Binh Duong-based enterprises need 20,000 labourers in early 2017
Binh Duong-based enterprises need 20,000 labourers in early 2017

More than 30 enterprises in the Binh Duong southern industrial hub participated at a job fair on January 22, seeking 20,000 workers.

Binh Duong-based enterprises need 20,000 labourers in early 2017
Use of cysteamine banned in Vietnam
Use of cysteamine banned in Vietnam

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has officially issued a circular to prohibit the use of cysteamine - a substance used in animal husbandry, Hoang Thanh Van, head of the ministry’s Animal Husbandry Department said.

Use of cysteamine banned in Vietnam
Le Hang visits Filipino children with cleft lips and palate
Le Hang visits Filipino children with cleft lips and palate

VOV.VN - Le Hang and other Miss Universe contestants have visited children born with cleft lips and palate within the charitable activities under the framework of the ongoing beauty pageant in Manila, the Philippines.

Le Hang visits Filipino children with cleft lips and palate
Tet markets bustling across Hanoi
Tet markets bustling across Hanoi

Peach flowers, orchid flowers, yellow apricot blossom and pomelos are among hot items at busy Tet (Lunar New Year festival) markets in Ha Noi.

Tet markets bustling across Hanoi
UK ship rescues five Vietnamese fishermen
UK ship rescues five Vietnamese fishermen

VOV.VN - A fishing vessel with five fishermen on board in distress was rescued by British Innovator on January 22 after having a breakdown, around 282 nautical miles offshore Quy Nhon beach. 

UK ship rescues five Vietnamese fishermen
PM visits heroic mothers in Quang Nam
PM visits heroic mothers in Quang Nam

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited several heroic mothers in the central province of Quang Nam on January 22 ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year.

PM visits heroic mothers in Quang Nam
Vietnamese community in UK, Brazil celebrate Tet
Vietnamese community in UK, Brazil celebrate Tet

Vietnamese communities in the United Kingdom and Brazil recently held events celebrating Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

Vietnamese community in UK, Brazil celebrate Tet
Saigon streets jammed as migrants rush home for Tet
Saigon streets jammed as migrants rush home for Tet

Saigon's infamous congestion was brought to a whole new level on January 22 as migrant workers packed their bags to return home for Tet, or the Lunar New Year. 

Saigon streets jammed as migrants rush home for Tet
Hanoi will not ask churches, temples to ring out to mark Tet: official
Hanoi will not ask churches, temples to ring out to mark Tet: official

Hanoi authorities are not intending to ask churches and temples in the city to ring their bells on Lunar New Year’s Eve, a senior official said on January 21.

Hanoi will not ask churches, temples to ring out to mark Tet: official
Vietnam set to send first workers to Australia, Thailand in 2017
Vietnam set to send first workers to Australia, Thailand in 2017

The country is focusing more on improving its workers’ skills to meet high demands from developed markets.

Vietnam set to send first workers to Australia, Thailand in 2017
Hanoi seeks ideas to develop Red River banks
Hanoi seeks ideas to develop Red River banks

Hanoi authorities have asked three construction giants to devise planning schemes to develop the areas along the iconic Hong (Red) River that flows past the capital city.

Hanoi seeks ideas to develop Red River banks
Poor households receive aid for Tet festival
Poor households receive aid for Tet festival

Poor workers, households and children nationwide have received financial support to welcome the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival. 

Poor households receive aid for Tet festival
Tay Ninh: Cross-border cracker smuggling increases in run-up to Tet
Tay Ninh: Cross-border cracker smuggling increases in run-up to Tet

Smuggling of firecrackers from Cambodia to Vietnam has increased considerably during days approaching Tet (Lunar New Year), according to Tay Ninh Police’s economic police division.

Tay Ninh: Cross-border cracker smuggling increases in run-up to Tet
Vietnamese expatriates worldwide celebrate Lunar New Year
Vietnamese expatriates worldwide celebrate Lunar New Year

Vietnam’s diplomatic agencies around the world have held get-togethers for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) on the threshold of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Vietnamese expatriates worldwide celebrate Lunar New Year
Officials pay New Year visits to localities
Officials pay New Year visits to localities

Party and State officials and local authorities paid visits to units and localities ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival on January 21-22. 

Officials pay New Year visits to localities
Labour federations assist poor workers ahead of Tet
Labour federations assist poor workers ahead of Tet

Labour federations nationwide have held activities in support of poor workers ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival. 

Labour federations assist poor workers ahead of Tet
Tuan Tu vegetable village in spring
Tuan Tu vegetable village in spring

VOV.VN - Tuan Tu is a famous vegetable village in Ninh Phuoc district, Ninh Thuan province. It’s especially crowded with traders before Tet.

Tuan Tu vegetable village in spring
Dried food helps enrich Son La people
Dried food helps enrich Son La people

VOV.VN - In recent years, producing dried beef and pork has created new income for many households in Son La province. When Tet comes, the dried meat market is busier than ever. Son La branded products are now in demand nationwide.

Dried food helps enrich Son La people
South Africa Honorary Consul makes Tet cakes for poor people in Saigon
South Africa Honorary Consul makes Tet cakes for poor people in Saigon

Honorary Consul of the Republic of South Africa Do Thi Kim Lien has joined local students in a charity event aimed to bring a taste of Tet to needy people in Ho Chi Minh City.

South Africa Honorary Consul makes Tet cakes for poor people in Saigon
Saigon, Hanoi traffic leaves commuters helpless, one week before Tet
Saigon, Hanoi traffic leaves commuters helpless, one week before Tet

Millions of car and motorbike drivers in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi were stuck in heavy traffic on January 20, when people rushed home to pay tribute to the Gods of kitchen, a ritual held exactly one week before Tet begins.

Saigon, Hanoi traffic leaves commuters helpless, one week before Tet
A new chapter in Vietnam quest for safe blood
A new chapter in Vietnam quest for safe blood

In the past, the shortage of blood donors and the doubtful safety of blood and blood products made it a struggle to meet the demands for blood transfusions in medical emergencies and treatment. However, the situation has largely improved in recent years.

A new chapter in Vietnam quest for safe blood
OVs in Czech Republic celebrate Lunar New Year
OVs in Czech Republic celebrate Lunar New Year

Overseas Vietnamese in the Czech Republic gathered at an event to celebrate Lunar New Year 2017 hosted by the Vietnamese Association in collaboration with the Saparia company in Prague on January 20.

OVs in Czech Republic celebrate Lunar New Year
Deputy PM picks cheap airport renovation plan
Deputy PM picks cheap airport renovation plan

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on January 20 chose one of three proposed plans to renovate Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City.

Deputy PM picks cheap airport renovation plan
Art programme welcomes OVs to homeland spring
Art programme welcomes OVs to homeland spring

A special art programme was held at Thong Nhat (Reunification) Palace in Ho Chi Minh City on late January 20 to welcome overseas Vietnamese (OVs) returning to enjoy the homeland spring.

Art programme welcomes OVs to homeland spring
In photos: Gridlock as Hanoi prepares for TET holidays
In photos: Gridlock as Hanoi prepares for TET holidays

VOV.VN - As millions of Hanoians all prepare to go on TET holiday at the same time, every drivers’ worst nightmare became a reality on January 20, as chaos ruled the roadways throughout the capital city.

In photos: Gridlock as Hanoi prepares for TET holidays
Warehouse fire sends plumes of smoke over HCM City
Warehouse fire sends plumes of smoke over HCM City

VOV.VN - Firefighters battled a massive 10-alarm blaze on Saturday (Jan. 21) at a warehouse in the Tang Nhon Phu Street, District 9 area of Ho Chi Minh City that sent clouds of smoke over the metropolitan area.

Warehouse fire sends plumes of smoke over HCM City
Saigon express services stuck as demand for pre-Tet shipments spikes
Saigon express services stuck as demand for pre-Tet shipments spikes

During the last week leading up to Tet holiday, not only streets, bus stations and airport in Ho Chi Minh City are jam-packed, but also the express delivery services, when packages are more likely to arrive late as orders skyrocketed.

Saigon express services stuck as demand for pre-Tet shipments spikes
HCM City launches digital traffic map
HCM City launches digital traffic map

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has announced the launch of a digital traffic map aimed at informing commuters of traffic congestion in the city in a bid to alleviate congestion on busy routes.

HCM City launches digital traffic map
Tan Son Nhat arrival hall jammed as locals gather to see Viet kieu home
Tan Son Nhat arrival hall jammed as locals gather to see Viet kieu home

While the departure hall of Tan Son Nhat is often overcrowded with family eagerly boarding flights to visit loved ones for Tet, the arrival hall at Vietnam’s busiest airport is also jam-packed these days.

Tan Son Nhat arrival hall jammed as locals gather to see Viet kieu home