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Earlier, the municipal People’s Committee also announced that schoolers of kindergarten, elementary schools, middle and high schools and vocational schools throughout the city will have a 9-day Tet break. Schools that currently adapt a five-day-a-week schedule will have 11-day Tet break, from February 6- February 10 (on the 25th day of the last month- the 5th day of the first month of the lunar calendar). … [Read more...] about HCMC announces 7-day Lunar New Year break

Tranh Khuc Village in Thanh Tri District on the outskirts of Hanoi is famous for producing Chung cake, the traditional food of Tet. With the festival fast approaching, these days see artisans hurriedly wrap cakes as they prepare items for the special occasion. Workers in Bat Trang ceramic village in Gia Lam District clean items as they step up production to meet demand ahead of Tet. Artisans in Van Phuc Ward of Ha Dong District meticulously create Ao Dai, a Vietnamese traditional long dress, in order to meet the increase in orders with Tet drawing near. Residents in Quang Phu Cau Commune of Ung Hoa District dry incense as they gear up for the Lunar New Year festival. A gardener in Dac So Commune of Hoai Duc District in Hanoi harvests fruit which will be put on sale at a local market. Xuan Dinh Village in Xuan Tao Ward of Bac Tu Liem District is renowned for its candies and jams which are viewed as essential items for Tet. Workers are … [Read more...] about Craft villages in Hanoi gear up for Lunar New Year festival

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London (VNA) – A British truck driver who discovered 39 dead Vietnamese migrants in a refrigerated lorry waited about 23 minutes before notifying police, a court was told on October 27. Maurice Robinson, 26, had collected the sealed container from the southeast English port of Purfleet after it had arrived on a cargo ship from Zeebrugge in Belgium, and opened its doors shortly afterwards in nearby Thurrock in the early hours of October 23 last year. Inside he found the bodies of the migrants who had suffocated to death after being trapped in the dark inside for at least 12 hours, in unbearably high temperatures. However, instead of immediately calling police, Robinson made several phone calls to others accused of roles in the people-trafficking scheme, a prosecutor told London’s Old Bailey court. He also drove the truck in a loop around the surrounding industrial area, taking 23 minutes before alerting officers, jurors in the trial of four men charged with involvement … [Read more...] about New details in Essex lorry case revealed at court

At the meeting, the leaders of the departments, industries, and enterprises of Lam Dong Province affirmed that the preparation of goods for the Tet market, in general, and the HCMC market this year is on schedule. Tet goods are plentiful and diverse. They will prevent a shortage of supply, which causes sudden increases in the selling prices. Mr. Bui The, Deputy Director of the Department of Industry and Trade of Lam Dong Province, said that to serve the Tet market, the specialized vegetable growing areas of the province, including Da Lat City, Don Duong, Duc Trong, Lac Duong, and a part of Lam Ha district, had cultivated more than 24,000 hectares of vegetables of all kinds, with an output of around 780,000 tons, up 5 percent over the same period last year. Of which, many kinds of vegetables, such as napa cabbage, onion, potato, lettuce, tomato, cabbage, turnip, and scallion, increased sharply in both growing area and output, from 5 percent to 19 percent, depending on the product. More … [Read more...] about HCMC, Lam Dong cooperate to prepare supply of vegetables, flowers for Tet market