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The Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday will last seven days from February 8 to 14, 2024, per an official document approved by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Nghe Tinh Railway JSC. yesterday announced a serious landslide incident on the North-South Railway route passing Ha Tinh Province at 3:00 am due to heavy rain.

A delegation including the Korea International Cooperation Agency KOICA and Korean experts recently came to survey at Lang Sen Wetland Conservation Area in Tan Hung district, Long An province.

The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs proposed a 7-day Tet holiday in its submission to the Prime Minister.

In recent days, showers to downpours have battered provinces in the central region causing many roads to be cut off and many river banks and mountain areas are likely at risk of landslides.

The People's Committee of the central province of Quang Binh has issued directives to enhance the management and conservation of wild and migratory bird populations.

The Ministers of Public Security, Industry and Trade, and Construction have been asked to seriously and effectively implement the fire prevention and fighting work, planning, and construction management.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has recently issued an official dispatch requesting preparations in response to a tropical depression which is likely to strengthen into a storm and cause flooding.

The Office of the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control of Thua Thien Hue Province reported that thousands of students were absent from 86 schools across amid the current floods and landslides.

Floods caused by torrential rains over the past six days in the central region have caused heavy damage in many localities, and rains are forecast to expand to the south region in the coming days.

The name ‘Cuu Long’ for the section of the Mekong River passing VN shows a beneficial part of water traffic in the Mekong Delta. The to-be bridges over main rivers here are expected to further boost transport in the area.

The last sections of My Thuan 2 Bridge, connecting the Mekong Delta provinces of Tien Giang and Vinh Long, were joined in the presence of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 14.