Transport departments from HCM City and southern provinces have started a campaign to better control unauthorised buses, coaches and bus terminals. 

A high-ranking delegation from the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) on January 29 offered incense to Vietnamese volunteer soldiers, who died when supporting the Cambodian people to fight the Pol Pot genocidal regime, at the martyrs’ cemetery in Duc Co district, the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

VOV.VN - Tree branches, grass, and houses around the top of Mau Son Mountain in northern Lang Son province were frozen under a white layer of hoarfrost in the early morning of January 29, creating a stunning winter landscape.

Representatives of the Vietnamese people in Laos on January 28 looked back on their activities in 2017, sharing the view that the community did to strengthen their solidarity and reinforce the two countries’ special friendship and solidarity.

A cold wave which hit the northern region on January 28 has lowered temperatures in the northern and northern central localities down to around 10 degrees Celsius. The cold snap is expected to last for the next 10 days.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Science and Technology Department plans to launch a municipal Science and Technology Development Fund while seeking to focus State science and technology organisations on activities relevant to the market and wean them off public funds in 2018.

The “Tet lam dieu hay” (Good things for Tet) programme in Ho Chi Minh City has raised more than VND11 billion (US$482,900) to support needy people ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet).

The Association of Vietnamese Cambodians will continue promoting ties with Cambodian agencies to get more legal assistance to Vietnamese expatriates.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) launched a project on January 26 on flood-based livelihoods in support of the water storage strategy in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta.

Hundreds of Vietnamese expatriates, officials from the Vietnamese representative offices in Canada and international friends gathered to welcome Vietnam’s traditional Tet holiday at a celebration held in Toronto, the capital of Canada’s Ontario province, on January 27.

Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities are taking measures to ensure residents’ access to clean water during the dry season and upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

 A lack of funding is a major problem in implementing the master plan on simplifying administrative procedures, citizenship papers and the population management database for 2013-2020, according to officials.

Scholarships and gifts have been presented to impoverished and ethnic people across the country to bring them a warm Tet (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) holiday.

More than 35,000 smartphones in Vietnam have been affected by the GhostTeam virus, according to the BKAV Technology Group.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Tran Thanh Man has visited and presented Tet gifts to disadvantaged people and policy beneficiaries in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan presented gifts and extended warm Tet greetings to officers and soldiers at the Lung Cu Border Guard Station in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on January 27.

A nuclear disaster drill has been conducted on Friday in the Central Highlands city of Da Lat to improve local authorities’ ability to respond to future mishaps such as a radiation leak in Vietnam’s largest nuclear research hub.

A large number of traffic police officers in Ho Chi Minh City have received compliments for refraining from taking bribes in 2017.

VOV.VN - Vu Dai village, also known as Dai Hoang village, in Ha Nam province, is famous for an age-old specialty - braised fish in earthenware pots. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked ministries, agencies, localities and police forces nationwide to take measures to ensure safety, security and order before, during and after the final of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship between Vietnam and Uzbekistan.

The Vietnam-Australia Mural Village was launched in Tan Tich ward, Cao Lanh city, Dong Thap province, on January 26.

The police has launched criminal proceedings against Nguyen Ngoc Su, former chairman of the members council of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin).

VOV.VN - Banners, national flags and other paraphernalia to cheer on Vietnam U23s at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) final are seeing brisk trade in shops on Hang Ma Street in Hanoi’s Old Quarter.

Vietnam’s online information watchdog has summoned Daniel Hauer, a US citizen residing in Hanoi, over his offensive remarks on Facebook about a late Vietnamese war hero.

World Bank Country Director to Vietnam, Ousmane Dione, and Swiss Ambassador to Vietnam, Beatrice Maser Mallor has stressed the importance of improving urban resilience as the city addresses the challenges of rapid urbanization and the impacts of climate change during their recent visit to Can Tho City.

A center for the support of marriages between Vietnamese and Korean nationals has been established in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

A consultation workshop on biomass energy planning in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang by 2020, with a vision to 2030, was held in the province on January 25.

The UK-based Telegraph newspaper has unveiled a list of the top ten best train journeys in Asia for international visitors in 2018, and it comes as a great surprise that Vietnam’s North-South railway line is on the list.

The Vietnam - China Friendship Association in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang was set up at its first congress held in January 26.

The Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City (VNUHCM) and the National University of Laos signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in Vientiane on January 26.