On every 4th day of the Lunar New Year, Đồng Kỵ villagers hold a firecracker procession to celebrate General Thiên Cương, who is the tutelary god of the village and the one who led locals to fight foreign invaders.

Đà Nẵng City’s agricultural sector plans to develop greenhouse vegetable projects in the coming years.

After more than four years of implementation, an ambitious project to enable young people from ethnic minorities to become communal chiefs in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highland) province of Lâm Đồng has not met the desired level of success.

Tradition has it that during the first three days of the new year Vietnamese families go to pagodas and temples to pay respect to the spirits of the land. It's a time of solemn prayers for a year of good health, happiness and prosperity

Traffic accidents have claimed the lives of 121 people during the four days of Tết (Lunar New Year) starting on february 14, according to the National Committee for Traffic Safety.

The third Vietnamese street food festival themed “Tết Việt” is taking place at the Hanoi-Moscow trade centre in Russia from February 16-18. 

The central city plans to add more six inner-city bus routes with subsidised fares in an effort to promote public transportation beginning in the second quarter of this year.

For Vàng Thị Máy, a teacher at Hà Xúng Primary School in the northern province of Hà Giang, a day usually begins at 4 o’clock in the morning.

HCM City agencies have unveiled plans to promote waterway transport on the 975km of riverways in the city, according to the city’s Department of Transport.