Police and customs officers of Hanoi have seized 98kg of synthetic drugs sent from Germany, police authorities announced on January 6. The drugs confiscated by Hanoi police. (Photo: VNA) Colonel Pham Quynh, deputy head of the Drug Crime Investigation Department under Hanoi Police, said three people have been arrested. Upon examining suspicious parcels sent from Germany to Vietnam via...

Fireworks will light up the skies over 30 locations in all 30 districts and town of Hanoi during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, Vietnam’s largest national holiday, the municipal People’s Committee announced on January 6. Fireworks to light up the skies over 30 Hanoi locations (Photo: VNA) The 15-minute firework shows, to be funded by businesses...

The USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC) on January 5 conducted a workshop themed “Traditional Dishes with US Chicken for Lunar New Year” at Sheraton Saigon Hotel with the Iron Chef Le Xuan Tam. Participants at the event At the workshop, chef Le Xuan Tam demonstrated recipes with US chicken for Vietnamese Lunar New Year. Chef Le...

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 6 held a meeting with 50 delegates representing nearly 2,000 characters featured in the Vietnam Television (VTV)’s programme “Viec Tu Te (Kindness)” last year. At the meeting (Photo: VNA) Addressing the event, the State leader said with delight that he is moved by the good deeds of these people, who are at different...

Ho Chi Minh City’s Health Department on January 5 announced that a hi-tech screening and diagnostic centre is being developed at Oncology Hospital 2 in Thu Duc city, as part of a project to develop a specialised medical centre in the south of Vietnam and Southeast Asia. A technician operates a modern medical equipment in Ho Chi Minh...

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and the Phu Nhuan Jewelry JSC (PNJ) have jointly launched a “zero-dong mini supermarket” programme as part of the efforts to care for the needy in the city ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet), the most important annual festival of Vietnamese people that falls in late January....

More than 200 documents, photos and objects featuring the Paris negotiations for the signing of an agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords) 50 years ago are being displayed in Hanoi. Visitors to the exhibition (Photo: VNA) The exhibition, opened on January 5, is held by the National Archives Center III under...

The Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore on January 4 held a Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration that gathered its staff and representatives of the Vietnamese expatriate community. A performance at the event (Photo: VNA) Addressing the event, Ambassador Mai Phuoc Dung informed participants on Vietnam’s achievements since its reopening after the COVID-19 pandemic in March last year. In 2022, the...

A series of activities to the benefit of the poor ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival, and “zero dong supermarket” programme with a combined funding of 46.5 billion VND (nearly 2 million USD), kick started at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on January 5. Nguyen Ho Hai (right), Vice Secretary of the Ho Chi...

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and Viet Flight Training have inaugurated a flight school at Rach Gia airport, the first civil pilot training facility in Kien Giang province and the southern region. Viet Flight Training has welcomed the first batch of 12 students attending the first PPL course (Photo: Vietnam Airlines) The two have received a Level-1 Approved...