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.

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.

VietNamNet Bridge - More flash floods and landslides have occurred in recent years in northern mountainous provinces, causing hundreds of deaths and destroying many houses.

With almost one week to go before the start of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival, local people are rushing to flower market on Lac Long Quan Street in Hanoi to find the perfect decorative item for their home.

The Tay in the northwestern mountain region celebrate the New Rice Festival on the 9th or 10th lunar month to thank genies for blessing them with a bumper crop.

 Dam Sen Park in HCM City, operated by Phuthotourist, will host a wide range of entertainment events during the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet), thus becoming a great entertainment destination for revelers in the city to celebrate the Year of the Pig.

 Pho Ong Do, a street lined with calligraphers’ stands, has been opened on Pham Ngoc Thach Street in District 1, HCM City, becoming a new destination for locals and tourists ahead of Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.

 320,000 workers will be needed in trade, services, IT, food processing, and engineering sectors, according to the HCM City Human Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (Falmi) Centre.

 Local people on Ly Son Island, Quang Ngai Province have expressed concerns about possible damage to the island if a newly-proposed urban area is approved.

 Many English teachers in Thanh Hoa have expressed worries after the local Department of Education and Training announced to carry out a quality test to improve English teaching in the area.

VietNamNet Bridge - While robots have been used widely at many factories around the world, few are seen at factories in Vietnam, according to La Manh Hung from University of Nevada.

MobiFone has sent a proposal to the Ministry of Information and Communications to test 5G service in Ha Noi and HCM City to evaluate technology and the market before official implementation.

 HCM City-based property developers listed their difficulties at a meeting between the HCM City Real Estate Association and the city authorities on Wednesday.

 The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has supported the Vietnam Flight Training JSC's (VFT) proposal to build a pilot training centre at Rach Gia Airport.