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The Vietnamese embassies in Singapore and Brunei and the Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual language school in Vientiane, Laos have organised activities for Vietnamese there to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

The Vietnamese Embassies in the US, Mexico, Algeria and South Africa hosted traditional Lunar New Year celebrations to strengthen community connections while promoting cultural preservation.

The Vietnamese communities across the Southeast Asian region have held vibrant celebrations of the Lunar New Year (Tet), the most important festival of Vietnam in a year with various festive activities.

Party General Secretary To Lam on January 19 hosted a reception for 100 overseas Vietnamese (OV) representatives from more than 40 countries and territories, who are in Vietnam to attend the 2025 “Xuan Que huong” (Homeland Spring) organised by the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV).

State President Luong Cuong and his spouse, along representatives from ministries, agencies and Hanoi administration, and nearly 100 overseas Vietnamese (OVs) attended an incense-offering ceremony at the historic Kinh Thien Palace in the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi on January 19 morning.

Chairman of National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man and a delegation of incumbent and former Party and State leaders offered incense to pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at the late leader’s temple in Ba Vi National Park in the outlying district of Ba Vi on January 18.

The Cau Giay District Labor Federation in coordination with the Construction Development and Investment Joint Stock Company (Vincons) and co-sponsors have recently presented a 20KW self-generating and self-consuming rooftop solar power system to Birla Children's Village in Hanoi, where is raising nearly 100 children in difficult circumstances.

A conference on promoting social and health insurance policies and distributing health insurance cards to impoverished residents in Ho Chi Minh City was held on January 16 by the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and the Social Insurance Agency of the city.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man visited and presented gifts to armed forces, policy beneficiaries, poor households, ethnic minorities, and workers living in difficult circumstances in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on January 12, ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

State President Luong Cuong attended an art performance programme themed “Spring in border areas warms people's hearts” to celebrate the 95th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and welcome the Lunar New Year of 2025 (the Year of the Snake), in Pa Tan commune in Sin Ho district of the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau on January 9 evening.

By 2030, as many as 70% of students in Vietnam are expected to be taught swimming and water survival skills, with this figure projected to rise to 90% by 2035.

Party General Secretary To Lam had a working session with the Department of Public Security of the southern province of Binh Phuoc on January 5, during which he praised the force's contributions to ensuring security and order for socio-economic development in the locality.

Vietnam has recorded a historic low birth rate in 2024, with the total fertility rate (TFR) dropping to just 1.91 children per woman, marking the third consecutive year below replacement level.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received a delegation of aerospace, defence and security companies under the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) in Hanoi on December 18.

The Central Military Commission held its 12th conference for the 2020-2025 tenure in Hanoi on December 16 to review its 2024 military and defence tasks and chart a course for 2025.