For singer Uyen Linh, the age of 30 is wonderful, because at this age she always knows what she wants. 

 Celebrations of the new year rarely lacks the display of pyrotechniques - the noise and lights of which are believed to scare the evils away and herald a robust new year of good health and prosperity.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has given the go-ahead for a national programme on information and technology with the aim of accelerating the application of IT in State bodies’ operation.

Managing the wealth of well-off people could be a pleasantly profitable business for banks this year, as the number of the rich is growing alongside the strong performance of the local economy.

Hoang Tuan Anh has realised his start-up dream by creating the first shopping and entertaining complexes in HCM City to use recycled containers.

The prime minister has issued comments on the business conditions for golf course projects.

 Water resource worship is a unique ritual of the Ede in the Central Highlands. It’s held annually to pay tribute to the water genie, who has brought them happiness in the old year, and pray for good fortune in the new year.

More and more foreigners are currently choosing Vietnam as an ideal place to live and work and especially, the Lunar New Year Festival is a special opportunity for them to gain a deeper understanding of the country’s fine customs and traditions.

 General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong on the night of February 15 (the last day of the last lunar month) visited and extended Tet (Lunar New Year) greetings to Hanoi’s Party Committee, authorities and people.

 The retail pharmaceutical sector is increasingly moving towards chains over stand-alone pharmacies.

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite great potential, private supermarket brands are not developing rapidly as retailers and manufacturers are trying to avoid direct confrontation.

Vietnamese tennis players will compete in the Davis Cup’s Asia/Oceania zone, Group 3 to be held in Hanoi in April.

Book lovers in Hanoi can enjoy the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday by reading to their hearts content, with a book festival set to take place on Book Street on February 18-25.

The bumpy road thus far for ride-hailing companies Uber and Grab in Vietnam could well end in a jagged cliff as authorities turn the scanner on their operations, tax practices and competition with domestic taxi operators.

A fund of VND46 billion (US$2 million) has been allocated for the development of public beaches and coastal tourism service in Thanh Khe District.

The Philippine government objects China's naming of a number of undersea features in the Philippine Rise (Benham Rise), which the UN designated as within the Philippines’ jurisdiction, according to AFP.

Together with high profits of trillions of VND at the end of 2017, domestic commercial banks reportedly hired thousands of employees to boost their performances and seize new opportunities.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine Nguyen Anh Tuan has had a meeting with Governor of Kiev Vitaliy Klitschko, during which both sides shared hope for closer partnership between Ukraine’s capital city and Vietnamese localities, especially Hanoi.

On the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2018, President Tran Dai Quang offered greetings to all Vietnamese nationwide and in foreign countries, wishing them and people around the world a new year of peace, friendship, happiness and prosperity. 

The dan nhi, a bowed two-string instrument, is a multi-purpose fiddle in the vast treasury of Vietnamese traditional music.