Hanoi’s outlying My Duc district was ordered to suspend the annual Huong Pagoda Festival and stop receiving visitors in an attempt to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung has said.

VOV.VN - The number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases nationwide increased to 2,228 after a further 33 positive cases were confirmed on February 14 by the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and State President Nguyen Phu Trong has sent the best New Year greetings to all Vietnamese people throughout the nation and abroad on the eve of traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

VOV.VN - An array of local businesses have devised plans in which they offer promotions and ramp up communication activities in an effort to serve people before, during, and after the Lunar New Year festival or Tet.

VOV.VN - The ancient city of Hue in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue is currently experiencing a festive atmosphere with the Lunar New Year festival, known locally as Tet, fast approaching.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recently issued Official Dispatch No. 365 asking localities hit by the latest COVID-19 outbreak to suspend all festivals to curb the spread of the pandemic.

VOV.VN - Thousands of books are set to go on show at the annual book street festival which will take place in downtown Ho Chi Minh City from February 9 to February 15 in celebration of the upcoming Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

The low sale volume was due to difficult economic conditions that forced customers to tighten spending.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has requested COVID-19-hit areas to cancel the organisation of festivals and cultural activities of mass gatherings in an effort to prevent the spread of the pandemic.

VOV.VN - A spring festival opened in the Mekong delta province of Can Tho on January 28, two weeks ahead of the Lunar New Year festival, known locally as Tet.