Revised labour code still have rooms to discuss Government needs to take a close look at working hours, wages, productivity and unemployment before making any decision on expanding overtime hours.

Vaccine reactions raise concerns

After Tết (Vietnamese New Year) Holiday, medical facilities offering vaccination services in the central city of Đà Nẵng have received a huge influx of parents and infants, worrying about severe complications from the ComBE Five vaccine used in the national expanded immunisation programme (EIP).

My ô mai, fruit tradition has become big business

What started out as a tradition treat in Vietnamese homes has become big business. Ô mai is a preserved sugared or salted fruits. A favourite snack to tickle your taste buds during the days of Tết (Vietnamese New Year).

Impressive taekwondo moves on HCMC streets

Locals were excited to see taekwondo star Châu Tuyết Vân display impressive martial art poses in the streets of HCM City during the Vietnamese New Year.

Almost 375,000 tourists visit Hà Nội during Tết holidays

The number of international tourists to the capital city of Hà Nội are estimated to rise by 30 per cent to 125,000 people during the week-long Tết (Vietnamese New Year) festival, according to the municipal Department of Tourism. 

Hà Nội brightens up to celebrate Tết

The capital city of Hà Nội is adorning its streets in the lead-up to the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday and celebrations.

Sa Đéc village booms with Tết flowers

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West Lake’s famed peach blossoms on the move

Nhật Tân peach blossoms, once the pride of Hà Nội's West Lake, are blooming vigorously in Lâm Hà District in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng where hundreds of people moved from the capital.

President praises overseas Vietnamese coming home for Tết

President Trần Đại Quang beat the drum to kick off the Xuân Quê Hương (Homeland Spring) 2018 festival yesterday, welcoming a delegation of overseas Vietnamese (OV) who returned home to enjoy the Vietnamese New Year Tết.

NA chairwoman presents Tết gifts to needy people

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân presented gifts to children with cancer receiving treatment at the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion in Hà Nội yesterday as the Tết (traditional Vietnamese New Year) holiday approaches.