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.

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 - Nguyen Hue Flower Street in Ho Chi Minh City has been packed with local residents and visitors to celebrate the 2023 Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, after the site’s opening ceremony on January 19

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh offered incense in tribute to late government leaders Pham Hung, Vo Van Kiet and Phan Van Khai and visited their families in Ho Chi Minh City on January 20, ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival - the biggest and longest festival of Vietnamese people in a year.

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 - The management board of Xuan Nguyen prison in Hai Phong have put on many activities for the penitentiary’s nearly 3,700 prisoners to celebrate the upcoming lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

Each overseas Vietnamese (OV) is an ambassador and an important bridge to bring Vietnam to the world and vice versa, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu wrote in his Lunar New Year greeting letter sent to overseas Vietnamese worldwide.

VOV.VN - The number of passengers passing through Tan Son Nhat Airport on January 19 is anticipated to have reached a record figure of over 130,000 passengers, including 94,000 domestic visitors, ahead of the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

VOV.VN - The Embassy of Vietnam in Russia held a celebration on January 17 to mark the traditional Lunar New Year, known in Vietnam as Tet, for its staff and overseas Vietnamese who are living, working, and studying in Moscow and other Russian localities.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Tanzania has held the 2023 Xuan Que Huong (Homeland Spring) programme to welcome the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.