The Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s Department of Livestock and Fisheries recently reported an H5N1 bird flu outbreak in a Vientiane market.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited and presented gifts to encourage the forces who are on duty during the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Japan, Australia, Algeria, Thailand and Laos celebrated Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival at gatherings held in their host countries as the national biggest traditional festival is approaching.

Get-togethers have been held recently in France, Russia, Canada, and Italy for overseas Vietnamese to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Dragon.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on February 4 visited and gave gifts to 400 policy beneficiaries, poor and near-poor households, and workers living in difficult circumstances in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on the threshold of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has recently signed decisions regarding the allocation of more than 1,444 tonnes of rice from the national reserve to five provinces for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival and the between-crop period.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked authorities of Can Tho city to review the list of families who are sick or live in difficult circumstances in order to offer assistance and ensure that all people can celebrate a joyful, healthy, safe and meaningful Lunar New Year Festival, and not to leave anyone without Tet.

Sending New Year wishes to local authorities of Cần Thơ City, he hopes that the Party Committee, Fatherland Front, socio-political organisations and Cần Thơ City's political system will continue to well implement policies and laws of the Party and State, in which economic development is the centre, Party building is the key, and cultural development is the spiritual foundation.

The policy to attract overseas Vietnamese (OV) intellectuals will be more successful when it has open mechanisms, clear regulations, and a favourable working environment for scientists to utilise their creativity, according to an OV professor.

The Vietnamese embassies in Laos and Egypt on February 2 held gatherings for a joyous anticipation of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Nguyễn Kim Khánh, a second-year student at the University of Economics-Law under Việt Nam National University-HCM City (VNU-HCM), was grateful to get a free bus trip to her hometown for Tết (the Lunar New Year).

The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism’s Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT) has announced that the sector is actively pushing forward digital transformation via building a smart tourism ecosystem, a strategic move designed to improve State management and the overall tourist experience.

Community-based agricultural extension teams in Kiên Giang Province have helped farmers adopt advanced farming techniques and models.

Over 1,000 delegates representing more than 6 million Vietnamese living in all continents attended the "Xuan Que huong" (Homeland Spring) programme in Ho Chi Minh City on February 2.

For over two years, the "Mẹ Đỡ Đầu" (Godmother's Assistance) programme, implemented by the Hà Tĩnh Women's Union, has made a positive impact within the community.

A campaign bringing clean water to communities in need in Việt Nam was launched on Thursday by China Medical University Hospital (CMUH) and World Vision.

Stress and depression were most prevalent among those from 14 to 17, who had to study hard for transitional exams.

The Party and State always consider the Vietnamese community abroad is an indispensable part of the nation

He described the “Tết sum vầy – Xuân tri ân” annually held by trade unions at all levels as a practical programme to bring a warm Tết festival for all

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