarters of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris, France from February 5-10.

VOV.VN - Many routes heading out of the capital are suffering from gridlock amid people leaving Hanoi to return to their hometowns for the seven-day Tet holiday starting on February 8.

VOV.VN - A number of restaurants and shops around Hanoi announced their temporarily closure on February 7, the 28th of the final lunar month, two days before lunar new year’s eve.

VOV.VN - The State President has decided to reduce prison terms on five convicted prisoners from death penalty to life imprisonment.

The Vietnam National University, Hanoi ranked 649th in the latest Webometrics Ranking of World Universities 2024, placing at the 11th position in Southeast Asia and 140th in Asia.

VOV.VN - A new cold spell is forecast to grip northern Vietnam on February 6, which will cause temperatures to drop sharply, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Food Administration under the Ministry of Health has recently released warnings about food safety hazards to people during the coming lunar New Year holiday (Tet).

VOV.VN - The south-central coastal province of Khanh Hoa held a video conference on February 5 to inquire into preparations of soldiers and residents in Truong Sa (Spratly) island district for the coming lunar New Year holiday (Tet).

The Vietnamese Embassy in Sri Lanka held a “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) programme on February 3 to bring a warm Lunar New Year (Tet) atmosphere to the Vietnamese community in the South Asian nation.

The Ministry of National Defence on February 5 held a virtual event connecting with the Vietnamese forces engaged in the United Nations peacekeeping mission on the threshold of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

A 6.5kg hawksbill sea turtle that was accidentally caught by a local man was released back to the sea off the coast of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on February 5.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation (VATM) has announced that it has moved to apply low visibility procedures (LVP) at Noi Bai International Airport due to bad weather conditions.

VOV.VN - The Security Investigation Agency of the An Giang Provincial Police has prosecuted and detained Tran Van Khanh, a 62-year-old resident of Ca Mau province, for disseminating information and distributing documents against the Party and State.

VOV.VN - The police have detained a Russian national suspected of murdering another Russian in Binh Thuan province, southern Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Prime Minister has decided to allocate 12,736 ronnes of rice from national reserves to nearly 850,000 needy people ahead of the coming lunar New Year holiday (Tet) and during the between-crop period.

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.