The move aims to make the best preparations for the traditional Tet celebrations.

Plans are being drawn up to stockpile medicines in hospitals and a disease control center in Hanoi.

Longer vacations will give workers the chance to recharge, improving their well-being and productivity, while also boosting tourism and driving economic growth.

Hosting a reception is part of the Vietnamese tradition of appreciating the support of the diplomatic corps, bringing people together, and wishing them all the best in the new year.

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Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong sent his best wishes to the entire nation and the community of overseas Vietnamese at the sacred moment when the Year of the Buffalo began.