The festival which best epitomises Vietnam's cultural identity is the Lunar New Year or Tet, with a lot of meaningful customs and traditional special foods.

Ho Chi Minh City needs to develop a cold storage system and raw material storage areas for the food processing industry, the Food and Foodstuff Association of HCM City has said.

Miss Linh, an e-commerce platform of Viet Nam Food Europe BV operating in the Dutch market, has presented Vietnamese eco-friendly products at Horecava 2023 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

VOV.VN - A fair showcasing Hanoi's range of food and agricultural products officially opened on January 13 in order to serve local people during the upcoming Lunar New Year festival (Tet).

VOV.VN - More than 100 typical regional and international dishes were introduced at the Vietnam Food & Beverage Festival and the Vietnam Culinary Forum 2023 held in Ho Chi Minh City on January 11.

Vietnam's livestock industry expects to face less difficulties this year, especially when China loosens COVID-19 control measures.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam - Japan cultural exchange festival 2023 kicked off on January 8 in Hanoi as part of activities held to mark the 50th anniversary of joint diplomatic ties.

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

Revenue from retail sales of goods and services totalled about VND515.8 trillion (US$21.87 billion) in December and over VND1.54 quadrillion (US$65.3 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2022, a year on year rise of 17.1%, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - Chao suon (pork rib congee), a popular food in Hanoi, can be eaten all year round. A hot bowl of pork rib congee served with crispy crullers and a little pepper and chili powder has an appealing flavor.