Tours offering foreign tourists with brand-new experience of local life during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival have become special products of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue in recent days.

A week-long event to honour Vietnamese products was launched at the Carrefour hypermarket in the Westfield Carré Sénart shopping centre in Seine-et-Marne province, Île-de-France, on February 7.

VOV.VN - Visitors from Australia, Finland, and the Republic of Korea participated in a Chung cake (square glutinous rice cake) wrapping festival, which was held on February 3 at The Cliff Resort and Residences in Phan Thiet City in the southern province of Binh Thuan province.

The traditional Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tet) and a Chung cake-making activity were introduced at a recent meeting of the ASEAN Spouses Circle (ASC) held in Washington D.C.

VOV.VN - Located in Thanh Tri district of Hanoi, Tranh Khuc village specialises in making Banh Chung (square glutinous rice cake) and is full of villagers hastily producing the festive delicacy for the Lunar New Year festival, which begins in just over two weeks.

VOV.VN - With the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) fast approaching, villagers of Trang Cat in Thanh Oai district, Hanoi, are rushing to harvest Dong (Phrynium placentarium) leaves which are typically used to wrap various food items, including Chung cake (glutinous square rice cake) during Tet.

VOV.VN - Making a total of 200 cakes made from rice and sticky rice has been recognised as the largest of its kind in the nation by the Vietnam Records Organization (Vietkings).

VOV.VN - A 2.3 metre high cake made of sushi has been recognised as the largest of its kind in Vietnam by the Vietnam Records Organization (Vietkings) as itset a national record on November 19.

VOV.VN - Ba Ba Hoi food processing cooperative of Tam Ky City in the central province of Quang Nam has inked a deal with a business partner to export 32,000 Banh Chung (square glutinous rice) cakes to the US market.

VOV.VN - A spotted-dove-shaped cake is a typical dish of the Cao Lan ethnic group.