Rich or poor, Vietnamese at home or abroad carefully cook traditional dishes to put on the home altar to worship their ancestors during Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

Like most other nations in Asia, Vietnamese people welcome the New Year according to the lunar calendar, and Tet Nguyen Dan (the lunar New Year Day) has long become the biggest festival of the nation. 

Tet custom demands different sorts of cake to offer to the earth, heaven and ancestors. 

Nguyen Hue Flower Street, a popular attraction during Tet (Lunar New Year), opened on February 13 night (the 28th day of the last lunar month) on Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in District 1, HCM City.

VOV.VN - Ngoc Han, My Linh and many other celebrities wear beautiful Ao Dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress) to welcome the Lunar New Year.

VOV.VN - A book street and flower festival has opened in Vung Tau City in celebration of the lunar New Year Festival (Tet) and will run until February 25th. 

VOV.VN - In recent years people from the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have revived their tradition of cooking Banh Chung (square glutinous rice cake) and Banh Tet (round glutinous rice cake) as families reunite to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Ahead of Tet holiday, Hanoi’s streets are filled with flowers and colourful decorations, with people excited for the new year.

Artists of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea worked together to turn the walls of the railway viaduct on Phung Hung Street in downtown Hanoi into pieces of art.

VOV.VN - Miss Vietnam 2016 Do My Linh was the host for a television programme on the theme of love and Valentine’s Day on February 11, ahead of Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

The Flag Tower (Ky dai Hue) in the Hue ancient Imperial city of the central province of Thua Thien – Hue is being illuminated by a lighting system under a project funded by the tour service provider Vietravel.

The annual Phet Ball Festival in the northern province of Phu Tho is slated to take place on February 26 – 28, or the 11st – 13th day of the first lunar month.

As a rule, pho Ong do (or street of calligraphers) opens in Ho Chi Minh City just a couple of weeks before the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

VOV.VN - The three highest placed beauty queens of Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 have revealed their photo collection to celebrate Lunar New Year(Tet).

Ho Chi Minh City will host cultural and amusement events at many places in the downtown area during the Tet (the Lunar New Year) holiday, which will begin on February 15.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese supermodel Vo Hoang Yen put on an impressive performance at the Spring-Autumn Collection 2018 fashion show of Korean designer Chung Chung Lee within the framework of New York Fashion Week.

VOV.VN -The renowned Vietnamese romantic-comedy Co Ba Sai Gon (The Tailor) will compete in two categories at the Osaka Asia Film Festival being held from March 9-18.

VOV.VN -A number of Vietnamese beauties were gathered in Hanoi on February 11 to take part in the Spring Gala 2018.

VOV.VN - Visitors to Hue Imperial Palace have the chance to revisit the olden days and enjoy a real traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) through a “Huong xua banh Tet” (Old atmosphere of Tet traditional cakes) program organized by the Hue Monuments Conservation Center.

Oscar-winning screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher will write the screenplay for the American remake of the Vietnamese horror flick, The Housemaid.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said it has added three cultural heritages of Hanoi to the national intangible cultural heritage list.

Calligraphy markets have begun sales 10 days before Tet (Lunar New Year), the traditional time for opening of the markets.

Craftsmen from the An Hoi Coppersmith Village in Ho Chi Minh City’s Go Vap district are busy with orders for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, with customers crowding shops buying their famous brass incense burners.

Ethnic communities in mountainous areas of the central province of Quang Ngai are preparing offerings and rituals for the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration in their own unique style.

VOV.VN - New Zealand, Canadian, Norwegian and Swiss ambassadors to Vietnam have released a video extending best wishes to Vietnamese people on the occasion of Lunar New Year (Tet) festival. 

VOV.VN - The 2018 spring calligraphy festival opened at Ho Van in Van Mieu- Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) on February 9 in Hanoi. 

VOV.VN -  Music Professor Dang Ngoc Long has a long association with Vietnamese music. He is the person who popularized Vietnamese music including Nghe Tinh and Quan Ho folk songs in Europe.

Hanoi needs to accelerate the preservation and restoration of the ancient citadel of Hanoi and the Co Loa Citadel, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.

HCM City theatres promise a variety of new and interesting shows this Tet to suit audiences of varying musical and dramatic tastes. 

Vietnamese culture and people have been introduced to international readers through 300 English publications displayed at the ongoing 42nd International Kolkata Book Fair in West Bengal State, India.