Overseas Vietnamese in France and Germany have celebrated the Lunar New Year festival (Tet) – the longest and biggest traditional event back in their home country – with a series of enticing cultural and musical activities.

The Vietnamese community in the Republic of Korea (RoK), Belgium, and Germany has been enabled to mark the biggest and long annual traditional event of their homeland – the Lunar New Year festival (Tet) – via associated visits and gatherings over the past few days.

VOV.VN - When the clock stroke midnight on January 21, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong delivered a speech, extending lunar New Year greetings to all Vietnamese fellow countrymen nationwide and overseas.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia has freshly organised a get-together with musical performances, a lucky draw, and a firework display to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) – Vietnam’s biggest and longest annual traditional festival.

VOV.VN - The northern, central, and southern regions throughout the country have different traditional customs with which to celebrate the lunar New Year festival (Tet).

VOV.VN - Located in the heart of Hanoi, an antique market that opens specifically once a year from the 23rd to the 30th days of the last lunar month attracts a large number of antique lovers.

VOV.VN - With passengers heading back to their hometowns for family reunion as the lunar New Year (Tet) holiday draws near, deserted scenes can be seen at major bus stations across the capital of Hanoi, a contrast to the bustling scenes recorded in previous years.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc beat the drum to kick off the 2023 “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring), the biggest annual event for overseas Vietnamese (OV) on the occasion of the (Tet) Lunar New Year festival, at an art programme in Hanoi on January 14.

VOV.VN - A fair showcasing Hanoi's range of food and agricultural products officially opened on January 13 in order to serve local people during the upcoming Lunar New Year festival (Tet).

VOV.VN - Together with Vietnamese nationals worlwide celebrating the traditional lunar New Year (Tet) festival, those residing in the Republic of Korea (RoK) held a Tet get-together to learn about the tradition, strengthen solidarity and relieve nostalgia.