‘Smart homes’ are becoming a new trend in Viet Nam’s housing market, however experts say that standards for ‘smart’ projects are needed.

 The hospitality market in Viet Nam, which has been an attractive sector for investors over the past few years thanks to its consistent growth, is expected to continue to expand this year, partly due to global trends.

 Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has ordered the Directorate for Roads of Viet Nam to review all pedestrian bridges nationwide to prevent further accidents.

 More than 10,000 migrant workers living in rural districts will attend a music gala at the HCM City Youth Cultural House called Golden Ochna Welcomes Tết (Lunar New Year).

 Vietnam’s national football team received a hero’s welcome as they returned home following the Asian Cup on Saturday.

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 World-renowned bubble artist Fan Yang, who has enchanted audiences all over the world with his unique and fantastic shows combining lasers and music, has returned to Vietnam to dazzle spectators.

 The goal scored by Vietnamese striker Nguyen Cong Phuong at the 51st minute in the Vietnam – Jordan match has been selected as the best goal of the AFC Asian Cup 2019’s round of 16.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has delivered Vietnam’s strong message, aspiration, and determination to become a “country of renovation and creativity” when engaging in every activity of the World Economic Forum 2019 in Davos, Switzerland.

 Russian automotive manufacturer Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (GAZ) is seeking a joint venture with local Thanh Dat Group to build an automobile plant in the central city of Da Nang.

 An exhibition themed “My zodiac- prosperous pig”, featuring thousands of works by historian Duong Trung Quoc and his friends is taking place in Hanoi to welcome the Lunar New Year – the year of pig.

 At present, flower growers in the Mekong Delta region are busy preparing stock to supply for Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

 An exhibition on the war in Vietnam, titled “Vietnam, your pain is in my heart”, is scheduled for April in Russia’s second-largest city Saint Petersburg.

 The international windsurfing competition – Fun Cup 2019 concluded in the central coastal province of Binh Thuan on January 26.

 The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) working group of the UN Human Rights Council adopted a preliminary report on the third review of Vietnam at a session at the UN headquarters in Geneva on January 25. 

 The traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) is the biggest and oldest festival in Vietnam, bringing its people together to celebrate the sacred and meaningful annual event.

 Traditional rituals for the Lunar New Year (Tet) were re-enacted at the Thang Long royal citadel relic site in Hanoi on January 26, giving participants a glimpse at the Tet celebrations of the royals in the past. 

 Vietnam has joined countries’ call for UN agencies, including the UN Security Council, to coordinate and help countries and regional organisations in dealing with climate change at an open debate of the UN Security Council on January 25. 

 Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong, his spouse, and Overseas Vietnamese performed a ritual of releasing carps into Hoan Kiem Lake to bid farewell to the Kitchen Gods on January 26.

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Fox Sports Asia football editor Gabriel Tan has expressed his belief in the bright future of the Vietnamese football team despite their exit from the quarter-final against Japan at the ongoing AFC Asian Cup 2019 in the United Arab Emirates. 

 Forestry experts are optimistic about the future in Vietnam, largely thanks to community-based forest management.

30 MoU on education and training cooperation were signed between educational institutions and enterprises of Vietnam and the UK during Vietnamese Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha’s visit to the European nation from January 20-26.  

 About 1,000 overseas Vietnamese (OV) gathered at the annual “Homeland Spring” programme in Hanoi on January 26 to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year. 

With the Lunar New Year festival (Tet) just around the corner, bonsai kumquat trees in the northern province of Hung Yen have been put on sale to prepare for welcoming the Lunar Year of Pig.