Hanoi’s youth union hosted a ceremony on January 20 to honour 10 outstanding youths in 2016 for their significant contributions in a wide range of fields.

The Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre inaugurated its website at ww.vnpkc.gov.vn on January 20.

The Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics is committed to implementing campaigns initiated by the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF), stated Vice Chairman and General Secretary of the committee Tran Xuan Manh.

Vietnamese Ambassador Thach Du and staff of Vietnamese representative offices in Cambodia on January 20 visited and presented gifts to a number of Vietnamese-Cambodian households in Phnom Penh on the threshold of the Lunar New Year (Tet).

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has asked the Ministry of Finance to make an advance payment of 1.68 trillion VND (over 74 million USD) to compensate local residents in four central coastal provinces for their losses caused by a maritime environment incident last year.

 Ho Chi Minh City’s leaders on January 20 held a meeting with overseas Vietnamese who returned home to welcome the Lunar New Year festival (Tet).

More than 2,000 canals around HCM City have been seriously polluted threatening people’s health, reported the Nong Thon Ngay Nay (Countryside Today) newspaper.

VOV.VN -  On January 20, in Ho Chi Minh City, President Tran dai Quang and his wife met overseas Vietnamese who have returned home for the traditional lunar New Year festival or Tet.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has praised Vietnam’s media agencies the professionalism and sharpness.

The Hanoi Medical University is acquiring immune cell therapy know-how from Japanese experts to treat cancer patients.

Solutions to ease traffic congestion on the Phap Van intersection of Hanoi have been proposed by the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - A horrific crash in the early morning hours of January 20 in Ho Chi Minh City has left at least 10 people seriously injured after a passenger bus collided with a semi-truck.

HCM City has agreed to the transport department’s proposal to open temporary smart parking lots in downtown areas to meet demand.

Ministries, agencies, individuals and organisations have so far donated VND62 billion (US$2.69 million) to flood-hit victims in the central and Central Highlands regions via the National Relief Fund and Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An plans to invest about VND1.58 trillion (over US$70 million) to build irrigation facilities to cope with climate change and protect local production.

VOV.VN -  Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee President Nguyen Thien Nhan has suggested overseas Vietnamese (OVs) should introduce traditional culture to Vietnamese generations abroad and international friends at a meeting with 100 outstanding OVs on January 20.

VOV.VN - Le Hang and 85 other Miss Universe 2016 contestants has joined a charitable activity in Manila, the Philippines.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved a plan on vocational training for 1.4 million rural labourers from 2016-2020.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) received 1,000 wheelchairs for war invalids and the disabled from IM Japan – a Japanese international human resources training agency, on January 19.

Up to 558 households with 2,323 residents on Son Hai island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang were connected to the national power grid as an electricity supply project to the island commune was put into operation on January 19.

The Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North) (ECVN) needs to work with Hanoi’s Religious Committee to encourage priests and followers of the Church to abide by State law and build cultural life in their residential areas, said a senior Hanoi official.

Traditionally the most festive and awaited holiday season in Vietnam, Tet, or Lunar New Year, is also a time when many customs encompassing the shared values of its people are practiced, including ‘li xi,’ or the giving of lucky money.

The Vietnamese embassies in Cambodia and Algeria hosted celebrations for the upcoming traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) on January 19.

Tran Duc Anh Son, Deputy Director of the Institute for Socio-Economic Development (ISED) in Danang, on January 19 donated to Hoang Sa district several documents and old maps that clearly establish Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracels) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos.

Local authorities nationwide greeted overseas Vietnamese who returned home for the upcoming Lunar New Year festival. 

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Police said they were trafficking victims and had been forced to work as prostitutes in Malacca for 10 months.

VOV.VN - Heavy-lift vessel RollDock Storm carrying the sixth Kilo-Class Submarine named HQ-187 Ba Ria-Vung Tau entered Cam Ranh Port in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa on January 20.

PVI-Sun Life has recently made the switch to Sun Life Vietnam, a 100% foreign-owned subsidiary of Canadian life insurance company Sun Life Financial, aligning with the parent firm’s global strategy to better serve Vietnamese customers.

Alarming pollution readings have been recorded in both of Vietnam’s largest cities.