VOV.VN - Nam Dinh police say they have arrested two suspects and seized 45 kilos of ecstasy, 20 kilos of heroin, phones, motorbikes and other drug paraphernalia following an investigation into a major drug-smuggling ring.

VOV.VN - Roller Coaster enthusiasts are quaking with anticipation as Asia Park in Danang officially opens the Queen Cobra, a triple record breaking roller coaster January 27, just in time for TET.

VOV.VN - The express trains leaving for the northern provinces from Ho Chi Minh City on January 25 were jam packed to the roof with TET travellers heading home to reunite with their families for the holiday.

As part of the healthcare programme Care for Tet 2017, HCM City doctors have been offering free health exams to residents in the city and neighbouring provinces of Binh Phuoc, Dong Nai and Tay Ninh as well as to soldiers stationed at border areas.

Mobile phone operators said they are making preparations to avoid network congestion during the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

People are flocking to streets and shops in HCM City to shop for Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, and sellers say sales are booming. 

The Northern Power Corporation under the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN NPC) supplied electricity for over 9.2 million customers across 27 northern localities in 2016.

VOV.VN - After nearly two decades of institutional and economic reform, the poverty rate in Vietnam has begun to show signs of rapid decline, says Oxfam International in a post on its website. 

Ambassador to South Africa Vu Van Dung presented his credentials to the country’s President Jacob Zuma on January 24.

Vietnam's traditional Tet food loved in Laos.

Vu Huy Hoang was stripped of the title as former Minister of Industry and Trade in the 2011-2016 tenure due to his violations in personnel work.

New Year wishes were sent to residents and soldiers in the Truong Sa (Spratly) island district via a live television programme organised by Khanh Hoa province authorities on January 24.

VOV.VN - First runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2014 Huyen My joined charitable activities at the Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics on January 24 before the Lunar New Year festival (TET). She presented gifts to the disadvantaged children under medical treatment there.

VOV.VN - German cruise ship Ms. Mein Schiff 1 with nearly 1,500 passengers on board has docked at Tan Cang Port in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.

VOV.VN - Dong Ba Market in Central Hue City has been known for its ancient and bustling features. Now it is busier as traditional Lunar New Year festival or Tet is drawing near.

Police in India have arrested three Vietnamese citizens for allegedly smuggling three kilograms of cocaine into the country.

Just follow these farmers to their salt fields to perceive their hard work.

Like many other craft villages around the country, a village making kitchen god statues in Thua Thien-Hue province struggles to survive in the market economy. But one family has set aside economic rules to preserve the craft.

As many as 698 households in eight hamlets in Van Lang commune of Dong Hy district, northern Thai Nguyen province, have got access to the national grid after a project was completed on January 24.

The police in the northern border province of Lang Son on January 23 arrested a drug dealer and seized 87 heroin bricks (weighing about 350 grams each) in a big crackdown on drug crime.

Repair work on the Asia-America Gateway (AAG)  and Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) submarine fiber optic cable lines has been  basically completed, said a representative from the Ministry of Information and Communications. 

The volume of goods and passenger transported in Hanoi have strongly increased in January as the country’s biggest festival in the year - the Lunar New Year (Tet) – is approaching.

Ho Chi Minh City People’s High Court on January 24 upheld the lower court’s 30-year imprisonment sentence given to former Chairman of the Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB) Board of Directors Pham Cong Danh.

VOV.VN - President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFF CC) Nguyen Thien Nhan paid a visit on January 24 to Most Venerable Thich Pho Tue, Supreme Patriarch of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS), and Buddhist dignitaries at Vien Minh Pagoda in Hanoi.

Hospitals and health centres in HCM City’s districts and wards last year attracted more patients, reducing overcrowding at central and city-level hospitals, according to the city’s Department of Health.

A new set of tools that emphasise employee-employer dialogue, neutral evaluations and sustainable compliance with labour regulations are needed to resolve workplace conflicts in Vietnam, experts said at recent workshop held in HCM City.

A commemoration ceremony was held at the Hung Kings Temple in HCM City, offering the traditional Tet dish of Banh Tet to the legendary founders of the nation on the occasion of the Lunar New Year.

A Hanoi delegation led by Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Hoang Trung Hai and Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung visited former Party, State and National Assembly leaders on the threshold of the Lunar New Year (Tet).

Overseas Vietnamese worldwide are celebrating the 2017 Lunar New Year with traditional New Year treats and art performances. 

VOV.VN - Busy holiday travel continued January 23 at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi as travellers pile home for the long TET holiday.