Tich Dien (Ploughing) Festival was held in Doi Son commune, Duy Tien district in Ha Nam province on February 10, marking the traditional beginning of the rice growing season in Vietnam.

Thousands of people have been flocking to the Temple of Literature in downtown Hanoi to ask for calligraphy created by scholars to hang at home for good luck.

Yao leaf soup is an essential dish of Ede ethnic people during Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

A festival took place in Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh province on Feb. 10 or the sixth day of the Lunar New Year festival. The traditional event is held by the Mong ethnic community every year to pray for a bumper crop.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will implement solutions to support and promote the automobile industry projects of companies such as Truong Hai Automobile Company (Thaco), Thanh Cong Group, VinFast and others.

 Vietnamese shares soared in the first trading session after returning from the one-week Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, driven by positive investor sentiment.

 Viet Nam’s securities market has plenty of opportunities to be promoted from a frontier market to an emerging market this year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc yesterday urged localities and the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports to step up inspections of upcoming New Year festival celebrations to ensure the events are held in a solemn and safe manner.

 South Korean visitors to Hanoi during the Lunar New Year holiday increased by 44% on-year.

 Experts have predicted a banner year for merger and acquisition (M&A) activities in 2019 thanks to recent positive developments.

 Vietnamese enterprises have the potential to participate in regional and global production value chains on par with the leading countries in ASEAN, because Viet Nam has been a top priority choice of multinational corporations.

From the afternoon of the 7th day of the first lunar month, which falls on February 11 this year, people flock to the northern province of Nam Dinh for a unique market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More university and high school students are participating in innovative technology and engineering activities to serve community needs.

 Experts have forecast minimal pressure on exchange rates in 2019, with little chance of significant volatility.

 Phan Thi Kim Phuc, known as the “napalm girl” in an iconic photo taken during wartime in Vietnam in 1972, on February 11 received Germany’s Dresden Peace Prize for her work for peace.

 Police in the central province of Thanh Hoa caught red handed a man trafficking ten kilogrammes of crystal meth from Laos to Vietnam. 

Cars are the preference of many Vietnamese, but they remain too expensive in the country, with high taxes and prices among the highest in the world.

Online lending has become more popular, but there is still no legal document and no agency supervising the business activity.

 The newly-launched Vietnam Stock Exchange is expected to streamline the national equities market, but there remains a possible risk of more red tape for investors and listed firms.

 Last month, property developer Vingroup unveiled plans to sell 20 million non-convertible bonds at VND100,000 (US$4.39) each in two phases without any covered warrants or guaranteed assets.