People in Hanoi have started to queue to buy gold on the God of Wealth Day since early morning on February 3 or 10th day of the Lunar New Year.

Vietnamese athletes will take part in the Senior Asian Wrestling Championship in New Dehli, India, from February 18-23.

Easy to read and understand, Vietnamese calligraphy is a lot simpler to understand than the Han Chinese version, which helped boost its popularity during Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

The year 2020 marks many historic milestones for Vietnam, including the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties with key partners such as Hungary, the Czech Republic and Romania. Here Vietnam News introduces an outline of the relations.

Provinces in the Mekong Delta, the country's largest shrimp producer, are increasing their shrimp output this year and focusing on developing sustainable shrimp farming models that bring high profits.

Hanoi is home to nearly 300 historical relic sites relating to Vietnam’s resistance wars against French and American invaders. They contribute to educating youngsters on national pride and patriotism.

The coronavirus outbreak has affected Vietnam’s sporting schedule as plans of several teams have been changed.

Professor Vladimir Kolotov, General Director of the Ho Chi Minh Institute of the Saint Petersburg State University, and Professor Carl Thayer from the New South Wales University shared their thoughts with VNA.

 The Vietnamese stock market has been forecast to fall next week amid fears of coronavirus and a focus on pharmaceutical stocks.

Vietnam is pursuing an ambitious plan to become a global agricultural powerhouse by 2030, according to Government Resolution 53/NQ-CP.

Most Vietnamese game developers are targeting foreign markets as the domestic market is still too small and cannot support independent game studios.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a national financial inclusion strategy until 2025 with a vision to 2030, targeting at least 80 percent of adults in the country to have bank accounts by 2025.

Most large-cap firms have released full-year earnings reports for 2019 with 29 companies reporting a pre-tax profit of more than VND3 trillion (roughly US$130 million).

The automobile market is expected to boom this year as the Government mulls a number of favourable policies to help reduce costs, improve demand and increase output.

While many upcoming festivals have been postponed or cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak, festive cheer has still been abundant in Vietnam in recent days.

This morning, February 3, the Ministry of Health confirmed that a 29-year-old female patient, a worker returning from Wuhan, China was positive for nCoV, bringing the total number of infection cases in Vietnam to 8.

Defence Minister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich on February 3 began an official visit to Russia at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Gen. Sergey Shoigu.

Vietnam reported a trade deficit of US$100 million in January, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

A fire occurred in a two-storey apartment building owned by a Vietnamese national in Berlin, Germany, on February 2.

Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung talks to Vietnam News agency about the National Public Portal Service that aims to tackle petty corruption.