Việt Nam News

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Air pollution in Hà Nội in recent days has been so severe that health experts have warned people to stay indoors.

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.

For Đinh Khắc Cử, this year’s Tết (Lunar New Year) is set to be the most special yet as for the first time in his life, the 70-year-old businessman will welcome the traditional new year in his homeland.

As the legend goes, the Land Genie and the Kitchen Gods will ride carps to Heaven on the day to deliver an annual report on the household's activities to the God of Heaven.

HCM City’s streets are filled with traders selling and renting out apricot plants two weeks before Tết (Lunar New Year) at the beginning of February.

Farmers in the Mekong Delta are now harvesting their specialty fruits to meet market demand during the upcoming Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Farmers who grow Thúng grapefruit in Mỹ Tho City in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang expect to earn a good profit during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday season.

The HCM City transport police were yesterday checking up on motorists at the Eastern Region Bus Station to make sure they were driving without using drugs or alcohol. The inspection was conducted after a number of accidents caused by motorists either drunk or high.

After years of suffering, the residents could not take the stink any more.

The Bình Thạnh Ward People’s Committee will pose an administrative fine on a man who encroached on the province’s seven-colour stone bank, said Huỳnh Văn Điển, chairman of the Tuy Phong District People’s Committee.

A journalist from Vietnam News Agency (VNA) was attacked by a man armed with a rock hammer while reporting on a story in the northern province of Tuyên Quang. Senior management at VNA have condemned the attack and asked the local authority to take action to protect journalists carrying out their duties.

Public pre-schools in the southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu are in need hundreds of teachers due to recruitment difficulties that have affected the quality of teaching and care.