VOV.VN - Vietnam has confirmed 8,744 new coronavirus infections in 59 cities and provinces during the past 24 hours, a record low over two months, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in its coronavirus update on February 2.

VOV.VN - Many supermarkets and wet markets in big cities including those in Hanoi resumed operation on February 2 - the second day of the first lunar month, after having one day off to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet).

VOV.VN - Last year witnessed Vietnam effectively shift its COVID-19 strategy from a “Zero COVID” policy to one of living safely with the virus, resulting in important gains in economic recovery and public health care.

A get-together to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival for Vietnamese people living, working and studying in Egypt was hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy in the African country on January 31.

VOV.VN - A number of foreign ambassadors to Vietnam are impressed that Vietnam has gone to great lengths to weather the COVID-19 crisis and get its ailing economy back on track.

VOV.VN - A further 11,023 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed by the Ministry of Health on February 1, the first day of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, marking a sharp fall of 1,626 from the previous day.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese people typically go on a pilgrimage at the beginning of each Lunar New Year in order to pray for safety, health, good luck, prosperity, and happiness during the year ahead.

VOV.VN - The southcentral province of Khanh Hoa welcomed its first 138 visitors of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, on a Vietnam Airlines’ flight departing from Hanoi on the morning of February 1.

VOV.VN - Despite the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the remittance flow to the country throughout 2021 reached more than US$12 billion, an increase of 10% compared to 2020, according to data published by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc paid a Lunar New Year visit to the armed forces and some localities based in the central city of Da Nang on February 1, the first day of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.