Many shops and restaurants close for Tet
Many shops and restaurants close for Tet

VOV.VN - A number of restaurants and shops around Hanoi announced their temporarily closure on February 7, the 28th of the final lunar month, two days before lunar new year’s eve.

Many shops and restaurants close for Tet
Party and State leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh ahead of Tet
Party and State leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh ahead of Tet

VOV.VN - Leaders and formers leaders of the Vietnamese Party, State, National Assembly (NA), Government, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee laid wreaths in tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum on February 7 in Hanoi ahead of the Lunar New Year or Tet.

Party and State leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh ahead of Tet
Vietnamese teen models hit catwalk for international fashion week
Vietnamese teen models hit catwalk for international fashion week

VOV.VN - Vietnamese teen models Bao Ha and Ngoc Anh put on several impressive performances during the 2024 Fall/Winter edition of Seoul Fashion Week held from February 1 to 5 in the Republic of Korea.

Vietnamese teen models hit catwalk for international fashion week
Tet festive atmosphere prevails in Thailand’s Vietnam Town
Tet festive atmosphere prevails in Thailand’s Vietnam Town

VOV.VN - Vietnamese expatriates in Thailand are excited to celebrate the 2024 Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) in the recently established Vietnam Town in their host country.

Tet festive atmosphere prevails in Thailand’s Vietnam Town
Ornamental flowers for Tet flock to Ho Chi Minh City
Ornamental flowers for Tet flock to Ho Chi Minh City

VOV.VN - Ornamental and fresh flowers from many parts of the country have been transported in large volumes to Ho Chi Minh City as part of efforts to meet the demand of city dwellers to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

Ornamental flowers for Tet flock to Ho Chi Minh City
Beautiful images of dragon mascot seen in Hue ancient city
Beautiful images of dragon mascot seen in Hue ancient city

VOV.VN - As part of efforts to mark the Lunar New Year, dragon mascots have been installed at various locations across the central province of Thua Thien - Hue province, with the sites attracting a large number of people and tourists.

Beautiful images of dragon mascot seen in Hue ancient city
Ho Chi Minh City decorated to prepare for Tet
Ho Chi Minh City decorated to prepare for Tet

VOV.VN - To welcome in the Lunar New Year Ho Chi Minh City has been decorated with national flags, bulbs, flowers, and posters, giving roads around the city a touch of colour and bringing joy to local people as the festive season approaches.

Ho Chi Minh City decorated to prepare for Tet
Vietnam’s largest airport overloaded with people returning home for Tet holiday
Vietnam’s largest airport overloaded with people returning home for Tet holiday

VOV.VN - With the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) just a few days away, Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest of its kind in Vietnam, has become packed with people who are either flying home for family reunions or going on holiday during the festive season.

Vietnam’s largest airport overloaded with people returning home for Tet holiday
Let’s discover the longest flower-ceramic road in Vietnam
Let’s discover the longest flower-ceramic road in Vietnam

VOV.VN - The southern province of Vinh Long on February 2 opened a flower-red ceramic road to the public, which received certification from the Vietnam Records Organization (Vietkings) as the longest of its kind in Vietnam.

Let’s discover the longest flower-ceramic road in Vietnam
Bus stations long for passengers as the long Tet holiday nears
Bus stations long for passengers as the long Tet holiday nears

VOV.VN - About a week before the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet), bus stations are always crowded with people returning home for family reunion. But this year things seem to be completely different.

Bus stations long for passengers as the long Tet holiday nears
Former imperial city welcomes 2024 lunar new year with bamboo pole erection
Former imperial city welcomes 2024 lunar new year with bamboo pole erection

VOV.VN - The former imperial city of Hue has marked the start of the 2024 Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, the Year of the Dragon, with the re-enactment of a Neu (bamboo) pole erecting ceremony once held by the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) in Hue.

Former imperial city welcomes 2024 lunar new year with bamboo pole erection
Fog blankets capital city, visibility falls to 10 metres
Fog blankets capital city, visibility falls to 10 metres

VOV.VN - Normal life was affected in northern Vietnam, including the capital city of Hanoi, on February 2 morning, with visibility falling to 10 metres.

Fog blankets capital city, visibility falls to 10 metres
Hang Be market busily serves locals on Kitchen Gods’ Day
Hang Be market busily serves locals on Kitchen Gods’ Day

VOV.VN - Hang Be market in Hanoi, a site famous for selling food in the capital, is bustling as people are busy preparing for Ong Cong – Ong Tao (the Land Genie and the Kitchen Gods Day), which falls on 23rd of the last month of the Lunar New Year.

Hang Be market busily serves locals on Kitchen Gods’ Day
Crowds descend on transport hubs in Hanoi and HCM City ahead of Tet
Crowds descend on transport hubs in Hanoi and HCM City ahead of Tet

VOV.VN - Bus and railway stations in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have begun to attract larger crowds with less than one week to go before the start of the Lunar New Year holiday, known locally as Tet.

Crowds descend on transport hubs in Hanoi and HCM City ahead of Tet
A cozy Tet for soldiers garrisoned on Song Tu Tay Island
A cozy Tet for soldiers garrisoned on Song Tu Tay Island

VOV.VN - Soldiers and residents on Song Tu Tay island of Truong Sa island district, Khanh Hoa province, have enjoyed an early lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, the largest of its kind in Vietnam, with gifts sent from the mainland.

A cozy Tet for soldiers garrisoned on Song Tu Tay Island
Disadvantaged workers get free air tickets to go home for Tet celebrations
Disadvantaged workers get free air tickets to go home for Tet celebrations

VOV.VN - Many workers facing difficult circumstances have been given the chance to re-unite with their families during the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, thanks to free flights operated by national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines.

Disadvantaged workers get free air tickets to go home for Tet celebrations
Vietnamese and Philippine Presidents tour Thang Long Imperial Citadel
Vietnamese and Philippine Presidents tour Thang Long Imperial Citadel

VOV.VN - Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong and his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who was visiting Vietnam, made a tour of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, the former name of present-day Hanoi, on January 30.

Vietnamese and Philippine Presidents tour Thang Long Imperial Citadel
Norwegian Ambassador explores Vietnamese Tet at Duong Lam ancient village
Norwegian Ambassador explores Vietnamese Tet at Duong Lam ancient village

VOV.VN - Norwegian Ambassador to Vietnam Hilde Solbakken and her family enjoyed a traditional Lunar New Year festival (Tet), the most important annual festival of the Vietnamese people in a year, in Duong Lam ancient village in Hanoi's outlying district of Son Tay.

Norwegian Ambassador explores Vietnamese Tet at Duong Lam ancient village
First Lady of the Philippines visits age-old flower market in Hanoi
First Lady of the Philippines visits age-old flower market in Hanoi

VOV.VN - Pham Thi Thanh Tam, spouse of Vietnamese president Vo Van Thuong, and Louise Araneta-Marcos, spouse of Philippines President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., made a tour of Hang Luoc flower market, the more-than-100-year-old flower market in Hanoi, on January 30.

First Lady of the Philippines visits age-old flower market in Hanoi
Colourful decorations spring up across Hanoi to ring in lunar New Year
Colourful decorations spring up across Hanoi to ring in lunar New Year

VOV.VN - Many streets throughout the capital have been colourfully decorated with national flags, bulbs, flowers, and posters to ring in the Lunar New Year – the Year of the Dragon in Vietnam.

Colourful decorations spring up across Hanoi to ring in lunar New Year
Popular destinations in Thua Thien Hue receive ASEAN tourism awards
Popular destinations in Thua Thien Hue receive ASEAN tourism awards

VOV.VN - Hue city in the central province of Thua Thien Hue is one of three Vietnamese destinations to be presented with the ASEAN Clean Tourism City 2024 award within the framework of the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2024 which took place in the Lao capital of Vientiane.

Popular destinations in Thua Thien Hue receive ASEAN tourism awards
Soldiers bring warm Tet to people in Vietnam-Laos border areas
Soldiers bring warm Tet to people in Vietnam-Laos border areas

VOV.VN - Border guard units working in co-ordination with local authorities in the central province of Quang Nam conducted various meaningful activities as part of efforts to take care of local people in the Vietnam-Laos border areas ahead of the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

Soldiers bring warm Tet to people in Vietnam-Laos border areas
Celebrating Tet traditions in Hanoi’s Old Quarter
Celebrating Tet traditions in Hanoi’s Old Quarter

VOV.VN - The Old Quarter at the heart of the capital is full of hustle and bustle with various activities featuring traditional customs and rituals for the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, as part of the annual “Tết Việt tết phố” (or Vietnamese Tet Street Tet) programme.

Celebrating Tet traditions in Hanoi’s Old Quarter
Binh Duong flower village in full bloom ahead of New Year
Binh Duong flower village in full bloom ahead of New Year

VOV.VN - The Tan Ba flower garden in the southern province of Binh Duong has begun to bloom with farmers trimming leaves and watering the plants to ensure that the flowers bloom in time for the Lunar New Year festival (Tet).

Binh Duong flower village in full bloom ahead of New Year
Apricot tree attracts customers despite high prices
Apricot tree attracts customers despite high prices

VOV.VN - Customers have spent tens of millions of VND on purchasing apricot trees of various shapes which have gone on sale in Hanoi to celebrate the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

Apricot tree attracts customers despite high prices
Pre-Tet visit made to remote island districts
Pre-Tet visit made to remote island districts

VOV.VN - A naval ship has carried reporters and officers of the Navy Command Zone 3 to the island districts of Con Co and Ly Son in the central provinces of Quang Tri and Quang Ngai as part of efforts to distribute Tet gifts to local people and soldiers stationed on the islands.

Pre-Tet visit made to remote island districts
Traditional Tet activities recreated at Thang Long imperial citadel
Traditional Tet activities recreated at Thang Long imperial citadel

VOV.VN - The atmosphere of the traditional Vietnamese Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, is being introduced as part of the Happy Tet 2024 programme held at the historic Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi.

Traditional Tet activities recreated at Thang Long imperial citadel
Traders in Yen So fish market make a living on freezing cold nights
Traders in Yen So fish market make a living on freezing cold nights

VOV.VN - While most people stay snug at home wrapped under warm blankets, many traders based at Yen So fish market in Hoang Mai district of Hanoi continue earning a living amid the chilly winter weather conditions which have recently gripped Hanoi.

Traders in Yen So fish market make a living on freezing cold nights
Tourists flock to see frost on Mau Son peak
Tourists flock to see frost on Mau Son peak

VOV.VN - Many tourists have visited the peak of Mau Son Mountain in the northern province of Lang Son over recent days as they head to witness frost which has formed at the 1,500 metre-mountain peak.

Tourists flock to see frost on Mau Son peak
Hanoians prepare offerings on 15th day of last lunar month
Hanoians prepare offerings on 15th day of last lunar month

VOV.VN - Many residents of the capital have been busy preparing offerings to their ancestors on the 15th day of the last lunar month, which falls on January 25 this year.

Hanoians prepare offerings on 15th day of last lunar month