Nearly 7.5 million workers receive Tet support

Hanoi: Nearly 7.5 million trade union members and workers across Vietnam have received support to have a better Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, according to reports by 74 out of 82 localities and units nationwide.

The support was worth over 4.24 trilli…

Vietnamese peacekeepers celebrate Party’s 94th anniversary, Tet festival

Hanoi: The Vietnamese engineering soldiers joining the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei have held various activities to celebrate the 94th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

A banh chung (…

Fishers of submerged boat hit by whale shark rescuedLocalities receive rice aid for Lunar New Year

MANILA: The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has rescued two fishers after their boat submerged in the waters off Cajidiocan, Romblon on Thursday.

In a news release, the PCG said rescued were Edgardo Lozano, 60, and Harry Lozano, 51, residents of Baranga…

Increasing number of foreign arrivals in January creates impetus to fulfil yearly target

Hanoi: The number of foreign arrivals to Vietnam in the first month of 2024 reached over 1.5 million, the highest ever recorded for a month since the country fully reopened all tourism activities in March 2022, according to Vietnam National Authority …

Da Lat – Vietnam’s most-searched destination for Tet holiday: online travel platform

Hanoi: One of the world’s leading online travel platforms, Booking.com, has announced Da Lat – the city resort in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong – as the most-searched destination in Vietnam for the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

According…

‘Xuan Que huong’ programme expected to become cultural, art highlight

Hanoi: ‘Xuan Que huong’ (Homeland Spring), an annual programme for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) during the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival, is expected to become a cultural and art highlight that will leave a strong impression on participants, said Deputy …

Anti-corruption steering committee convenes 25th meeting

Hanoi: The Central Steering Committee for Prevention and Control of Corruption and Negative Phenomena convened its 25th meeting in Hanoi on February 1.

The committee acknowledged the drastic efforts in combating corruption and negative phenomena thro…