Nearly 3,000 workers received round-trip train tickets to return to their hometowns to celebrate the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday under the programme “Trade Union Train – Spring.”

The Ministry of Health has ordered provinces and cities to intensify inspections of street food vendors nationwide, warning that violations of food safety rules could face fines of up to VNĐ3 million (US$115) and mandatory destruction of unsafe products.

Two South Korean men accused of running an illegal high-interest lending operation were arrested in northern Việt Nam and flown back to South Korea this week after months on the run.

Each inspection is expected to take around seven to ten minutes. Vehicle maintenance and repair facilities for cars and motorcycles will be able to conduct the process, provided they meet current regulatory requirements.

Previously, Hà Nội’s out-of-hospital emergency system met only about 10 per cent of demand. With the emergency network now expanded nearly sevenfold, authorities expect that response capacity will increase accordingly.

For people living with a rare blood disorder, Lunar New Year is not about celebration. It is about whether enough blood arrives in time for them to leave the hospital and return home.

The Government tasked localities to put particular attention to safeguard both material and spiritual wellbeing so that every person and every household can enjoy the spring and celebrate Tết.

Thái Nguyễn Đăng Khoa, a public administration student at the Hồ Chí Minh City Cadre Academy, expressed confidence that in what has been described as the nation’s era of rising, young people will be given greater opportunities and trust to test ideas, participate in policy formulation and implementation and engage in international cooperation and exchange programmes.

Local authorities were instructed to organise visits and extend Tết greetings to veteran officials, Vietnamese heroic mothers, families of people with meritorious service, poor households and reputable individuals among ethnic minority communities, ensuring gifts are delivered to right recipients.