HCM City Oncology Hospital yesterday held an event to give presents to cancer patients for the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam (DRVN) had asked the Vietnam Infrastructure Development and Finance Investment Joint Stock Company (VIDIFI) to conduct repairs to prevent traffic accidents on National Highway 5 ahead of the busy Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, Vietnam Plus reported.

As public primary schools and kindergartens close down for the Tết holiday from January 26, nine days ahead of Tết, their parents have been forced to look for babysitters to take care of them during the period.

Recruitment demand, especially senior positions in consumer electronics and real estate, is expected to increase as more companies relocate from China to Việt Nam, according to the latest report from Navigos Group.

About 70-80 per cent of Vietnamese living in Cambodia have gained the country’s legal recognition that paves the way for them to obtain Cambodian citizenship, a Vietnamese official said.

The HCM City Urban Railway Management Board (MAUR) will closely work with contractors, consulting firms and others to speed up the city’s first metro route between Bến Thành and Suối Tiên, a meeting heard last weekend.

The Mekong Delta province of Sóc Trăng said it has achieved outstanding results in conserving fisheries resources by effectively preventing the use of banned fishing methods and increasing public awareness of the need for protecting fish stocks.

The amount of scrap imported into Việt Nam is likely to rise considerably, the Ministry of Finance has warned.

Poor patients received up to 10 free items for the Tết holiday at a special event dubbed the “0 đồng market” which took place on Sunday at Thống Nhất Park in Hà Nội.