Society

Heavy rain and moisture has helped to put an end to forrest fires in Lao Cai and should prevent more starting.

A festival was held in Hanoi on February 18 – the fifth day of the first lunar month – to celebrate the 221st anniversary of the Ngoc Hoi-Dong Da victory over 290,000 Qing invaders.

CKE Restaurants Inc. said Thursday that it signed an exclusive deal to open 25 of its Carl's Jr. restaurants in Vietnam.

I wasn’t in Plzen, or Munich, or Bruges. I was at the Hoa Vien Bräuhaus in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

The number of foreign passengers through the Noi Bai International Airport has sharply increased over the first three days of the Year of the Tiger, said the airport’s Border Customs Department.

Next in a series about traveling during Tet in Vietnam’s northwestern region, Tuan Anh explores how people celebrate the holiday in Lai Chau Province.

Michael Hoy, a 25 year old diplomat from Australia, has definitely left an impression on the young people of Vietnam.

The beauty of wilderness was familiar to me, as life in the woodlands had been a significant part of my childhood in Viet Nam, writes Laura Lam.

The north of Vietnam certainly is a special place, and one that should be appreciated by all who can make it, writes David Cornish.

Bringing in the Lunar New Year Vietnamese style has been a memory for a lifetime.

Gemma and Jupiter Judson (age 8 and 10), wrote to DTiNews from Paris, France, about their reflection of Tet celebration in the city.

In recent years, dog-care centres were established to meet the demands of people who wanted to travel during Tet holiday.

Students say it is an efficient way of storing important items during their absence.

Vietnamese Americans celebrate Tet with traditional banh chung, but to accommodate busy life in the U.S., the rice cakes come from a bakery instead of being made at home.

Many athletes and footballers have to cut short or even forgo their Tet holidays to prepare for some major events that are around the corner.

The Lunar New Year is a special event filled with tradition, history, joy and celebration, writes David Cornish.

Hanoian scholar Nguyen Vinh Phuc provides a short history detailing how the Tet holiday was celebrated in the capital city in the past.

Phong Lan takes us on a trip through the Dong Van Highlands, its natural sites and local people.

A kiss is just a kiss, but at Rio's Carnival, collecting as many pecking partners as possible at one of the 650 massive street parties that hit high gear on Saturday is truly a competitive sport.