(VOVWORLD) -National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines rang in the new lunar year (Tet) 2018 with an international flight from HCM city to Kansai city, Japan.

(VOVWORLD) -Hanoi will focus on administrative reform, and developing infrastructure and large-scale industrial park clusters to solve environmental problems and promote traditional craft villages in 2018, said Mayor Nguyen Duc Trung.

(VOVWORLD) -A group of French tourists has become the first foreign visitors to Ha Long Bay in the Year of the Dog.

(VOVWORLD) -President Tran Dai Quang on Thursday night extended Tet (Lunar New Year) wishes, via a live TV program, to soldiers across Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) -General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong on Thursday night offered incense at the statue of King Ly Thai To to pay tribute to the King, who moved the capital from Ninh Binh province to Thang Long, now Hanoi, in the 11th century.

(VOVWORLD) - US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has said the Trump government is discussing the possible return to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, with a condition of re-negotiations for more beneficial terms.

(VOVWORLD) - The US Senate on Thursday rejected the immigration legislation crafted by the Republican and the Democratic parties in a 54-45 vote.

(VOVWORLD) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Thursday announced negotiation plans with businesses in March to attract investment for recontruction.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnamese across the country rang in the new lunar year 2018 with fireworks, traditional food offerings and exchanges of wishes for good health, luck and prosperity.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam treasures its ties with the US and will actively work with Washington for more efficient and practical bilateral cooperation, said President Tran Dai Quang on the phone with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday.