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.

Life insurer Dai-ichi Life Vietnam has held the ceremony to celebrate its 10th anniversary and gave VND1.2 billion ($54,000) to poor patients in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) should encourage Buddhist  monks, nuns and followers nationwide nationwide to actively join movements, humanitarian and charitable activities initiated by the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee.

Everyone who wants smooth movement on roads in Ho Chi Minh City now can visit the city’s traffic website at giaothong.hochiminhcity.gov.vn, which made its debut on January 19.

Various traditional customs of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year will be featured on January 22 at So Village’s communal house on the western outskirts of Hanoi.

Police in Hanoi have said they are considering electronic (and automatic) charging of traffic fines to offenders’ bank accounts. 

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation Truong Thi Mai have extended her New Year greetings to Buddhist and Catholic dignitaries and followers.

The consideration of projects relating to areas with exceptional values like Son Doong Cave, as well as the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, must especially take into account impacts on the local environment, culture and society to ensure sustainable development.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Transportation Department on January 19 inaugurated a flyover located at the intersection of Nguyen Oanh and Nguyen Kiem Road in the Go Vap District.

VOV.VN - On January 19, Jean Déléage, a member of the Supreme Council of French Notary witnessed the signing of  an agreement to establish their twin ties between notary associations of Vietnam’s northern province of Thai Nguyen and France’s Rouen-Normandy region.

VOV.VN - Residents of the Tan Co Craft Village in the north central province of Thanh Hoa have rolled up their sleeves to harvest carp for sale as Kitchen God Day (January 20) draws near. 

Hung Lo commune in Viet Tri city, the northern province of Phu Tho, is believed to be the cradle of the traditional trade of making Chung cake, an integral dish of lunar Lunar New Year (Tet) celebrations.

A delegation from the High Command of the guard force of Cambodia, led by General Keo Sa Boun, visited and extended Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to officials of Vietnam’s southern province of Bac Lieu on January 19.

Hanoi authorities plans to provide 120 online public services within the first quarter of 2017.

VOV.VN - About 300 guests gathered at the Vietnam Embassy in the Czech Republic on January 19 to ceremoniously celebrate the 67th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries and the TET (Lunar New Year). 

The fourth industrial revolution and the development of digital technology have affected media technology, requiring journalists to improve their knowledge and skills to avoid lagging behind, a Party official has said.

Consumers in Ho Chi Minh City can now use a smartphone app to trace the origin of vegetables sold at Co.opmart, Lotte Mart, Big C and AEON supermarkets under a programme run by the city Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Digital Agriculture Association.

The Ho Chi Minh People’s Committee has approved the construction progress of the Sai Gon Safari Park project in Cu Chi district.

Ordination ceremonies have been organized in many provinces as a way of making merit for His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej ahead of the 100th day of his passing.

The One Commune One Product (OCOP) Fair and Flower Festival opened on January 18 in the northern province of Quang Ninh to introduce traditional agriculture products of the locality for Lunar New Year. 

A YouTube channel has recently caused uproar among Vietnamese parents for publishing a series of videos aimed at young children that feature what many would regard as inappropriate scenes.

Officials from Lao localities have visited the border central province of Nghe An ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet). 

A workshop designed to provide vocational training on welding and pipe installation was  opened at the College of Urban Works Construction in Gia Lam district of Hanoi on January 18.

VOV.VN - Artists like actor Binh Minh, actress Chieu Xuan and MC Phan Anh have actively engaged in charitable activities to help disadvantaged people to enjoy a warm and happy lunar New Year or Tet.

The first-phase construction of a memorial site dedicated to 64 navy soldiers who laid down their lives while protecting Gac Ma island in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago on March 14, 1988, is scheduled for completion in March.

Vietnam’s first astronomical observatory will be put into operation in March this year in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

One thing that never fails to accompany the coming of Tet holidays is the repetitive drone of dire warnings about the risks of alcohol consumption.

A taxi driver in Hanoi returned US$14,000 on January 17 to a Korean customer who left the cash in his car the previous night.