Nguyễn Hữu Thông from Việt Nam won the grand prize in the 2017 Smithsonian Photo Contest for his photo, Breakfast at the Weekly Market, announced Smithsonian.com.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has asked other ministries and localities to closely monitor the development of supply and demand in the market as well as prices of commodities.

The Traffic Police General Department launched a campaign from Saturday to ensure traffic safety and social order during the holidays and festivals.

People nation-wide enjoyed spectacular art and music performances to celebrate the most sacred moment of the Year of the Rooster 2017.

Over 200 beautiful peach trees in full blossom are on display at the Peach Flower Festival, which is being held for the first time in the northern province of Lạng Sơn.

The popular practice of exchanging new or special banknotes for a fee kicked off several weeks ago in many big cities, with one month to go before the start of Tết (Lunar New Year).

New Year holiday sees 79 killed in traffic accidents.

Hà Nội’s Traffic Police Division has proposed installing 3,000 additional cameras to supervise traffic, but experts think installing so many cameras at once should be considered carefully.

The Government has limited to 89 the number of additional aircraft that four domestic carriers can purchase by the year 2020.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc directed all ministries, sectors and localities to make maximum efforts to achieve socio-economic targets set by the National Assembly in 2016, during the Government’s regular meeting in the capital city yesterday.

State employees and workers will get seven days off next year, from January 26 to February 1, for Tết (Lunar New Year), the Ministry of Home Affairs said.