The initiatives are aimed at promoting green consumption and sustainable development.

A total of 34 buses have operated 362 trips per day along five directions from the city centre and the eastern, western, southern and northern parts of the capital.

The record was officially recognised on January 31 at the Creative Park in HCM City, where 10,601 seed balls were arranged to form the words 'Việt Nam'.

The HCM City People’s Committee has approved the city’s Digital Architecture Framework under Decision No 3616/QĐ-UBND, marking a shift from e-government to data- and platform-based governance.

The smart grid is expected to significantly improve the reliability and efficiency of power supply, reduce transmission losses, and optimise grid management.

Cần Thơ aims to become a pillar of national growth and a leading economic driver of the (Cửu Long) Mekong Delta, with a strong focus on trade, logistics, processing industries and export connectivity to international markets.

HCM City will organise a series of exchange programmes and meetings to honour the contributions of overseas Vietnamese ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Year of the Horse (Bính Ngọ) 2026, with a major gathering expected to welcome around 1,000 overseas Vietnamese representatives.

Soaring traffic congestion is costing Hà Nội billions of dollars each year and increasingly constraining the capital’s socio-economic development.

HCM City has approved 91 locations for vehicles electric battery swap sites on sidewalks and estimates that more than 25,000 public charging points and battery swap sites will be needed by 2030, according to the city's Department of Construction.

A Zero-đồng Mini Supermarket opened at Đầm Sen Cultural Park in Bình Thới Ward, HCM City on January 31, offering disadvantaged residents the opportunity to shop for Lunar New Year (Tết).

The police investigation was launched after a video clip capturing the assault circulated widely on social media, drawing significant public attention.

A fishing boat carrying five people capsized while entering La Gi port early Sunday morning, leaving four crew members rescued and the skipper missing, local authorities said.

Top legislator Trần Thanh Mẫn emphasised that care for policy families and the poor should be carried out regularly and continuously, not only on festive occasions, so that all people can benefit from Party and State's policies.

The delegation presented 600 gift packages to policy families, poor households, and disadvantaged workers, and provided VNĐ200 million (US$7,700) in support for underprivileged children in the province.

Participants also discussed the development of a railway industrial complex, institutional and policy frameworks, workforce training, technical standards, technology selection, and investment models involving the State, enterprises, and public–private partnerships.

The top legislator and a high-ranking delegation offered incense at the memorial site dedicated to late Government leaders.

According to the article, the 14th Congress has set a political direction for the country for the next five years and reinforcing continuity at the top while tightening control within the Communist Party’s core institution.

At the inauguration ceremony, the Party chief officially launched the simultaneous construction of the remaining 148 schools.

The initiative supports Resolution 72, which seeks to shift Việt Nam’s healthcare system from treatment-based services toward preventive care, particularly for an ageing population.

The project includes a bronze statue of President Hồ Chí Minh and supporting facilities at the battlefield site.