Visiting pagodas during the Lunar New Year festival is not merely an activity associated with Buddhism but it has become an age-old cultural tradition, and an indispensable part in Vietnamese people’s spiritual life.
Ambassador of Chile to Vietnam Patricio Becker has shared his feelings about the first time he has welcomed a Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday in the country, saying despite changes in society, traditional cultural values of the Vietnamese people have still been upheld and brought into play.
VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc paid a Lunar New Year visit to the armed forces and some localities based in the central city of Da Nang on February 1, the first day of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
According to traditional belief, what starts well will end well, so the first guest to enter the house after midnight on the Lunar New Year’s Eve is believed to have a bearing on the family’s fortune throughout the year.
VOV.VN - Activities for Tet, known internationally as the Lunar New Year festival in Hanoi capital have gradually changed over time, but several beautiful traditional customs continue to be followed today in every family.
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese expatriates in Australia, the UK, China, and Japan have organised gatherings at different scales to mark the Lunar New Year (Tet), the longest and important festival of their home country.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent the best New Year greetings to all Vietnamese people throughout the nation and abroad on the eve of traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
VOV.VN - Though Hanoi does not let off fireworks on lunar New Year’s Eve like in previous years, local residents poured out onto streets to ring in the New Year.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 31 offered incense to commemorate late President Ho Chi Minh on the occasion of the traditional Lunar New Year and the 92nd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3).
VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City’s Book Street Festival has opened to residents and tourists in order to mark the traditional Lunar New Year festival, known locally as Tet.