The sacred duty of border guards during the Tet holiday
The sacred duty of border guards during the Tet holiday

VOV.VN - While Vietnamese people are celebrating their traditional lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, border guards of Long An province go through their daily routine to ensure security, order and safety for local people to celebrate the traditional festival.

The sacred duty of border guards during the Tet holiday
Warm, joyful lunar New Year celebration for troops on DK1 platform
Warm, joyful lunar New Year celebration for troops on DK1 platform

VOV.VN - Despite assuming the duty far away from the mainland, troops on DK1 platform spend time making decorations and preparing traditional dishes for a cozy, joyful and jubilant lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

Warm, joyful lunar New Year celebration for troops on DK1 platform
Hanoi's oldest Tet market bustling all day and night
Hanoi's oldest Tet market bustling all day and night

VOV.VN - As the Lunar New Year draws near, Tran Quy Cap wet market in Hanoi remains bustling with people flocking to purchase Dong leaves, a key item used to make Chung cakes (square sticky rice cakes), a traditional New Year cake eaten in Vietnam.

Hanoi's oldest Tet market bustling all day and night
Top five travel destinations nationwide for Tet festival
Top five travel destinations nationwide for Tet festival

VOV.VN - Phu Quoc, Nha Trang, and Da Lat are among the best locations in Vietnam for travelers looking to enjoy a vibrant atmosphere of a crowded city, or alternatively return to nature to rest and prepare for the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Top five travel destinations nationwide for Tet festival
Prisoners join various activities to welcome in Lunar New Year
Prisoners join various activities to welcome in Lunar New Year

VOV.VN - The management board of Xuan Nguyen prison in Hai Phong have put on many activities for the penitentiary’s nearly 3,700 prisoners to celebrate the upcoming lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

Prisoners join various activities to welcome in Lunar New Year
Cat-shaped statues in Thua Thien-Hue province celebrate Tet festival
Cat-shaped statues in Thua Thien-Hue province celebrate Tet festival

VOV.VN - Cat-shaped statues are being placed across the central province of Thua Thien-Hue in order to welcome in the lunar New Year as part of efforts to attract both local people and tourists.

Cat-shaped statues in Thua Thien-Hue province celebrate Tet festival
Gateways congested as people return home ahead of Tet
Gateways congested as people return home ahead of Tet

VOV.VN - A swarm of vehicles have inundated the capital’s gateways as people seek to leave Hanoi and return to their hometowns for the seven-day Tet break starting on January 20.

Gateways congested as people return home ahead of Tet
Vietnamese expats in Russia celebrate traditional Tet festival
Vietnamese expats in Russia celebrate traditional Tet festival

VOV.VN - The Embassy of Vietnam in Russia held a celebration on January 17 to mark the traditional Lunar New Year, known in Vietnam as Tet, for its staff and overseas Vietnamese who are living, working, and studying in Moscow and other Russian localities.

Vietnamese expats in Russia celebrate traditional Tet festival
First foreign calligrapher joins Vietnamese Spring Calligraphy Festival
First foreign calligrapher joins Vietnamese Spring Calligraphy Festival

VOV.VN - Jean Sébastien Grill of France has become the first foreign national to take part in the Spring Calligraphy Festival as a calligrapher, with the event getting underway at the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) in Hanoi.

First foreign calligrapher joins Vietnamese Spring Calligraphy Festival
Busy Tet holiday travel continues at Noi Bai Airport
Busy Tet holiday travel continues at Noi Bai Airport

VOV.VN - Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi continued its busy holiday period on January 17 as travelers head home to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, the biggest of its kind in Vietnam.

Busy Tet holiday travel continues at Noi Bai Airport
Ho Chi Minh City railway station busy as Tet approaches
Ho Chi Minh City railway station busy as Tet approaches

VOV.VN - The number of passengers passing through Ho Chi Minh City’s railway station has increased drastically over recent days as people return to their hometowns ahead of celebrating the Lunar New Year or Tet festival.

Ho Chi Minh City railway station busy as Tet approaches
Spring flower market in Ho Chi Minh City opens
Spring flower market in Ho Chi Minh City opens

VOV.VN - An annual spring flower market with the theme of “Trên bến dưới thuyền” opened in District 8 of Ho Chi Minh City on January 16, with the event attracting the participation of many locals and tourists.

Spring flower market in Ho Chi Minh City opens
Joyful Tet atmosphere descends on Thua Thien-Hue province
Joyful Tet atmosphere descends on Thua Thien-Hue province

VOV.VN - A Hue Tet 2023 programme got underway in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from January 13 to January 17, with the event recreating traditional activities of local residents to celebrate the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

Joyful Tet atmosphere descends on Thua Thien-Hue province
People keen on cat mascot ahead of Lunar New Year in Quang Tri
People keen on cat mascot ahead of Lunar New Year in Quang Tri

VOV.VN - Local people are hugely interested in a recently-built statue of a cat, the mascot of the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, that has been put on display in the central square of Trieu Phong district in the central Quang Tri province.

People keen on cat mascot ahead of Lunar New Year in Quang Tri
Bustling Hanoi streets gear up for upcoming Tet holiday
Bustling Hanoi streets gear up for upcoming Tet holiday

VOV.VN - The Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, is fast approaching and the streets of the capital have become crowded with people busy preparing for the country’s biggest national holiday.

Bustling Hanoi streets gear up for upcoming Tet holiday
Year-end antique market in Hanoi excites crowds
Year-end antique market in Hanoi excites crowds

VOV.VN - Located in the heart of Hanoi, an antique market that opens specifically once a year from the 23rd to the 30th days of the last lunar month attracts a large number of antique lovers.

Year-end antique market in Hanoi excites crowds
Nguyen Hue flower street gets a Tet makeover
Nguyen Hue flower street gets a Tet makeover

VOV.VN - Nguyen Hue walking street, one of the famous tourist sites in Ho Chi Minh City, has been given a flowery facelift to welcome in the Year of the Cat ahead of its official opening on January 19.

Nguyen Hue flower street gets a Tet makeover
Spring Calligraphy Festival gets underway in Hanoi
Spring Calligraphy Festival gets underway in Hanoi

VOV.VN - The spring calligraphy festival 2023 opened at Hanoi’s Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature – the first university in Vietnam) on January 15 to uphold the spirit of learning among younger generation and respect for educators.

Spring Calligraphy Festival gets underway in Hanoi
Hanoi bus stations fall quiet as lunar New Year break draws near
Hanoi bus stations fall quiet as lunar New Year break draws near

VOV.VN - With passengers heading back to their hometowns for family reunion as the lunar New Year (Tet) holiday draws near, deserted scenes can be seen at major bus stations across the capital of Hanoi, a contrast to the bustling scenes recorded in previous years.

Hanoi bus stations fall quiet as lunar New Year break draws near
AFF Cup final: Last chance for Vietnam in away match in Thailand
AFF Cup final: Last chance for Vietnam in away match in Thailand

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese national football team must win or achieve a high-scoring draw in Bangkok if they are to lift the AFF Cup following their 2-2 draw against Thailand in the first leg of the final played in Hanoi three days ago.

AFF Cup final: Last chance for Vietnam in away match in Thailand
Discovering majestic beauty of Suoi Thau steppe in Ha Giang
Discovering majestic beauty of Suoi Thau steppe in Ha Giang

VOV.VN - Located 150 kilometres away from the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, Suoi Thau Steppe greatly impresses both local and foreign tourists with its wild and rustic features, along with its diverse shades of nature between immense mountains and green rice fields.

Discovering majestic beauty of Suoi Thau steppe in Ha Giang
Kitchen Gods’ Day brings hectic atmosphere despite fall in purchasing power
Kitchen Gods’ Day brings hectic atmosphere despite fall in purchasing power

VOV.VN - Local markets throughout Hanoi have become bustling with a diversification of goods, despite there being a decline in purchasing power on the Kitchen Gods’ Day, which falls on 23th day of the last month of the lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

Kitchen Gods’ Day brings hectic atmosphere despite fall in purchasing power
Hang Luoc traditional flower market bustling as Tet draws near
Hang Luoc traditional flower market bustling as Tet draws near

VOV.VN - The traditional flower market located on Hang Luoc street in Hanoi has become overcrowded with customers flocking to prepare to welcome in the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

Hang Luoc traditional flower market bustling as Tet draws near
Joyous Tet celebrations for Vietnamese expats in Republic of Korea
Joyous Tet celebrations for Vietnamese expats in Republic of Korea

VOV.VN - Together with Vietnamese nationals worlwide celebrating the traditional lunar New Year (Tet) festival, those residing in the Republic of Korea (RoK) held a Tet get-together to learn about the tradition, strengthen solidarity and relieve nostalgia.

Joyous Tet celebrations for Vietnamese expats in Republic of Korea
Downtown Hanoi crowded as Tet draws near
Downtown Hanoi crowded as Tet draws near

VOV.VN - Recent days has seen local residents of Hanoi head out to streets in even larger droves than normal as the capital prepares for the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, the biggest of its kind in Vietnam.

Downtown Hanoi crowded as Tet draws near
Carp village prepares for Kitchen Gods' Day
Carp village prepares for Kitchen Gods' Day

VOV.VN - Thuy Tram village in Phu Tho province is a famous red-carp raising area located in the north that has become busy over recent days ahead of the Kitchen Gods’ Day which falls on the 23rd day of the last lunar month, or January 14 this year.

Carp village prepares for Kitchen Gods' Day
Yellow apricot blossoms signal Tet arrival in former Hue imperial city
Yellow apricot blossoms signal Tet arrival in former Hue imperial city

VOV.VN - A national-level yellow apricot festival is scheduled to be held for the first time in the former imperial city of Hue, transforming the locality into Vietnam’s land of yellow apricots.

Yellow apricot blossoms signal Tet arrival in former Hue imperial city
Foreign tourists overwhelmed with festive Tet atmosphere in HCM City
Foreign tourists overwhelmed with festive Tet atmosphere in HCM City

VOV.VN - Many international visitors have chosen Ho Chi Minh City as a travel destination in the early part of the year and are extremely excited at enjoying Vietnam's traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Foreign tourists overwhelmed with festive Tet atmosphere in HCM City
Over 100 international dishes introduced at Vietnam F&B Festival
Over 100 international dishes introduced at Vietnam F&B Festival

VOV.VN - More than 100 typical regional and international dishes were introduced at the Vietnam Food & Beverage Festival and the Vietnam Culinary Forum 2023 held in Ho Chi Minh City on January 11.

Over 100 international dishes introduced at Vietnam F&B Festival
Elevated ring road No.2 officially put into operation
Elevated ring road No.2 officially put into operation

VOV.VN - The elevated section of ring road No.2 from Nga Tu So to Vinh Tuy Bridge, along with the widened ground stretch from Vinh Tuy to Nga Tu Vong, officially opened to the public on January 11.

Elevated ring road No.2 officially put into operation