Thousands of households in the central province of Quảng Ngãi’s Lý Sơn Island District have been cut off from the mainland due to the ongoing cold spell and strong waves.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has issued an official dispatch on urgently dealing with the cold wave that is affecting cattle and people alike.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân presented gifts to children with cancer receiving treatment at the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion in Hà Nội yesterday as the Tết (traditional Vietnamese New Year) holiday approaches.

As people rush around getting ready for Tết, many teachers in the northwestern mountains try to bring the festivities to poor ethnic students in remote areas - for two reasons. Firstly, they want to keep the youngsters happy, and secondly, around home firesides, they want to encourage them to return to school after the holidays.

Nguyễn Việt Dũng, director of HCM City Department of Science and Technology, talks to Việt Nam News about the development of science and technology and innovation in the city.

Farmers who grow red mandarins in Đồng Tháp Province’s Lai Vung District expect to earn a good profit during the Tết (Lunar New Year) festival which falls on February 16. 

HCM City householders are always in need of house cleaning and housekeeping services as Tết (Lunar New Year) draws near.

So far, nine provinces have received rice aid under a government programme to give nearly 5,200 tonnes of free rice to needy households as the Lunar New Year (Tết) draws near, said officials at the General Department of State Reserves.

More than three thousand attempted smugglings worth millions of dollars in goods and counterfeit items were stopped by anti-smuggling forces in Quảng Trị Province in 2017, one of the central region’s hotspots for smuggling along the border with Laos.