Politics

-- Vietnamese State President Luong Cuong on Monday sent a message of congratulations to Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko on his re-election as President of the Republic of Belarus, according to the Vietnam News Agency.  

Society

-- Nguyen Hue Flower Street 2025 opened on Monday evening in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, the southern hub of Vietnam. The event attracted thousands of visitors as part of the annual celebrations for the upcoming Lunar New Year. The festival will run until February 2.

-- On Monday afternoon, Bui Thi Quynh Van, secretary of the Quang Ngai Provincial Party Committee, together with a working delegation, visited the construction site of the Quang Ngai - Hoai Nhon expressway.

-- The police of Bac Ninh Province, in northern Vietnam, recently coordinated with several other agencies to dismantle a transnational high-tech fraud network operated from Cambodia. The perpetrators impersonated police officers, tax officials, electricity officials, and education officers, making phone calls to scam over 13,000 people across Vietnam, swindling nearly VND1 trillion (US$39.9 million).

-- A cold front that has been covering northern Vietnam has moved southward to affect the entire country, the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting reported. In the northern and north-central regions, temperatures range from 8-11 degrees Celsius, dropping to 4-6 degrees Celsius in mountainous areas and below two degrees Celsius on high mountains. 

Culture

-- The 2025 Tet Book Street Festival kicked off on Le Loi Street, Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1, on Monday evening, marking the 15th anniversary of its establishment and featuring the participation of central and local leaders, consuls general of foreign countries in the city, as well as numerous locals and visitors. The festival will run until February 2.

 -- The Can Tho Art Flower Street officially opened on Vo Van Tan and Nguyen Thai Hoc Streets in Ninh Kieu District, the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, on Monday evening, drawing thousands of visitors.

Tourism

-- Most hotels and resorts rated three stars and above in Nha Trang City, a famous tourist destination in south-central Vietnam, have almost fully booked for the nine-day Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, lasting from January 25 through February 2.

World News

 -- Tens of thousands of Palestinians on Monday moved along Gaza's main northern roads after Hamas agreed to release three Israeli hostages later this week, and Israeli forces began withdrawing from a key corridor in the enclave, according to The Strait Times.

-- A transgender woman incarcerated in a federal prison has filed a lawsuit, challenging an executive order issued by U.S. President Donald Trump. The order mandates that the U.S. government recognize only two fixed, unchangeable sexes and requires individuals like her to be housed in men's prisons. She argues that this policy violates the U.S. Constitution and federal law, Reuters reported on Tuesday.

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