VOV.VN - Pam DeVolder, a public affairs officer at the US Embassy in Hanoi, has been living in Vietnam for about four years, and the traditional lunar New Year (Tet) is no longer something strange to her. Let’s find out what she knows about Vietnam’s this biggest festival.

Overseas Vietnamese people in Japan, Israel, Slovakia, and Czech Republic have celebrated the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival in a warm atmosphere in line with Vietnamese traditions.

In Asian countries like Vietnam, the Lunar New Year (or Tet Nguyen Dan in Vietnamese) has been a special occasion for thousands of generations. For foreigners in Vietnam for the first time, Tet is truly a new and intriguing experience.

The northern province of Quang Ninh held a ceremony on January 22, the first day of the Year of the Cat, to welcome the lunar new year's first group of foreign tourists to Ha Long Bay – a world natural heritage site recognised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).

The National Assembly will continue with strong reforms in mindset and working style to further improve the quality and efficiency of its operations, Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the Lunar New Year.

VOV.VN - The presence of developing nations like Vietnam – a country which experienced wars for national liberation in the past and has recently recorded significant economic achievements – in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is of major significance.

VOV.VN - Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo has shared his good impressions of Vietnam, and Hanoi capital, while extending lunar New Year greetings to Vietnamese people in a recent interview granted to a VOV reporter on the occasion of the traditional lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese people typically go on a pilgrimage at the beginning of each Lunar New Year in order to pray for safety, health, good luck, prosperity, and happiness during the year ahead.

Giving away lucky money is a traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) custom through which Vietnamese people exchange the best wishes with one another, hoping for a year of peace and good luck.

VOV.VN - The first day of the Lunar New Year saw the usually crowded and noisy streets of downtown Hanoi fall quiet with few pedestrians or citizens to be seen on local roads.