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.

Thais and foreign tourists flocked to worship 10 holy Buddha statues at the National Museum in Bangkok. 

Thailand hands over Chairmanship of G77 to Ecuador.

Thais nationwide have donated their money and essential items to help flood victims in the South of Thailand as many of them are still battered by the prolonged flooding.

Authorities in Hanoi are planning to build low barriers to separate bus lanes from private vehicles in a pilot program to protect its new rapid bus service from traffic congestion.

Thai people donate 329 million baht during Govt's televised program for southern flood victims.

Vietnamese authorities will maintain the right to block online content deemed ‘toxic’ should providers fail to cooperate, according to a new circular on transboundary information.

HCMC-based Anh Viet Tourist Company has asked the city government for permission to launch open-top buses to serve tourists wishing to take city tours.

A project to use foreign teachers for teaching English will be piloted at a number of primary schools in the central province of Khanh Hoa from February. 

A delegation from Laos’ Houaphan province visited the northwestern province of Hoa Binh on January 18 to strengthen cooperation.

Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Dinh The Huynh called for improving the efficiency of people-to-people diplomacy during a conference in Hanoi on January 18.

President Tran Dai Quang visited the Navy High Command, Military Zone 3 High Command and public security forces in the northern port city of Hai Phong on January 18, ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet). 

Foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) will continue to work with the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) to assist disadvantaged localities and share the country’s all-round successes.

Fishermen in the central province of Quang Nga returned ashore with big batches of fish caught during recent trips as Tet (Lunar New Year) is approaching. 

Officials from the Cambodian province of Kampong Speu extended Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to the administration and people of Vinh Long while visiting the southwestern province on January 18.

Defence Minister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich pledged to continue working closely with the Vietnam Association of the Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) to support AO victims during a working session in Hanoi on January 18. 

VOV.VN - On January 17, the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) marked the 70th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s New Year poem. 

The southern largest economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City has been undertaking activities to bring a happy Tet (Lunar New Year) to all people, especially those in disadvantaged circumstances.

An exchange of Vietnam-Japan teenager ambassadors took place in Japan on January 17, gathering 16 Vietnamese students from the Viet Duc (Vietnam-Germany) High School in Hanoi and 16 Japanese students from the Yokkaichi City high school in Mie prefecture.

VOV.VN - On January 18, US Ambassador Ted Osius visited the Quang An Flower Market in the Tay Ho District of Hanoi to buy flowering peach branches for Tet.

Experiences of social economic development programme (SEDP) highlight that successful community-based planning using the SEDP process will not only create opportunities to improve the effectiveness of public investment.

State-owned plantations in the Central Highlands plan to restructure to boost business efficiency, according to the Steering Committee for the Central Highlands Region.

An increase in the number of resistant-TB cases has occurred in the southwestern region of Vietnam, according to the head of the region’s national TB prevention and control office.

Vietnam is among countries with an average cancer rate, stated Prof. Dr. Tran Thanh Huong from the National Institute for Cancer Prevention and Control on January 17.

The National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) has announced 11 hotlines to receive traffic complaints during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.

The Department of Science and Technology and the People’s Committee of Thuan Thanh district in the Red River Delta province of Bac Ninh organised a ceremony on January 17 to announce the collective brand name for its Ho chickens.