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.

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With just a few days left until the Tet Lunar New Year holiday officially begins, retailers throughout the capital city of Hanoi say the peach tree selling season has already been a huge success.

Hundreds of flower traders from western regions have flocked to the Binh Dong Pier, their boats loaded to the hilt with a vast colourful and varied assortment of spring flowers and ornamental plants for Tet.

 Two officials responsible for Nguyen Thanh Chan’s wrongful 10-year prison term will spend eight and 12 months behind bars for their negligence in the case.

 Visitors to Lam Kinh historical site in Tho Xuan District in the northern province of Thanh Hoa will be exempt from purchasing tickets for one week.

 Most bus tickets in central Da Nang City for peak days during the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year), which begins on Friday, have been sold out. This has forced some people into trying alternative ways of getting home.

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 The Vietnam Badminton Federation has announced that the country’s top badminton players will participate in the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017, set for February 14-19 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Travel to Vietnam, both business and personal, rebounded last year on the back of 48% and 34% surges in inbound travellers from the Chinese and Republic of Korea markets, official statistics show.

 The Vietnamese Government will seek measures to create favourable conditions for Japanese firms to operate in the country, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told President of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) Akio Mimura.

 The capital city of Hanoi has continued affirming itself as a leading tourism hub in the north as well as the country with the reception of four million international tourists for the first time in 2016.

The second week-long Hoi An International Food Festival will take place from March 20 with the participation of 12 international chefs showcasing their countries’ culinary specialties made with herbs and ingredients from Hoi An.

 The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) has forecast that Vietnam’s rice exports in 2017 will reach over 5 million tonnes, a slight rise over 2016.