VOV.VN - Ahead of the New Year artisan Nguyen Tan Phat of Duong Lam village in Son Tay town of Hanoi is busy with a project to make cat sculptures to welcome in the New Year, with 2023 being the Year of the Cat according to the Vietnamese zodiac calendar.

VOV.VN - The United States Mission to Vietnam, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), announced a new contract for approximately US$29 million to clean up dioxin contamination at Bien Hoa Air Base.

A project on improving the capacity of education-training, governance and research for the Vietnam-Korea University of Information and Communication Technology (VKU) for the 2022-2027 period kick-started in the central city of Da Nang on December 19.

VOV.VN - Leaders of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and a delegation from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) led by its Director Ann Marie discussed prioritised cooperation areas and collaboration in climate change response and environment during their working session held on December 19.

Vietnamese people were very united despite hardships, Russian Lieutenant General Vitor Phillipov told Vietnam News Agency in Moscow, remembering his days in Vietnam in 1972 which went down to history with the “Dien Bien Phu in the air” victory that led to the end of the foreign aggression war in Vietnam.

Helping workers in disadvantaged circumstances to have a warm and sufficient Lunar New Year holiday (Tet), Vietnam’s biggest traditional festival, is a key task for trade unions at all levels.

VOV.VN - Amid the dengue fever epidemic remaining complicated with a number of serious cases, the organizing board of the Red Sunday campaign has called on those who are healthy enough to actively participate in platelet donation.

VOV.VN - Local people have been forced to don extra coats and light bonfires throughout the capital amid freezing conditions.

Experts and government officials have gathered at a forum in Ho Chi Minh City to discuss measures to promote the role of women in the STEM fields.

Vietnam has made multi-dimensional efforts to achieve its net zero greenhouse gas emission targets by 2050 as committed at COP26, an official from the Ministry of Construction told a training workshop in Ho Chi Minh City this week.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Information and Communications plans to stop providing 2G services by September 2024 at the latest to pave the way for 5G services.

VOV.VN - A five-year old boy hailing from Mount Vernon, the United States, who was believed to be abducted by his foster parent has been found in the northern province of Thai Binh, Vietnam.

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are on the rise in Vietnam, especially among the young and people of working age, experts said at a recent workshop in Hanoi.

Vietnam will further actively be part of efforts for the global biodiversity preservation and is willing to mobilise all resources for effectively implement its national strategy on the matter, affirmed Deputy Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Vo Tuan Nhan.

VOV.VN - The mountain peak of Fansipan, the highest in Vietnam and Indochina, saw ice and frost as temperatures fell below zero on December 17.

VOV.VN - Coca-Cola Vietnam has officially kicked off 2023 Tet campaign with the message "Tet may change, the magic remains" to highlight the unchanging value of family reunion meals during Tet (lunar New Year holiday), despite passing generations.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang has wished that foreign press would continue partnering with Vietnam and covering every aspect of the country to the world.

VOV.VN - UNICEF, the Ministry of Health (MOH), and the World Health Organization (WHO) jointly held a celebration for the Safe Journeys campaign to wrap up nine months of work to publicise the importance of COVID-19 preventive measures in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Aussie Study Day will be held at Chu Van An High School in Hanoi on January 4, 2023, offering local students the chance to learn about Australia and pursue high education at prestigious Australian universities.

Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov has sent a congratulatory message to delegates attending the 12th National Congress of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) for the 2022-2027 tenure in Hanoi.

A new building of the Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce’s Department of SME Promotion, built with funding from the Vietnamese Association in Vientiane, was handed over to the Lao ministry on December 15.

The Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism co-hosted a conference promoting tourism cooperation between Vietnam and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries on December 15.

An exhibition named “Dien Bien Phu in the air – an immortal epic” was opened at the National Library of Vietnam in Hanoi on December 15, marking the 50th anniversary of the historical victory.

VOV.VN - Vietnam leads the way in terms of biodiversity preservation in the Asia-Pacific region, according to Marco Lambertini, director general of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International.

VOV.VN - The Department of Overseas Labour (DOLAB) has unveiled plans to begin receiving applications for the recruitment of nurses and orderlies to work in Japan, with this scheme being under the terms of the Vietnam-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Innovation Network in Europe (VINEU) is determined to become an independent organisation and pioneer among the overseas Vietnamese (OV) community in the path of innovation in Vietnam, Pham Huy Hoang, president of the VINEU, told Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung on December 14.

VOV.VN - Leaders from Vietnam, the UK, and the EU announced on December 14 a new ambitious Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP).

VOV.VN - Every Christmas the Catholic neighbourhood located on Pham The Hien street in District 8 and other similar areas across Ho Chi Minh City are filled with colourful decorations and nativity scenes set up by religious families and parishes.

Over 100 photos and documents are being displayed at an exhibition in Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the “Hanoi-Dien Bien Phu in the Air” victory.

Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieut. Gen Nguyen Duy Ngoc held a working session with head of the Belgian general department in charge of identity and citizenship affairs Philippe Moreau in Brussels on December 14 to share experience in building a population database and connecting it with the national databases for socio-economic development.