A wide range of activities have been held across Latin America for Vietnamese people living there to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Dragon.

VOV.VN - To welcome in the Lunar New Year Ho Chi Minh City has been decorated with national flags, bulbs, flowers, and posters, giving roads around the city a touch of colour and bringing joy to local people as the festive season approaches.

VOV.VN - With the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) just a few days away, Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest of its kind in Vietnam, has become packed with people who are either flying home for family reunions or going on holiday during the festive season.

VOV.VN - Visitors from Australia, Finland, and the Republic of Korea participated in a Chung cake (square glutinous rice cake) wrapping festival, which was held on February 3 at The Cliff Resort and Residences in Phan Thiet City in the southern province of Binh Thuan province.

As the Lunar New Year (Tet) approaches, decoration shops along the streets of Ho Chi Minh City such as Hai Thuong Lan Ong, Tran Hung Dao, Nguyen Trai, Phung Hung are showcasing a plethora of Tet-themed products, boasting diverse designs.

VOV.VN - The southern province of Vinh Long on February 2 opened a flower-red ceramic road to the public, which received certification from the Vietnam Records Organization (Vietkings) as the longest of its kind in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - About a week before the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet), bus stations are always crowded with people returning home for family reunion. But this year things seem to be completely different.

A delegation from Cambodia’s Svay Rieng and Prey Veng provinces, led by the provinces' governors Peng Posa and Soun Somalin, visited and extended Lunar New Year wishes to the authorities of Long An province in the Mekong Delta region on February 2.

VOV.VN - The former imperial city of Hue has marked the start of the 2024 Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, the Year of the Dragon, with the re-enactment of a Neu (bamboo) pole erecting ceremony once held by the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) in Hue.

VOV.VN - State President Vo Van Thuong, and 100 outstanding Vietnamese expatriates who have returned for the Homeland Spring programme, offered incense in commemoration of national ancestors, as well as late President Ho Chi Minh and late President Ton Duc Thang, in Ho Chi Minh City on February 2.