Party General Secretary To Lam on January 19 hosted a reception for 100 overseas Vietnamese (OV) representatives from more than 40 countries and territories, who are in Vietnam to attend the 2025 “Xuan Que huong” (Homeland Spring) organised by the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV).

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) on January 19 hosted a ceremony in Hanoi to welcome a delegation of distinguished overseas Vietnamese who have returned for the Xuân Quê Hương 2025 (Homeland Spring 2025) programme.

VOV.VN - State President Luong Cuong, together with a delegation of overseas Vietnamese who have returned home for the Lunar New Year 2025 festival, participated in a symbolic carp release ceremony at President Ho Chi Minh’s fish pond within the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on January 19.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese striker Nguyen Xuan Son, aka Rafaelson, tops the list of Vietnamese footballers with the highest market value at EUR700,000, which is EUR200,000 higher than before, according to renowned German football site Transfermarkt.

Vietnamese students in China have expressed their aspirations for a stronger, more substantive partnership between Vietnam and China, aiming to bring tangible benefits to their people as the two countries are celebrating the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations.

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Ekaterinburg city, Russia on January 16 hosted a gathering ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival 2025, welcoming 200 guests, including representatives from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and foreign consular agencies in the locality, Sverdlovsk Obla.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Chinh’s official visit to the Czech Republic will open fresh spaces for the development of relations between the two countries, Czech Ambassador to Vietnam Hynek Kmoníček told the Vietnam News Agency in an interview ahead of the visit.

The “Xuan Que huong” (Homeland Spring) programme 2025 will take place in Hanoi from January 18 to 20 with diverse events and new features, according to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang, who is also Chairwoman of the ministry's State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 17 delivered an important policy speech at University of Warsaw, as part of his ongoing visit to Poland, focusing on the rapidly changing global landscape, Vietnam’s development perspectives and orientations, and Vietnam - Poland relations.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos has held a ceremony to mark the 95th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 – 2025) in the capital of Vientiane.