Many garment-textile companies in Ho Chi Minh City are recruiting more employees to expand operations after the Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays.

 Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Petteri Taalas has proposed Vietnam soon appoint a permanent representative to the organisation. 

Ao Dai, the traditional Vietnamese long dress, is very popular during Tet. These gowns, in the graceful traditional style or more colorful and innovative styles, enhance the charm of Vietnamese women.

 Hai Phong impresses visitors with its numerous bridges and their interesting names – Quay, Xi mang, and Rao, among others. The bridges are testaments to the city’s development.

The Co Tu ethnic community has been struggling to preserve its culture and traditional customs that have mostly faded away with rapid urbanisation. This group lives in Ta Lang and Gian Bi villages of Hoa Bac Commune, 

Holy temples and pagodas around the north are popular destinations for those wanting to make a pilgrimage journey to pray for good luck and happiness over the first days of the lunar New Year.

Vietnamese representative, singer Huong Giang has participated in various activities on the second day of the transgender beauty pageant “Miss International Queen 2018” in Thailand.

 Asian Kids Fashion Week 2018, scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City on March 4, attracts the participation of 9 designers from Malaysia, Thailand, India, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, and Vietnam.

 Up to £150m in support payments could be shifted from the richest farmers to environmental schemes after Brexit, under government plans.

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The Italian magazine Dé MoDé has published an article on Pham Huong’s incredible journey from a model to Miss Universe Vietnam 2015.

 Five Vietnamese students have completed an agricultural MSc programme, the third course, carried out under cooperation between the Arava International Centre for Agriculture Training (AICAT) and Tel Aviv University (TAU) of Israel.

Vietnamese overseas dan bau (monochord) musician Pham Duc Thanh returns for his milestone concert at the Ha Noi Opera House on March 3, where he will perform the first Vietnamese traditional instrument.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite advancements in technology, weather forecasters around the world struggle to predict the intensity of emerging storms.

A collection of 108 photographs featuring Huong Pagoda at present and in the past are on display at the Thien Tru Pagoda, part of the historical and spiritual Huong Pagoda complex in Hanoi outskirt My Duc District.

 US cable TV giant Comcast has made a £22.1bn takeover bid for Sky, challenging an existing offer from 21st Century Fox.

Vietnam is believed to be a very attractive market for the world’s robot manufacturers as more and more local enterprises are using robots and speeding up automation in their production.

 Superstar Bollywood actress Sridevi Kapoor died of accidental drowning, a Dubai post-mortem report has said.

Many of Hanoi’s signature dishes, such as bun dau mam tom (fermented shrimp paste with fried tofu and rice vermicelli) or oc nau chuoi dau (snail soup with green banana, fried tofu and perilla leaves), have tofu as the main ingredient.

Authority in Hai Phong City has explained on the import of more than 1,000 camphor trees from China to plant along Pham Van Dong Road, saying that domestic gardens did not have enough of the trees and their prices were higher than those from China.