Whenever the Lunar New Year (Tet) comes, normally from the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year to the New Year eve, Vietnamese families visit their ancestors’ tombs and clean gravesites. 

 "Banh Chung" (square glutinous rice cake) is a traditional cake of Vietnamese people during Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.

  The traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) is the biggest and oldest festival in   Vietnam, bringing its people together to celebrate the sacred and meaningful annual event.

 The San Diu ethnic minority group, who live in northern mountainous areas with a population of nearly 147,000, celebrate quite a lot of festivals the most important of which is Tet, the lunar New Year festival.

 Giving money on the occasion of New Year, with desires that better things will happen in future, has become an indispensable custom of the Vietnamese during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.     

 The first visitor of the New Year is very important to Vietnamese because they he or she is believed to decide the luck of the host for the entire year. Traditionally, the visitor is a member of the family or a good friend.           

 Vietnam’s biggest, most important traditional festival, Tet (Lunar New Year Festival), is a time of renewal, a time to welcome Spring, a time to thank Gods and ancestors and pray for their blessings. 

 A glimpse into eating and entertaining customs on the lunar New Year festival (Tet) across Vietnam.

 Worshipping ancestors, an ancient Vietnamese tradition, is a ritual practice paying tribute to deceased family members and reminding people of their roots.

 The development of maritime economy and the safeguarding of national defence, security and sovereignty at sea must be combined as one of major measures.

 The Government and enterprises of the Netherlands always wish to expand cooperation with Vietnam, Dutch King Willem-Alexander told newly-appointed Vietnamese Ambassador to the country Ngo Thi Hoa. 

 The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has selected the 10 most outstanding events of Vietnam in 2016 as follows:

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc conveyed Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to officials and locals of Da Nang during his visit to the central city on January 28, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As a decades-long Vietnamese tradition, the calligraphy markets in HCM City have attracted locals and tourists looking for artworks that will bring them happiness, success, wealth and health.

VietNamNet Bridge - Collecting and treating waste in rural areas is a difficult task for local authorities, but dry anaerobic composting model may prove to be a good solution. 

Vietnam’s internet in recent days has been mostly relying on the mainland cable system across the northern border with China, which is a part of the APG system (the Vietnam-Hong Kong section), and partially on SMW3. 

FPT and Viettel, two large telecom and IT corporations, which have reaped initial successes from making outward investments, say they will join forces with other Vietnamese businesses to exploit foreign markets.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is expected to export its first consignments of chicken to demanding markets such as the EU and Japan in 2017, the year of the Rooster.

VietNamNet Bridge - The low quality of university education is blamed on curricula which focuses on theoretical knowledge and does not provide enough practicum hours. 

From his Christmas vacation with his family in the Silicon Valley, Pham Duc Trung Kien, a visually impaired investor known as “the bridge builder between the US and Vietnam,” shared his thoughts regarding Vietnamese education.