Events like the Spring Fair are emerging as strategic catalysts, helping Vietnamese enterprises enhance technological capacity, meet stringent international standards and strengthen their global competitiveness beyond mere export turnover.

Container throughput at Vietnam’s ports is expected to maintain growth, with deep-water ports in particular set to record higher efficiency thanks to larger vessel deployment and the accelerated development of infrastructure, which will help enhance competitiveness, according to MBS Securities JSC.

Lunar New Year (Tet) celebrations organised by Vietnamese communities abroad have helped strengthen community ties and promote cultural exchange, with a series of festive events held across Europe, Asia, and the US.

Within the framework of the ongoing Glorious Spring Fair 2026, more than 50 models and artists have taken part in a parade titled “Bach Hoa Bo Hanh” (Parade of Flowers), recreating the “golden splendor” of traditional Vietnamese attire at the fair.

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Chongqing city, China, took part in the first International Spring Festival hosted by the municipal administration from February 6 to 8.

As part of the Homeland Spring 2026 programme, the People’s Committee of Ninh Binh, in coordination with the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, organised a meeting to connect overseas Vietnamese with the northern province on February 7.

VOV.VN - The Embassy of Vietnam in Cambodia hosted a Tet gathering themed “Xuân Quê hương - Bính Ngọ 2026” (Homeland Spring-Lunar Year of the Horse 2026) held in Phnom Penh on February 8, creating a warm and festive atmosphere ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet).

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Vu Dai Thang has urged overseas Vietnamese (OVs) to continue contributing to the capital’s development not only in science, technology and business but also in culture, tourism and international cooperation.

The Vietnam Trade Office in Germany, in coordination with the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association (Vinafruit) and the Selgros wholesale hypermarket chain, has organised “Vietnamese Goods Day” at the Selgros Berlin Lichtenberg supermarket to promote Vietnamese agricultural exports to the German market.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese traffic police have fined 11 foreign motorcyclists for illegally riding large-displacement motorcycles on the Tuyen Quang–Phu Tho expressway, the Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security said on February 8.