Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport has become increasingly crowded as people worsen overcrowding by coming to meet their relatives returning home for the lunar New Year (Tet).

 International bank Standard Chartered has forecast that Vietnam’s economy will expand by 6.6% in 2017, buoyed by strong growth in the manufacturing and construction sectors.

 'Longan cake' is a special cake made by local residents of Hai Hau borough. People call it “longan cake” not because it is made from longan, but because the shape and skin looks like one.

 Saigon has hundreds of large and small alleys. There are crisscrossing and zigzagging alleys that can reveal lots of interesting stories and surprises if you have the opportunity to explore.

 The final round of Break the Floor, a contest to search for the best hip-hop dancers in Asia, will take place at Lan Anh Music Center in HCMC’s District 10 on February 25.

 ocal mediahas voiced strong objections to a provision in the draft amendments to the Labor Code, which seeks to abolish the prevailing regulation that female workers taking care of babies aged less than 12 months are given 60 minutes off a day. 

Da Lat, known as the city of flowers, is famous for cherry blossoms, which spruce up the festive atmosphere for the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, the biggest holiday celebration in Vietnam.

 The Quang Binh People’s Committee has approved bumping up the sales of tours to Son Doong cave in 2017, one of the world’s largest caves, from 500 top 800 due to increased demand.

 The Ibaraki Day, Lantern, West Town and Hapu Village Festivals are just a few of the plethora of new year celebrations Hanoians can partake in over the TET holidays to ring in the New Lunar Year.

 Vietnam’s Quan Ho folk singing was recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of mankind in 2009.

 Vietnamese markets come in all sizes. In the city, markets are often bigger and more crowded than in a village or commune. Each of them also has a name and a story behind it. We now explore the meaning of some Vietnamese markets' names.

 Road trip comedy Chạy Đi Rồi Tính (Lost In Sai Gon) is the first movie to entertain Vietnamese movie buffs on the occasion of Tet (Lunar New Year), one of the two busiest seasons for the Vietnamese film industry. 

 Despite a large number of Internet users, investment for online advertisement in Viet Nam remains modest, a conference heard on Thursday.

 Two giant mobile network operators MobiFone Telecommunications Corporation (MobiFone) and Viet Nam Post and Telecommunication Group (VNPT) are aiming to conduct their equitisation in the 2016-2020 period.

In addition to investment and trading, there is also huge potential for co-operation between Viet Nam and India in tourism, a conference heard in HCM City on January 13.

 Viet Nam’s U20 football team will host a friendly match against six-time U20 world champion’s Argentina in Hanoi.

 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games champions Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc has decided to retire.

 Quang Ninh Coal defeated HCM City 2-0 in the second round of the V. League 1 in the northern province of Quang Ninh on Friday.

 Kilns in Dia Linh Village, in the central Thua Thien-Hue Province are burning these days so that the last batches of Vietnamese kitchen god statues can be baked before the end of the year.

 HCM City’s Police Investigation Agency reported on Friday that they have detained seven Iran nationals and a Malta national for further investigation concerning property appropriation.

 Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho has instructed relevant agencies to take necessary measures to ease the congestion on roads around Tan Son Nhat Airport during Tet (Lunar New Year).

 Financial strain on workers ahead of the New Year has prompted many to use loan sharks, risking falling into a never ending debt trap.

 Besides teaching, ensuring safety and security at schools is also an important duty for teachers, and experts believe that to do the work well, co-operation between families, schools and the community is needed.

 HCM City plans to raze 14 dilapidated apartment buildings this year and rebuild six of them, its Department of Construction has said.

 Nguyen Thi Hoa is 44 and has three children, the youngest of whom is 16 years old. She has been working as a domestic helper over the past 10 years.