Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc yesterday urged localities and the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports to step up inspections of upcoming New Year festival celebrations to ensure the events are held in a solemn and safe manner.

 South Korean visitors to Hanoi during the Lunar New Year holiday increased by 44% on-year.

 Experts have predicted a banner year for merger and acquisition (M&A) activities in 2019 thanks to recent positive developments.

 Vietnamese enterprises have the potential to participate in regional and global production value chains on par with the leading countries in ASEAN, because Viet Nam has been a top priority choice of multinational corporations.

From the afternoon of the 7th day of the first lunar month, which falls on February 11 this year, people flock to the northern province of Nam Dinh for a unique market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More university and high school students are participating in innovative technology and engineering activities to serve community needs.

 Experts have forecast minimal pressure on exchange rates in 2019, with little chance of significant volatility.

 Phan Thi Kim Phuc, known as the “napalm girl” in an iconic photo taken during wartime in Vietnam in 1972, on February 11 received Germany’s Dresden Peace Prize for her work for peace.

 Police in the central province of Thanh Hoa caught red handed a man trafficking ten kilogrammes of crystal meth from Laos to Vietnam. 

Cars are the preference of many Vietnamese, but they remain too expensive in the country, with high taxes and prices among the highest in the world.

Online lending has become more popular, but there is still no legal document and no agency supervising the business activity.

Yao leaf soup is an essential dish of Ede ethnic people during Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

According to beliefs of the Vietnamese people, the first few days of the New Year sets the tone for the entire year ahead. 

The Mong people are an important part of the community of 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam, with a population of about one million people.

 The newly-launched Vietnam Stock Exchange is expected to streamline the national equities market, but there remains a possible risk of more red tape for investors and listed firms.

 Last month, property developer Vingroup unveiled plans to sell 20 million non-convertible bonds at VND100,000 (US$4.39) each in two phases without any covered warrants or guaranteed assets.

 Many flights have been delayed as demands peaked after Tet.

 Local people in Ky Anh District, Ha Tinh Province have set up a protest camp outside the Phu Ha Waste Treatment Plant for a third time, complaining it has seriously polluted the environment.

VN’s Promotion Fund of Vietnamese Football Talents (PVF) team will join 23 others at the Rotterdam Football Cup, a friendly tournament for U15 players on April 20-22 in the Netherlands.

 An air route linking Vinh International Airport in the northern-central province of Nghe An and Bangkok in Thailand will be reopened on February 23 according to local authorities.