On February 9, authorities in Hanoi, Binh Duong, and Da Nang extended Lunar New Year greetings to the Catholic and overseas Vietnamese who returned home for Tet.

More than 500 Vietnamese expatriates in Myanmar have joined in a celebration for Tet (Lunar New Year) festival recently held by the Vietnamese Embassy, enterprises and Vietnamese people community.

VOV.VN - Many of the streets around Hanoi and HCM City are currently facing a traffic quagmire with congestion affecting popular thoroughfares as droves of people travel to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year festival (Tet). 

 An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale struck Dien Bien Dong district, the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien, late February 9.

VOV.VN - 4.5 million Overseas Vietnamese are living in 109 countries and territories around the world. These days, many of them are coming home to celebrate the Lunar New Year and perhaps seek business opportunities.

VOV.VN - An exhibition on the General Offensive and Uprising in the spring of 1968 was opened in the northern province of Ha Nam province on February 9.

VOV.VN - As many as 700 overseas Vietnamese living in the Czech Republic attended a gala night in Prague on February 9 to celebrate the Lunar New Year festival (Tet).

Coal power pollution could increase CO2 emissions in Vietnam by 20 times and doom global efforts to curb warming.

In January 2018, Crossbow Labs has issued the PCI DSS v3.2 certificate to CMC Telecom, Vietnam’s first and unique Data Centre, for meeting the latest security requirements.

Droves of families are escaping the usual rigmarole for a more exotic Lunar New Year.

The Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association of Laos’ capital city of Vientiane has offered gifts to locals in localities in the central region that affected by the storms and floods that occurred in 2017.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has visited and presented 200 Tet gifts to the poor ethnic people and social policy beneficiaries in Dak Song district, Dak Nong province. 

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh delivered gifts to heroic Vietnamese mothers, policy beneficiaries, and poor households in the southern province of Ninh Thuan province on February 9, ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet). 

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) will continue joining hands with other religions and the entire society to create a great national unity to contribute to further developing the nation, affirmed Most Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu, Standing Vice Chairman of the VBS’s Executive Council.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Procuracy on February 9 proposed life imprisonment for Huynh Thi Huyen Nhu, former deputy chief of the Risk Management Section of VietinBank’s HCM City branch, for “swindling to appropriate assets.”

The UK Space Agency's International Partnership Programme (IPP) allocates GBP6 million for Vietnam to build an early warning system of dengue fever outbreaks, said UK Science Minister Sam Gyimah.

Creating a market to connect demand and supply of technological products will help develop the technology industry, according to experts.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan visited the Congregation of the Holy Cross Lovers of Thu Thiem in District 2 on February 9 on the occasion of the upcoming traditional Lunar New Year (Tet).

The Vietnam Post Corporation (VPC) issued a special set of stamps celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Spring General Offensive and Uprising in Hanoi on February 8. 

A gathering was recently held in Auckland by the Embassy of Vietnam for Vietnamese students and expats and foreign friends living in the country to together celebrate Tet, Vietnam’s traditional New Year festival.

 A delegation of representatives from the Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee, Vietnam Fatherland Front and armed forces of Ho Chi Minh City paid tribute to war heroes and fallen soldiers at the city’s war martyr cemetery on February 9.

VOV.VN - A low pressure system will enter the East Sea over the next three days and is likely to develop into the second storm to affect Vietnam this year, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting. 

The Ministry of Public Security has just confiscated a large amount of ivory at a house in Hanoi's Thuong Tin District.

A delegation of the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North) (ECVN North) Executive Board headed by Pastor Nguyen Huu Mac visited the Hanoi Party Committee on February 8 ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet).

As the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday draws closer, the Vietnamese aviation industry is scrambling to meet peak demand by increasing the number of flights.

The increasingly strong development of the Vietnam-Laos friendship was highlighted at a recent meeting between the two countries’ diplomats in Washington DC, the US. 

 National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong on February 8 hosted a reception for a delegation of former Vietnamese teachers who live  in Thailand.

Transport officials from Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to push forward with a plan to build a railway between Ho Chi Minh City and Bavet, home to a special economic zone and a casino kingdom.

A Vietnamese man in Hanoi has been condemned to death for killing two young girls and raping a woman, with his parents serving suspended sentences for failing to report his crimes.

Authorities in Hoi An, an iconic tourist town in central Vietnam, are seeking solutions for dealing with loud music from local bars in an effort to restore a peaceful atmosphere to the vintage destination.