Tet, or Lunar New Year, is the most important festival in Vietnam. This event is the time for family reunion, so people visit their family, prepare and enjoy holiday together.

 Singapore-based multinational group Keppel Corp has announced its intention to divest 70% interest worth VND2.3 trillion (US$99.67 million) in Dong Nai Waterfront City. 

 A group of young people in Hanoi are helping to raise awareness about environmental protection by collecting plastic bags released during the carp releasing rituals at local ponds and rivers on Kitchen Gods' Day. 

 Air pollution in Hanoi has become worse in the past few days.

Goalkeeper Dang Van Lam has said goodbye to Hai Phong Football Club to join Thailand’s Muangthong United.

 An American tourist has been rescued from falling ill off the coast of the central city of Nha Trang.

 Two people have been reported to have drowned while releasing carp into rivers on Kitchen Gods’ Day.

As public primary schools and kindergartens in HCM City closed down last Saturday for the Tết holiday, nine days ahead of Tết, their parents have been forced to look for babysitters to take care of them during the period.

 Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday has come to Ho Chi Minh City and the streets are alive with activities, including the annual calligraphy street in front of Youth Cultural House in District 1.

 There is no busier time than Tet for Thuy Tram village in the northern province of Phu Tho. It is a time of high demand for the village’s famous produce, red carp.

American and Canadian lobsters and king crabs have become the choice of many Vietnamese people, who want to enjoy high-end products but cannot afford local prices.

 Decision 24 of the Ministry of Transport on the pilot management of transport service providers using technology applications expired a year ago (January 2018).

VietNamNet Bridge - The mayor of HCM City says that 60 percent of university graduates are taking jobs in fields unrelated to their majors at school. 

 A ceremony to plant Neu (a tall bamboo pole with red garment strips used to ward off evil spirits during the lunar New Year) was reenacted at the Hue Imperial Citadel in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue’s Hue City on January 28.

 Vietnamese search and rescue vessel SAR27-01 arrived at Nha Trang port, the central province of Khanh Hoa, on January 28, bringing a US cruise tourist ashore for medical treatment. 

Cinnamon Inc., a Japanese AI start-up firm, which has a technology research centre in Vietnam, said on January 28 that it has successfully raised $15 million from investors to serve the expansion of its operation in the US.

 Not only does climate change affect the people’s livelihoods but it also seriously threatens energy security. What is the solution to the problem of ensuring energy security without harming the environment?

 Listed companies, those having half the charter capital owned by the State and those fully owned by the State must undergo an internal audit from April, according to the Government’s recently issued decree.

 The transportation infrastructure projects connecting Van Don Special Administrative-Economic Zone (Van Don SAEZ) are being implemented under the PPP form and make an ideal case study for successful development.

 Artists Karine Guillermin from France and Elena Osuna from the US are jointly holding an exhibition titled “Visions of nature” at The Hummingbird Cafe in District 1, HCMC.