VOV.VN - In the buildup to the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, Dia Linh village in Huong Vinh ward of Thua Thien-Hue province is busy producing terra-cotta statues of the Kitchen Gods to serve the high demand for the festive season.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and outstanding Vietnamese expatriates on January 22 offered incense at Hanoi’s Thang Long Imperial Citadel to pay their respect to Vietnamese ancestors and pray for peace and prosperity in the new lunar year.

The Ambassadors of the US and France to Vietnam have shared their experience of celebrating the biggest festival in a year of Vietnamese people – the Lunar New Year or Tet.

VOV.VN - Tet, the lunar New Year festival, is the most important festival in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - A range of traditional rituals held to mark the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, have been reenacted at the Thang Long imperial citadel relic site in Hanoi, offering audiences a glimpse of what Tet celebrations were like in bygone eras.

VOV.VN - Locals in Thuy Tram village in the northern province of Phu Tho have been busy harvesting carps to mark Kitchen Gods Day, an annual tradition that takes place on February 4 to mark the 23rd day of the final month of the Lunar New Year.

VOV.VN - Many traditional markets throughout the capital were crowded with local people preparing farewell ceremonies for “Ong Cong - Ong Tao”, also known as the Land Genie and Kitchen Gods, on the 23rd day of the last month of the lunar year, which falls on February 4.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese people nationwide have been busy in recent days buying votive paper offerings ahead of the upcoming Kitchen Gods day, which falls on the 23th day of the 12th lunar month.