Read what is in the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse joined the Vietnamese community in Czechia during the Homeland Spring program in Prague on Sunday evening (local time) to celebrate Tet (Vietnamese Lunar New Year), the biggest traditional festival of Vietnamese people.

Society

-- A fire broke out in a three-story house on Bach Dang Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi on Sunday morning, causing smoke and toxic gas and resulting in one fatality.

-- A video that went viral on social media on Sunday shows a train speeding toward a railway crossing in Hue City, Thua Thien-Hue Province, central Vietnam on Saturday, while the barrier remained open, causing panic among passers-by.

Business

-- The Ministry of Industry and Trade has submitted a proposal for a Law on E-commerce, highlighting the need to enhance management, oversight, and control through the identification and electronic authentication of sellers.

-- The coffee and non-alcoholic beverage sector exceeded VND2.1 trillion (US$82.9 million) in turnover, accounting for nearly 85 percent of Vietnamese coffee company Vinacafé Bien Hoa’s total net revenue in 2024, according to its business results.

-- The domestic market contributed over VND2.46 trillion ($97.12 million) in net revenue to Ho Chi Minh City-based Lix Detergent Joint Stock Company in 2024, according to its business performance disclosure.

Travel

-- Thousands of visitors flocked to Tuy Hoa City in Phu Yen Province on Sunday evening for the opening of its spring flower street.

-- Accommodation searches by international tourists for Vietnam have surged 139 percent for check-in dates from January 25 to February 2, based on data collected between November 27 and December 21, 2024 by digital travel platform Agoda.

Sports

-- Vietnam ranks third in Southeast Asia for the number of FIFA-accredited referees, following Thailand and Malaysia, according to the ASEAN Football Federation's official website.

-- The Vietnamese women’s futsal team secured a spot in the 2025 AFC Women’s Futsal Asian Cup finals as Group D winners, drawing 2-2 with Taiwan in the final qualifying round on Sunday after coming from behind.

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