(VOVworld) - Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan met in Hanoi on Tuesday with 39 representatives from five ethnic minority groups, each with a population of less than 1,000 people.

(VOVworld) – The Permanent Vietnamese Mission to the United Nations held a get-together to celebrate the upcoming traditional Lunar New Year for overseas Vietnamese in New York City.

(VOVworld) - More than 600 overseas Vietnamese people from around the world joined a get-together in HCM City on Saturday to celebrate Tet, which is part of the ‘Homeland Spring’ program 2015. The event was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Le Thanh Hai.

(VOVworld) – The Vietnamese embassy in Laos held a banquet on Friday to welcome Tet, Vietnam’s traditional lunar new year festival. Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thoonglun Sosoulith, Deputy Prime Minister Bunpon Buttanavong, and a number of senior Lao officials attended the event.

(VOVworld) - Vietnam is looking forward to the participation of all members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) at its 132nd Assembly to be held in Hanoi from March 28 to April 1, said Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations Tran Van Hang.

(VOVworld) – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai says provinces and businesses have prepared a quantity of goods worth nearly 94 million USD for the approaching Tet holiday.

(VOVworld) - The Party and State give top priority to ensuring a well-fed and happy Tet or Lunar New Year holiday for every person, especially the unfortunate people and those who rendered great services to the nation.

(VOVworld) - A hotline to protect Vietnamese citizens and their legal entities abroad has been launched at +844.62.844.844.

(VOVworld) – The Mekong River Delta Forum convenes in Ho Chi Minh city on February 2-3 to collect recommendations to the strategy of the Mekong River Delta’s sustainable development in face of climate changes challenges. The forum was co-organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the World Bank, and other development partners of Vietnam.

(VOVworld) – Communications plays a vital role in keeping people informed of free trade agreements to be signed in 2015 and the years to come.