VOV.VN - Miss Vietnam 2010 Ngoc Han and first runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2014 Huyen My participated in the 9th blood donation festival called “Red Sunday” at Vietnam National University in Hanoi on January 8.

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Meanwhile, another cable fired up early this year to boost Vietnam's internet speed has been experiencing issues too.

Officials in the Central Highlands city of Da Lat and Ho Chi Minh City are planning to operate two separate flower exchange centers in 2018 to spur the development of horticulture, with an ambitious goal for flower auctions also set for the two places.

Many car registration offices in Ho Chi Minh City are being overwhelmed by a large number of applicants who have decided to empty their pockets on new automobiles before the Lunar New Year.

Ho Chi Minh City will need about 7,000 workers to remove rubbish during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

 Mock Young Parliament, hosted by the Vietnam Youth Parliament (VNYP), opened at the Hanoi Law University on January 8.

The northern mountainous province of Ha Giang held a ground-breaking ceremony to start the construction of the Yen Bien bridge in Ha Giang city on January 8.

People in the flood-hit central province of Quang Ngai continue to receive support from organisations and agencies.

Vietnam has overtaken Japan, the Republic of Korea (RoK), Thailand and Taiwan on the list of most desirable locations for expat career opportunities, according to new data released from the latest Expat Explorer survey from the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) in 2017.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese students met on January 7 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to welcome the Lunar New Year festival or Tet.

Public space in Vietnam’s urban areas has failed to meet demand or create typical characteristics to identify each city, Deputy Minister of Construction Phan My Linh said. 

VOV.VN - Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich made a fact finding tour of environmental remediation of dioxin contamination project site at Danang airport on January 8.

VOV.VN - The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace is being worshiped in Soc Trang province where visitors can admire the statue until January 13.

VOV.VN -  The 9th blood donation festival called “Red Sunday” was held in Hanoi on January 8 by the Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper, the National Committee for Traffic Safety, and the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion.

A three-year-old boy from Ho Chi Minh City has been safely returned to his family after he was abducted and brought into China by a Taiwanese man, who was a friend of his mother’s.

Tourism businesses say the visa waiver program for select countries from Europe has proved effective and should be extended.

The much-touted BRT system had a rough start at a middling speed, but passenger numbers are picking up.

The central district Dien Ban - in cooperation with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) - has kicked off a local bamboo conservation project that will run from 2017-25.

The Vietnam Red Cross and a group of HCM City officials led by municipal Party Committee Secretary Dinh La Thang visited and presented the Tet (Lunar New Year) gifts to poor households and Agent Orange (AO) victims in Ma Noi mountainous commune, Ninh Son district, Ninh Thuan province on January 7.

VOV.VN - An annual Homeland Spring program celebrating the TET (Lunar New Year) and traditional Vietnamese culture transpired in Taiwan on January 6 featuring a diverse array of social and cultural activities.

Son Lap commune in Bao Lac district has become the last commune in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang to access electricity from the national power grid.

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Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have announced a plan to relocate 10,000 manufacturing facilities away from residential areas in a campaign to minimize pollution and ensure citizen safety.

The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) has presented 100,000 USD to help flood victims in Vietnam’s central region.

No one can count how many markets there are in Vietnam but many agree that they are the vivid reflection of the Vietnamese culture. Markets vary by regions. It is their uniqueness that inspires tourists, a report by The Voice of Vietnam (VOV).

The Ho Chi Minh City Centre for Human Resource Forecast and Labour Information foresees a mere 3 percent shortage in worker numbers after Tet (the Lunar New Year).

The Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association (VCFA) and the Liaison Committee of Former Vietnamese Experts in Cambodia hosted a ceremony in Hanoi on January 6 celebrating the 38th anniversary of the victory over the genocidal regime in Cambodia (January 7, 1979-2017). 

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs began the construction of Thuy An functional rehabilitation centre for children with disabilities in Hanoi’s outlying district of Ba Vi on January 6. 

The northern port city of Hai Phong started construction of Hoang Van Thu Bridge across Cam River on January 6, a key work to help the city expand to the north.