VOV.VN- National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has begun accepting peach and apricot branches for transport as checked baggage on domestic flights to meet passenger demand during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday of the Year of the Horse 2026, with the service running through March 3, 2026.

Vietjet Air will transport apricot and peach blossoms on domestic flights from/to Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Da Nang, Da Lat and Hai Phong from January 15 to February 28 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, at VND450,000 (US$17.13) per bundle (excluding taxes and fees).

As a common habit, Vietnamese people often decorate their houses with peach blossoms, apricot blossoms, and kumquat trees during the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival in the hopes for luck, wealth, and happiness to their family.

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.

Vietjet will offer transporting apricot and peach blossoms service from January 25 to February 24 (December 15 in the Year of the Cat to January 15 in the year of the Dragon in lunar calendar) at the price of VND450,000 per bundle (US$18.37) as the Lunar New Year (Tet) is approaching.

In Asian countries like Vietnam, the Lunar New Year (or Tet Nguyen Dan in Vietnamese) has been a special occasion for thousands of generations. For foreigners in Vietnam for the first time, Tet is truly a new and intriguing experience.

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.

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.

VOV.VN - With the countdown to the New Year now in full swing, the final days of the year has seen many streets throughout Ho Chi Minh City decorated with incredible festive items, including colourful national flags, bulbs, and flowers.

A non-fungible token (NFT) created by Ho Chi Minh City-based teen artist Xeo Chu titled ‘The Lucky Apricot Blossom’ recently raked in US$23,000 in an auction on Binance’s NFT marketplace.