Liquidity of the banking system has been plentiful again after the Lunar New Year, helping the central bank net withdraw more than VNĐ51.55 trillion (US$2.2 billion) in the past week.

Hà Nội FC need to be at their very best to progress in the AFC Champions League, according to coach Chu Đình Nghiêm.

Demand for fruit and flowers usually increases sharply on the occasion of the lunar year’s first full moon, and a short supply this year has caused their prices to spiral upwards.

Blood reserves at the National Blood Centre under the Central Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion would only be enough to cover the next three days, warned Phạm Tuấn Dương, deputy director of the institute.

The Ministry of Public Security has started an investigation into an acid attack on an overseas Vietnamese in the central province of Quảng Ngãi during the Lunar New Year holiday.

The Hà Nội Transport and Services Corporation (Transerco) has launched two bus routes running from Gia Lâm Coach Station and Kim Mã Street to carry visitors to Hương (Perfume) Pagoda festival in Hương Sơn Commune, Mỹ Đức District.

Some banks have been given the green light from the State Bank of Việt Nam to enlarge their network size in the first days of Lunar New Year.

Now the week-long Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday has ended and schools have resumed, many classrooms in mountainous localities still feel strangely empty as local students have not returned.

After performing quite well in the first trading week after returning from a week-long Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, market volatility is in focus this week with strong profit-taking possible following the rallies of local stocks.

Teed Off with Robert Bicknell