VOV.VN - Local markets throughout Hanoi have become bustling with a diversification of goods, despite there being a decline in purchasing power on the Kitchen Gods’ Day, which falls on 23th day of the last month of the lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

VOV.VN - Thuy Tram village in Phu Tho province is a famous red-carp raising area located in the north that has become busy over recent days ahead of the Kitchen Gods’ Day which falls on the 23rd day of the last lunar month, or January 14 this year.

Trade between Vietnam and South Africa is expected to further expand on the basis of the current solid foundation, Vietnamese Ambassador to the country Hoang Van Loi has said.

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations held a gathering on January 10 marking the 44th anniversary of the National Day of Cuba (January 1, 1959-2023).

VOV.VN - Vietnam has only recorded several dozens of new coronavirus infections on a daily basis during the past few days, indicating the pandemic has still been kept under control in the country.

National athletes Nguyen Thi Oanh and Do Quoc Luat met no difficulty in winning the first Vietnam International Half Marathon, the first sporting event of the year on January 1 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - People of Hanoi turned up in hordes at shopping centres on January 1 to take part in games and have lunch altogether.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 1 extended their congratulations to First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez on Cuba’s 64th National Day (1959 - 2023).

Twenty six traffic accidents occurred nationwide on December 31 - the first day of the 2023 New Year holidays (December 31-January 2), killing 14 people and injuring 11 others, according to the Ministry of Public Security’s Traffic Police Department.

VOV.VN - When the first flowers blossom on To Day trees, also known as wild peach blossom, H’Mong people joyfully celebrate their traditional Lunar New Year festival on the first three days of the 12th lunar month.