An exhibition featuring paintings and installations on the image of the cat, the zodiac animal for the upcoming Lunar New Year, is taking place at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Located in Tay Ho district of Hanoi, Tu Lien village has been increasingly bustling over recent days due to many local people coming to order kumquat trees ahead of the Lunar New Year festival, known locally as Tet.

Revenue from retail sales of goods and services totalled about VND515.8 trillion (US$21.87 billion) in December and over VND1.54 quadrillion (US$65.3 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2022, a year on year rise of 17.1%, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - Various cultural activities are set to be held at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism at Dong Mo on the outskirts of Hanoi throughout January to celebrate the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, the nation’s biggest festival.

VOV.VN - When the first flowers blossom on To Day trees, also known as wild peach blossom, H’Mong people joyfully celebrate their traditional Lunar New Year festival on the first three days of the 12th lunar month.

VOV.VN - Tet customs from a bygone era will be re-enacted in the capital in January, 2023, ahead of the Lunar New Year festival.

The annual “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring), the biggest external and cultural event held for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) on the occasion of the Lunar New Year festival, will take place in Hanoi on January 14, with about 3,000 people taking part, including 1,000 OVs.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Airlines has announced plans to add more than 500 flights, equivalent to 90,000 seats, in order to meet increasing travel demand during the upcoming Lunar New Year, the country’s biggest festival of the year.

VOV.VN - With the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) just over three weeks away, Bat Trang pottery village on the outskirts of Hanoi has created a series of products in the shape of cats as a way of heralding in the Year of the Cat.

With the Lunar New Year (Tet) around the corner, retailers are scrambling to stockpile goods to meet the imminent surge in demand.