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Every year, Tet is celebrated on the first days of the first lunar month throughout Vietnam and in other countries where Vietnamese people live. During the festival, family members gather together, visit relatives, give good wishes and lucky money to others, and worship ancestors.

The Lunar New Year (Tet) is an opportunity for people to look back at themselves, and then look at people around them, which inspires them to do something for people who are more disadvantaged and less fortunate.

Vietnam’s ambitions go beyond mere economic gains, as evidenced by its early involvement in the discussion of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) launched by the US in May 2022.

As one of the countries with high biodiversity in the world, Vietnam has many guidelines and policies to protect, preserve and promote biodiversity.

Seaports serve as important gateways for goods and services to reach the world, but they are also one of the main causes of environmental pollution. Therefore, greening seaports to balance environmental protection and economic development is now a trend in many countries, including Vietnam.

Given the current globalisation and the power of information technology, multimedia communication, and social networks, significant challenges have arisen in preserving, building, and shaping Vietnamese people's system of cultural values.

The Hoa Lac High-Tech Park, which has just been officially handed over to the Hanoi municipal People's Committee from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), is poised to develop into a sci-tech urban centre, a modern educational hub with regional influence that significantly shapes economic growth and development of both Hanoi and the entire country.

Protecting and promoting human rights is a consistent policy of the Vietnamese Party and State. With the lodestar of putting people at the centre, considering them the driving force for national development, and striving to improve their lives and enjoyment of rights to ensure no one is left behind, Vietnam has gained many important achievements in human rights protection over the years.

Applying the strategy of defending the country into the future during the revolutionary struggle, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has always paid attention to expanding solidarity and international cooperation to maintain the nation's independence and unification.

The Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and Israel (VIFTA) was officially signed on July 25, 2023 as the two countries mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations (July 12, 1993 -2023).

In 2016, the "Practices Related to the Viet Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses in Three Realms" was officially recognised by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

The book "Several issues about military policy, national defence strategy in the cause of building and defending the socialist Vietnam Fatherland in the new period” authored by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, published in July, marks a breakthrough in military and national defence policies.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Vietnam from December 12 - 13 at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and President Vo Van Thuong.

Making embroidered shoe is a tradition of Xa Phang ethnic people in the northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien, with women making the shoes, called “lien hai” in their language, for their family members.