During the week-long Tết holiday from February 14 to 20 traffic accidents claimed 168 lives across the country while 37,200 other people were injured, according to a report issued on Tuesday afternoon by the Ministry of Health.
North of Việt Nam is preparing to welcome the cold spell, the temperature will be predicted to decrease from 5-7 degrees Celsius, according to the Central Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre.
One of the two bridges connecting the mainland and Đá Bạc Island in the southernmost Cà Mau Province has been seriously damaged.
The Hà Nội’s Construction Department has set up an inspection team to review apartment buildings and impose fines for violations in their use and management.
Việt Nam welcomed 19,062 babies during the Tết (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) holidays, reported the Vietnam News Agency.
Farmers in central Thừa Thiên-Huế Province have started breeding eels to prevent the fish species from becoming extinct.
Fishermen in the central region have seen bumper catches and big profits during Tết (the Lunar New Year).
The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Cần Thơ received 700,000 tourists during Tết (Lunar New Year), 10 per cent higher than last year, according to its Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
HCM City authorities hope to have at least 15-20 per cent of school children travelling by bus by 2020.
With large numbers of people returning home to HCM City after Tết (the Lunar New Year), highways in the Cửu Long (Mekong) delta are clogged with vehicles.
Some VNĐ1 billion (US$44,000) was awarded by a local talent fund in the southern province of An Giang yesterday to 173 teachers and students who displayed outstanding academic performances.
A father and son were killed when a four-seat car caught fire near a tourism site in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on Tuesday.
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
