Every Lunar New Year, children are typically given red envelopes containing "lucky money", meant to represent good wishes for the year ahead.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In almost every village in Vietnam, one common complaint stands out among residents, to be precise, remaining residents.

Vietnamese farmers want to raise pigs on large farms but have little experience in treating large amounts of livestock waste, according to an environmental researcher from the Viet Nam Environment Administration (VEA).

 The festival began with a ritual worshipping the guardian deity at the local communal house. A palanquin procession took offerings from the communal house to the Au Co Temple to pray for peace, good weather, prosperity and happiness.

 Many people flock to Chu Van An Temple in Thanh Liet Commune, Thanh Tri District every year to attend the new-year writing festival. 

From the afternoon of the 7th day of the first lunar month (February 22), people flock to Nam Dinh for a unique market which is held only once a year to sell - guess what - bad luck as well as to buy good luck for the year to come.

 Red wine has previously been linked to a range of supposed health benefits, from helping the heart to lowering the risk of diabetes.

 Vietnamese shares fell on February 22 as increased selling pressure during the ATC session dragged oil-gas and bank stocks down.

 In many seaports across Vietnam, it takes vessels about 15 minutes or less to enter or leave the ports even if businesses have already submitted dossiers online.

 A slew of infrastructure works have begun or been speeded up across the country after Tet (the Lunar New Year) holiday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every year primary schools in the southern city of My Tho are excited to welcome their special guests - a group of Australian swimming teachers who come to Vietnam to teach local children to swim

Vietnam has been warned that FDI flow to Vietnam could shrink as investors will head for the US, where the corporate income tax (CIT) rate has been cut from 35 percent to 21 percent.

VietNamNet Bridge - In Gia Lai province  Ksor Cham, a 76 year old mahout, in Plei Pa Kdanh village, Chu Mo commune of Ia Pa district takes care of one surviving elephant in his area. 

The boy who once picked up rubbish every day at the Nhieu Loc - Thi Nghe Canal in HCM City later received promises from eight leading universities in the US for a scholarship for a doctoral fellowship. 

VietNamNet Bridge - For Vietnamese, Tet is the time for family reunions. Those who earn their living far away from their families usually return home to celebrate Tet, but many students cannot.

The Thuy Trung Tien temple is in an idyllic location, sitting on a small island in Truc Bach Lake in Hanoi and accessible by a brand new 18-metre-long bridge.

Following its first successful show in January, Phu Sa Lab will perform Loi Cua Tre (Words from Bamboo) on Sunday.

 South London grime superstar Stormzy beat Ed Sheeran to the main prizes in a surprise result at the Brit Awards.

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As part of a series of cultural activities being held across the country, a boat racing competition was held on the Lo River in the northern province of Tuyen Quang, on Monday, or the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. 

 The upcoming National Super Cup match will be free for fans nationwide, the Viet Nam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF) has announced.

 The closed-end VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund (VOF) has spent US$45 million to purchase shares of Bình Son Refining and Petrochemical Company (BSR) and PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) at their initial public offerings (IPO).

 Fast moving consumer goods are expected to have another year of strong growth in 2018 and rise 6-7 per cent over the preceding year, according to a Kantar Worldpanel report on Viet Nam FMCG market.

Gold shops are stocking various products to take advantage of the huge demand on the God of Wealth Day, which falls on the 10th day of the Lunar New Year (February 25).

 Viet Nam has been actively working to implement the European Commission (EC)’s recommendations since it announced a yellow card on Vietnamese fisheries on October 23 last year.