VOV.VN - Pam DeVolder, a public affairs officer at the US Embassy in Hanoi, has been living in Vietnam for about four years, and the traditional lunar New Year (Tet) is no longer something strange to her. Let’s find out what she knows about Vietnam’s this biggest festival.

VOV.VN - The first day of the Lunar New Year saw the usually crowded and noisy streets of downtown Hanoi fall quiet with few pedestrians or citizens to be seen on local roads.

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.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited doctors of National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi’s Dong Anh district on January 21 – the last day of the 12th lunar month.

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.

VOV.VN - As the Lunar New Year draws near, Tran Quy Cap wet market in Hanoi remains bustling with people flocking to purchase Dong leaves, a key item used to make Chung cakes (square sticky rice cakes), a traditional New Year cake eaten in Vietnam.

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.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi People's Committee has recently unveiled a plan to organize the 12th conference on decentralized cooperation between Vietnam and France.

VOV.VN - With the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival drawing near, several fireworks viewing spots in the capital have begun to sell tickets to both local residents and tourists, with the price starting at more than VND2 million per person, including refreshments.

The Vietnam Television (VTV) staged a live programme entitled “Paris Agreement – Aspirations for peace” on January 17 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords) (January 27, 1973-2023).