Tag: lunar New Year
Russian students interested in learning about Vietnamese Tet culture
The Vietnam Club at the Moscow State Linguistic University (MGLU) of Russia has organised a special course, attracting most of the students of the Vietnamese language from universities in Moscow to discuss about “Tet” (the Lunar New Year) festival.
Thua Thien-Hue lures tourists with Tet experience tours
Tours offering foreign tourists with brand-new experience of local life during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival have become special products of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue in recent days.
Billions of VND spent on ao dai online for Tet holidays
Vietnamese have splashed tens of billions of VND on ao dai (traditional long dresses), the national costume, via e-commerce platforms to dress up for the coming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
Hanoi turns tranquil on last day of Year of the Cat
VOV.VN - Many streets across the capital have fallen quiet on February 9, the 30th day of the last month of the Year of the Cat, in contrast to the busy and boisterous scenes of normal days.
Hanoi prepares for grand fireworks on Lunar New Year's Eve
VOV.VN - Soldiers have made final preparations for a series of firework shows which will be held at 32 venues across the capital on February 10, which will be the Lunar New Year’s Eve.
Phu Quoc welcomes nearly 2,000 tourists on five-star cruise ship
VOV.VN - The Italian luxury cruise ship Aida Bella carrying approximately 2,000 German and Australian travelers on board arrived in Phu Quoc, a famous tourist island city in Kien Giang province, on February 9.
Traditional Tet dishes introduced to int’l friends in New York
As the Lunar New Year (Tet) is just around the corner, the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations in New York held an event on February 7 to introduce traditional Tet dishes of Vietnam and celebrate the recognition of the Lunar New Year as a UN floating holiday.
Huong Pagoda Festival to begin on February 11
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.
Tet celebrated abroad
Vietnamese living abroad are celebrating the Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration - the most important traditional festival of Vietnamese people.
Popular ornamental plants in Vietnamese houses during Tet
As a common habit, Vietnamese people often decorate their houses with peach blossoms, apricot blossoms, and kumquat trees during the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival in the hopes for luck, wealth, and happiness to their family.
