Work has started on 605 of the 1,553 houses that need rebuilding or repairs in Quang Binh province, with 56 houses already completed.
This annual event, a key cultural highlight of the province, celebrates the Ban flower, a symbol of the locality and the northwest region while promoting local heritage and tourism.
The Muslim dignitaries and followers in Ho Chi Minh City were praised for their contributions to patriotic emulation movements and their active role in fulfilling the city’s socio-economic development, defence, and security tasks and targets for 2024.
In 2024, Vietnam and Cambodia worked effectively together on managing and resolving border-related issues, helping to protect the achievements and promote demarcation and marker planting efforts along the shared land border.
Accordingly, these tours offer diverse experiences, including whitewater rafting, off-road forest adventures, boat trips on the Serepok River, and cultural encounters with M’nong elephant trainers. Other highlights include heritage tours, a journey through the legendary Don village, and a visit to the Lak district dugout canoe race.
On March 8, thousands of participants dressed in Ao Dai will join a large-scale dance performance on the pedestrian street.
Vietnamese model Nguyen Huu Hung outshined 24 contestants from various countries and territories to be crowned Mister Tourism World 2025.
The total budget for the project to eliminate temporary and dilapidated housing in Da Nang this year is estimated at 47.4 billion VND (1.85 billion USD). Of this, 30.3 billion VND will be sourced from the state budget, while the remainder from the for the poor fund and other fundraising efforts.
Citizens will be able to submit applications for new or renewed driving licences and register for driving tests at local police offices in communes, wards and townships from February 19.
Notably, more than 60% of the passengers on the Nhon - Hanoi Station metro’s elevated section use monthly passes, highlighting the growing preference for urban rail transport, particularly among students, office workers, and daily commuters.
Before the Lunar New Year 2025, Soc Trang province had already completed more than 1,400 homes, ensuring timely handovers that brought joy to families during the holiday season.
First launched in 2008 to address post-Tet blood shortages, the festival expanded nationwide in 2010 under the direction of the National Steering Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation Campaign. Over 17 editions, the festival has attracted hundreds of thousands of donors across the nation, with the Hanoi event – hosted by the institute – collecting nearly 120,000 blood units.
The New Year meeting, which was first held in 2016, and the Joint Working Committee’s meeting, initiated from 2008, have proved efficiency, leading to significant common understandings regarding exchanges and cooperation among the parties.
The annual Tet celebration at Paris City Hall has become a cherished gathering for the Vietnamese community and an opportunity for international friends to experience Vietnam’s culture and traditions.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged ministries and localities to take proactive measures against peak salinity intrusion in the Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City.
This is part of the city's efforts to address traffic violations, improve traffic management effectiveness, and technology application in ensuring traffic order and safety, towards raising public awareness and reducing traffic accidents.
A recent New Year's gathering hosted by the Vietnamese Delegation in Geneva has drawn a large crowd of expatriates, officials and staff from Vietnamese representative agencies based in French-speaking regions of Switzerland.
Statistics from authorities show that motorbikes are involved in approximately 65-70 per cent of traffic accidents in the country.
Ho Chi Minh City will establish an international-standard high-tech skills training centre to improve the qualifications of Vietnamese workers.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Bangladesh hosted the “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) programme in Dhaka on February 14, creating a warm and festive Tet atmosphere for the Vietnamese community in the South Asian nation.
