Hundreds of boats transporting kumquat and yellow apricot trees from southwestern provinces to HCM City for the upcoming lunar New Year (Tet) are stuck at HCM City’s Lo Gom canal.

After observing the rituals for the Kitchen God, Hanoian people flocked to rivers and ponds to release carps and pour ash of votive papers, old altars and incense-burners.

The city has drawn up a plan until 2020 to reduce traffic congestion on land by improving waterway transport, according to the HCM City Transport Department.

VietNamNet Bridge – The city People's Committee has budgeted VND17.35 trillion (US$936.7 million) for infrastructure development in 2010.

VietNamNet Bridge - Bird flu is spreading rapidly in many provinces after a long period of containment, the Veterinary Department reported on February 8.

The People's Court of the southern Dong Nai Province handed down prison sentences to three former officials of the Ministry of Finance . . .

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi people flocked to buy votive papers and then to the Red River and area lakes to release carp on the Kitchen God’s Day, which fell on Saturday, February 6.

VietNamNet Bridge – Wanted drug smuggler Vang A Khua, aged 54, was gunned down last Friday after a fierce gun-battle with Hoa Binh armed police.

HCMC on Sunday held the opening ceremony for the first-phase upgrade of Nguyen Van Troi-Nam Ky Khoi Nghia streets, which form a key road . . .

A cold spell is expected to hit the north during the Tet holiday between February 13 and 16, putting an end to the current unusually hot weather.