VOV.VN - Local agriculture workers in Kim Dinh village of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province have begun making every effort to care for and collect flowers to supply local markets ahead of the Lunar New Year festival, known locally as Tet, marking the start of the year’s largest harvest season.

VOV.VN - Phu My town in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province has attracted 261 projects totally capitalized at over US$16.3 billion across nine industrial zones, according to local authorities.

Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Industry and Trade held a conference on January 14 to review the activities and performance of the food and foodstuff sector in 2020 and consider plans for the new year.

VOV.VN - Several major financiers from the EU have proposed pouring approximately US$1 billion into a logistics centre project in Phu My of the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau, according to information released by local authorities.

VOV.VN - Two Russian citizens were confirmed to have tested negative for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on January 12, two days after initially relapsing.

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan attended a ceremony held on December 24 by the NA Standing Committee to honour individuals who have made important contributions to improving the quality and efficiency of the NA’s operations.

Military training departments of Vietnam and Russia convened a virtual conference on December 16 to discuss preparations for the organisation of the International Army Games in 2021.

VOV.VN - Con Dao is an archipelago in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province off the southern coast of Vietnam, 230 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City. The US’s Travel and Leisure magazine included Con Dao in the top 20 most mysterious islands in the world.

VOV.VN - A spokesperson for the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 3 voiced Vietnam’s strong protest against Taiwan’s recent live-fire drills in the waters surrounding the Ba Binh island of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) islands.

Xoi (sticky rice) has a long-standing history in the Vietnamese cuisine.