The travel company Vitours will welcome 32 Australian visitors on a two-week trans-Vietnam tour and the Vietravel company will welcome nearly 50 Chinese and Japanese tourists during the first days of Lunar New Year.

The atmosphere of the traditional Lunar New Year festival (Tet) is overwhelming in the house of the Vietnamese Students Association in Hawaii.

The economy must be restructured and the model of growth shifted in order to ensure rapid but sustainable development.

The first visitor of the New Year is very important to Vietnamese because they he or she is believed to decide the luck of the host for the entire year. Traditionally, the visitor is a member of the family or a good friend.

Dozens of poor households making up a floating village on Thu Bon River in Quang Nam Province may be having the final Tet on the water, with a good chance to that they will be moved to homes on land.

Vietnam’s friendly people, its food and, especially, its natural landscapes are the things that stay in the minds of young British people when they return to the UK.

Sexual activity is perfectly safe for most heart patients, according to new guidelines from the American Heart Association Thursday.

Since the sales have been slowing down, home appliance distributors have been marching towards the suburbs or attacking the niche markets in order to avoid the increasingly fierce competition.

VietNamNet Bridge – Visitors to Sa Pa are enjoying adventure tours in the villages of Ta Giang Phinh in Sa Pa township and Nam Tam in neighbouring Lai Chau Province, where the local people fiercely cling to their traditions.

Vietnam did a great job in 2011 organizing many events to promote its land and people. In 2012 the country will continue to use diplomacy to foster its culture.

VietNamNet Bridge – Greater awareness among employees and employers and heavier punishments for violations are needed to improve work place safety in the country, experts say.

VietNamNet Bridge - Millions of Vietnamese people, expats and foreign travelers have welcomed the 2012 Lunar New Year.

On the threshold of the second Vietnam Rice Festival which took place in November 2011, the National Office for Intellectual Property (NOIP) granted the certificate to the “Soc Trang fragrance rice” trademark.

All the stoves were burning as Muoi Xiem, or Nguyen Thi Xiem, made delicious and hot banh xeo (Vietnamese crepe) for visitors at the first traditional cake festival in Can Tho City on January 16.

On the occasion of the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet), State President Truong Tan Sang extended his New Year's greetings to people throughout the country:

The estimates for Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in January were just a 1% increase against December 2011.

On Monday afternoon, most gold shops on Phan Dinh Phung Street in Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City raised quoted prices to VND45 million per tael.

Twelve Russian painters belonging to Sunny Square, an international association of artists, are organising an exhibition of their works at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

Dang Thi Hon believes reading brings enlightenment, which is why, since 2009, she has devoted her spare time to distributing books to the needy. 

The Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) has urged Vietnamese enterprises to register for .vn domain names to avoid business problems in the future.