Việt Nam News

With just three days left until the new lunar new year begins, people are either busy with preparations for Tết or already packing up and ready to return home. But a community of kidney patients in a small alley on Lê Thanh Nghị Street in Hà Nội will remain in the capital city for critical dialysis sessions and spend Tết away from home.

The Hạ Long - Vân Đồn expressway was put into operation yesterday, shortening the travel time from Hà Nội to Vân Đồn to 2.5 hours from four, reported vov.vn.

Workers gather at the offices of subsidiary companies under Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Limited (Vinacomin). The corporation ran 100 free coaches to help 5,000 of its employees return to their hometowns for the Tết holiday. — VNA/VNS Photo Trung Nguyên

With Tết (Lunar New Year) only a few days away, demand for house cleaning services is skyrocketing in HCM City, driving fees up by as much as a third.

Companies, industrial zones and hospitals nationwide have been getting into the Tết (Lunar New Year) spirit and providing free transport to allow workers and patients travel home to spend the holiday with their families.

It was two o’clock on a Friday afternoon when 13-year-old Lê Văn Tiến stepped into a tiny classroom behind the Pediatrics Department at HCM City Hospital of Oncology.

Each gift worth VNĐ 500,000 would be given in person to the employees, while those who are absent would have the money sent via bank transfer, said Nguyễn Thị Vân Hà, chair of the northern province’s labour union.

Tết is a special time of year for everyone in Viet Nam, but it means a bit more for some families this year.

Holiday spirit seems to be in short supply at the Ministry of Transport (MoT), as the body has rejected a proposal to waive road tolls for the first three days of the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Policies relating to smuggled tobacco, bank cards, child care and teachers’ probationary periods are set to take effect this month.

A Taiwanese footwear company in the Mekong Delta province of Trà Vinh has announced plans to fire more than 10,000 workers just days ahead of the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, the provincial Labour Union reported.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked the Ministry of Public Security to investigate and strictly handle the organisations and individuals who illegally traffic Vietnamese people abroad via tourism routes, reported online newspaper Vietnamnet.vn.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has told ministries, sectors and localities that consolidating macro-economic stability and promoting growth is their most important task for 2019.

Tân An Bridge that helps connect the Mekong Delta province of An Giang with Cambodia was inaugurated on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday approved the general planning for Thanh Hoá City and Thanh Hoá urban master planning up to 2040.

Customs forces in the northern city of Hải Phòng discovered nearly 1.4 tonnes of pangolin scales and 20 elephant tusks weighing more than 100kg hidden inside a container shipped from Nigeria.