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Tuesday ,Feb 09,2010, Posted at 13:33 (GMT+7)
Flood victims to experience grim Tet
While people nationwide are busy shopping for the Lunar New Year (Tet), flood victims in the central province of Binh Dinh are still struggling to put their lives back together after the storms and floods last November.
HCMC – Trung Luong expressway has teething problems
Tuesday ,Feb 09,2010, Posted at 15:58 (GMT+7)
To date, more than 80,000 vehicles have used the Ho Chi Minh City-Trung Luong Expressway that opened to traffic on Wednesday, February 3.
Dalat Cymbidium orchid crops fail for Tet
Tuesday ,Feb 09,2010, Posted at 14:07 (GMT+7)
Tet holiday crops of cymbidium orchids, "Queen of orchid", have failed in the resort city of Da Lat in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.
EVN ensures power supply for Tet
Tuesday ,Feb 09,2010, Posted at 12:23 (GMT+7)

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) in January connected 12 new transformer stations and power lines nationwide to meet the power demand during Tet (Lunar New Year).
Leaders pay Tet visits to people
Monday ,Feb 08,2010, Posted at 15:05 (GMT+7)
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on February 7 led a government delegation to visit the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on the occasion of the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
Ensure sufficient goods, stable prices: Government
Monday ,Feb 08,2010, Posted at 14:53 (GMT+7)
Ministries and relevant agencies must ensure sufficient supply of goods to meet consumers’ demand during the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year), the Government has ordered.
Early cherry blossoms mean fewer profits for northern gardeners
Sunday ,Feb 07,2010, Posted at 15:21 (GMT+7)
Recent hot weather has distressed cherry blossom farmers in flower villages in the North, because it has caused a lot of their cherry trees to blossom too early before Tet (Lunar New Year) on February 14.
Other news
1,000 overseas Vietnamese join ‘Spring in the Homeland’ program
Mekong Delta farmers need more mechanization
Disease, insects attack Mekong Delta crop
Government aids central residents with rice for Tet
Vietnam to expand Earth Hour participation
Hanoi, overcrowded bus stations, traffic congestion in lead-up Tet
Shark caught in central coastal province
Ministry orders no mobile phone rate cuts before Lunar New Year
Foreign Ministry obtains more ancient Hoang Sa documents