Porters in Hanoi wholesale market work up a sweat ahead of Tet
Porters in Hanoi wholesale market work up a sweat ahead of Tet

VOV.VN - In the lead-up to the lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, porters working in Long Bien wholesale market, the largest of its kind in Hanoi, have a heavier workload due to the increasing demand for fruit and other goods for Tet celebration.

Porters in Hanoi wholesale market work up a sweat ahead of Tet
Tet decorations spring up on streets across Hanoi
Tet decorations spring up on streets across Hanoi

VOV.VN - Many streets throughout Hanoi have been colourfully decorated with national flags, bulbs, flowers, and numerous slogans to ring in the lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Tet decorations spring up on streets across Hanoi
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
Winner of logo design contest marking Vietnam-Singapore diplomatic ties announced
Winner of logo design contest marking Vietnam-Singapore diplomatic ties announced

The winner of the contest to design a commemorative logo for the 50th founding anniversary of Vietnam-Singapore diplomatic ties and the 10th anniversary of strategic partnership was honoured at an award ceremony held in both face-to-face and online forms in Hanoi on January 19.

Winner of logo design contest marking Vietnam-Singapore diplomatic ties announced
More activities welcome Lunar New Year overseas
More activities welcome Lunar New Year overseas

The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia has freshly organised a get-together with musical performances, a lucky draw, and a firework display to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) – Vietnam’s biggest and longest annual traditional festival.

More activities welcome Lunar New Year overseas
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
Overseas Vietnamese considered ambassador bringing Vietnam to the world
Overseas Vietnamese considered ambassador bringing Vietnam to the world

Each overseas Vietnamese (OV) is an ambassador and an important bridge to bring Vietnam to the world and vice versa, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu wrote in his Lunar New Year greeting letter sent to overseas Vietnamese worldwide.

Overseas Vietnamese considered ambassador bringing Vietnam to the world
Boy’s body trapped in concrete pillar retrieved from underground
Boy’s body trapped in concrete pillar retrieved from underground

VOV.VN - Three weeks after falling deep into an empty concrete pillar at a construction site in Dong Thap province, the body of a 10-year-old boy was retrieved by relevant forces early on January 20.

Boy’s body trapped in concrete pillar retrieved from underground
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