A series of large-scale spring festivals kicked off on February 15 (the sixth day of the first lunar month) in many northern localities.

The Tet Book Street Festival 2024 in Ho Chi Minh City attracted over 1 million visitors from February 7-14, up 11.1% year-on-year, according to the municipal Department of Information and Communications.

VOV.VN - State President Vo Van Thuong on February 15 launched the national tree planting festival 2024 in Kim Phu commune of Tuyen Quang province, northern Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Thousands of people converged on Dong Da Cultural Park in Hanoi’s Dong Da district on February 14 or the fifth day of the first lunar month, to attend a festival celebrating King Quang Trung’s victory over Chinese Qing invaders 235 years ago.

VOV.VN - Thousands of tourists, including many foreign travelers, took part in a wide range of activities held at the Cong Troi (Heaven Gate) Opening Festival on the third and fourth days of the first lunar month in Sa Pa district of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

An event called “Spring of Love” was organised by the General Union of Vietnamese in Brussels (UGVB) on February 11 (the second day of the first lunar month) on the occasion of the arrival of the Year of the Dragon, offering an opportunity for overseas Vietnamese in the country to get together and honour their common roots.

VOV.VN - The white Thai ethnic people in Dien Bien province, northern Vietnam, make Khẩu xén, a kind of cake made of from sticky rice and fresh cassava roots, for daily use as well as during spring festivals.

VOV.VN - Many visitors have flocked to the ongoing spring calligraphy festival 2024 getting underway at Hanoi’s Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam, or Temple of Literature - the first university in Vietnam, as they ask for calligraphic works on the first days of the lunar new year.

The Huong Pagoda Festival, the longest of its kind in Vietnam, is set to open in Huong Son commune, Hanoi’s outlying district of My Duc, on February 11 (the second day of the lunar new year) and last until May 1.

VOV.VN - Local player Nguyen Hai Dang won the men’s singles at the Iran Fajr International badminton tournament after beating his Indian rival on February 5.