VOV.VN - "Vietnam’s Tet is festive. From every corner of the city emanates the Tet ambience, streets bustling with shoppers and markets teeming with flowers,” says Du Phong, a Chinese man who has been residing in the nation for 22 years.

The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN) hosted a meeting with Vietnamese experts working for UN agencies in New York on February 8 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) - the the biggest festival of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Bánh mì (bread), phở (noodle soup), and cà phê (coffee) all earned high marks from international travel magazines in 2023, reaffirming the nation’s growing reputation as a global culinary attraction.

VOV.VN - The national men’s football team are expected to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup finals as the upcoming tournament will see the number of participating teams increase to 48, with 2024 being a pivotal year for the senior team in terms of achieving this aim.

The Vietnam Club at the Moscow State Linguistic University (MGLU) of Russia has organised a special course, attracting most of the students of the Vietnamese language from universities in Moscow to discuss about “Tet” (the Lunar New Year) festival.

Vietnamese rowers will vie for Olympic spots at a qualification event in April in the Republic of Korea.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is the number one partner of his country in ASEAN, Director –General of Protocol and State Ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru Jaime Cacho-Sousa Velázquez said at a recent meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to Peru Bui Van Nghi who came to present a copy of his credentials.

A “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) programme was held by the Association of Vietnamese People in Vientiane in collaboration with the Vietnamese Embassy and the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in Laos on February 8 to bring the Lunar New Year (Tet) atmosphere to overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in the host country.

Vietnamese fruits have been introduced at the Fruit Logistica, the world's largest fruit and vegetable exhibition in the world, which is underway in Berlin from February 7-9.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese bamboo represents the nation’s diplomatic identity, with its strong roots which demonstrate real strength, a strong trunk that represents national interests, and flexible branches and leaves which show the way to behave in diplomacy.