VIETNAM TODAY

A cold front is set to hit northern Vietnam before dawn on February 17, the first day of the Lunar New Year, spreading southwards and bringing cooler weather, with severe cold in mountainous areas.

State President Luong Cuong, on behalf of Party and State leaders, delivers the Lunar New Year message.

Fireworks lit up skies across Vietnam at midnight as the country ushered in the Lunar New Year, with millions celebrating in scenes of colour and jubilation.

People across Vietnam gathered in provincial and city centres on Monday night, eagerly counting down to the Lunar New Year in a festive atmosphere.

Foreign media have shared positive sentiment on Vietnam’s economic prospects, praising the country’s impressive growth as it moves toward becoming a top economy in Southeast Asia.

Party General Secretary To Lam offered incense in tribute to the kings at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel and to President Ho Chi Minh on February 16 ahead of the Lunar New Year or Tet festival.

The rising number of Vietnamese agricultural and food products obtaining Halal certification creates a great opportunity for domestic goods to penetrate rapidly global Muslim market.

Vietnamese maritime rescue forces brought a Georgian crew member ashore for emergency treatment overnight after he fell critically ill on a tanker off the coast of Khanh Hoa Province.

Several polluted canals in Ho Chi Minh City have been transformed, taking on a new look after renovation projects were completed.

With an increasingly significant role in the economy, the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector is becoming a key focus in banks’ credit growth strategies.

Takashimaya is building a new shopping centre in the Starlake urban area of Hanoi, with the project scheduled to open in late 2027.

Nine Vietnamese companies have been included in TIME magazine’s list of the 500 Best Companies in Asia-Pacific for 2026.

Vietnam has authorised satellite internet provider Starlink to operate after regulators granted licences for low-Earth-orbit satellite telecommunications services.

PM Pham Minh Chinh has urged sanitation workers to take pride in their “silent” but vital role, while calling on the public to cooperate in keeping Hanoi clean in the run-up to the Lunar New Year.

Police in the northern province of Ninh Binh will deploy drones to monitor and record the illegal use of firecrackers on Lunar New Year’s Eve.

Vietnam ranks fourth in the world and leads Southeast Asia in pork consumption, according to a recent report by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.