At the event (Source: VNA) 
Delegates to the Francophone Parliamentary Forum on Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security, and Climate Change, and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie (APF) Executive Committee’s meeting, toured green agriculture models in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on January 22.
A total of 146 remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts, who laid down their lives in Cambodia while defending the southwestern border and fulfilling international duties, were reburied in Tay Ninh province on January 22.
Party General Secretary To Lam offered incense in tribute to late Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at his residence on January 22 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) and the 95th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 –2025).
The NA leader called for more ambitious development goals, urging the Can Tho University to elevate its status from a Mekong Delta leader to one of Asia's premier institutions.
Noi Bai International Airport is bracing for an anticipated surge in passenger traffic during the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2025, with daily figures projected to reach up to 100,000 travellers on peak days.
Over the past two years, under the housing support programme for the poor and near-poor, Yen Bai province successfully built and repaired 3,022 houses, achieving 100% of its set target.
Hanoi has approved a comprehensive plan for managing the city’s surveillance camera system, which includes the installation of 40,000 new cameras citywide.
The agreement on visa exemption for Vietnamese and Bulgarian holders of ordinary passports, signed by Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and her Belarusian counterpart Evgeny Shestakov in Hanoi on December 8, 2023, will come into effect on January 30, 2025.
The southern province of Binh Phuoc held a solemn memorial and re-burial ceremony for 66 sets of remains of fallen soldiers at the provincial martyrs' cemetery on January 21.
The “Million Steps of Kindness – Continuing the Golden History” campaign has reached a remarkable milestone, achieving 50% of its target in just 60 days, the Vietnam Red Cross Society announced.
Nearly 3,000 tonnes of rice from the national reserve will be allocated to seven provinces to support local people during Tet (traditional Lunar New Year) holiday and the lean season in early 2025 under two decisions recently signed by Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc.
A seminar was held in Brussels on January 19 to gather contributions from Vietnamese intellectuals in Belgium and Luxembourg to enhance Vietnam-EU cooperation in science, technology, and innovation.
The Vietnamese embassies in Singapore and Brunei and the Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual language school in Vientiane, Laos have organised activities for Vietnamese there to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
Authorities in the central city of Hue are intensifying surveillance of operating fishing vessels, aiming to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities.
National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man visited and presented gifts to policy beneficiaries, poor households, and the police force in the Mekong Delta province of Can Tho on January 20, ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
State President Luong Cuong visited and extended Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to the Special Operation Arms on January 20, wishing them good health, happiness and success in the new year.
The northern province of Quang Ninh, home to UNESCO-recognised Ha Long Bay, is expected to welcome 11 luxury cruise ships with nearly 16,000 international visitors in the first month of 2025.
The official session of the City Partnership Forum – Da Nang 2025 has taken place in the central coastal city a hybrid format, drawing leaders from Vietnam’s ministries and agencies, representatives from 35 cities with current or planned ties to Da Nang, foreign ambassadors, consuls general, and delegations of international businesses and cultural groups.
“Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring), the biggest cultural event for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) when the Lunar New Year (Tet) come, has been held by the Vietnamese Embassies in India, the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Japan and the Consulate General in Hong Kong (China) to bring the Tet atmosphere to Vietnamese expats.
The Vietnamese Embassies in the US, Mexico, Algeria and South Africa hosted traditional Lunar New Year celebrations to strengthen community connections while promoting cultural preservation.
