The Vietnam Poetry Day 2017, the 15th edition, will be held in Hanoi on February 11 or the 15th day of the first lunar month of the New Year (Nguyen Tieu festival), with a special space designed for children’s poet clubs.

 The Ban Flower Festival 2017 will take place on March 12 together with the fifth Culture – Sports – Tourism Festival in the northern province of Dien Bien.

Property developer Sun Group will open Dragon Park, Souheast Asia’s largest theme park by area, in the northern province of Quang Ninh’s Ha Long city on January 25. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a New Year banquet in Hanoi on January 23, with the participation of foreign ministry officials and representatives from foreign embassies in Vietnam.

 Le Bleu, Lacaito, Satori, Mei Hideaway, and Au Frais to name a few are beautiful homestays for visitors who want to relax during the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival.

 Farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap not only grow fruit trees for a living but are also tour guides in their own gardens.

 Cao Ba Hung, an 18-year-old boy, was announced as winner of the reality talent show Sing My Song on January 22 night.

 Vietnamese pop sensation Son Tung M-TP has been listed among top 55 Fashion Face Award Year 2016 by I-Magazine.

 Eight community-based tourism models were honoured at the recent ASEAN tourism forum (ATF) in Singapore.

 As registering business online is now completely free of charge and easier than ever, the number of firms engaged in online registration is expected to reach 30% of the total this year.

 Ensuring timber supply for domestic manufacturing is a problem in Vietnam as a large amount of raw timber is exported while many domestic producers lack raw materials.

 The Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) 2017 will take place from April 6-9 at the International Exhibition Centre in Ha Noi, the Vietnam Tourism Association announced on Monday.

 All credit institutions will be subject to restructuring in the next few years, according to Nguyen Van Hung, deputy chief inspector of the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV).

Confectionery giants are struggling to compete for market share during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, which begins next week.

Despite facing difficulties, Viet Nam will strive to achieve rice exports of more than 5 million tonnes this year, the Viet Nam Food Association has said.

Mobile phone sales, which did not see the usual spike during last month’s festive season, seem set to surge in the run-up to Lunar New Year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi’s largest wrestling tournament kicks off on January 31 in Hong Ha Commune, Dan Phuong District, with some 200 participants.

  Many tattoo artists may ink skin with moles or blemishes even though this can make cancer harder to detect,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam have been drawn in Group C for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup 2019’s third qualification round.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new set of tools that emphasise employee-employer dialogue, neutral evaluations and sustainable compliance with labour regulations are needed to resolve workplace conflicts in Viet Nam,