VOV.VN - Vietnamese people took to the streets nationwide watching colourful fireworks light up the sky and ringing in the lunar New Year of the Cat.

VOV.VN - When the clock stroke midnight on January 21, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong delivered a speech, extending lunar New Year greetings to all Vietnamese fellow countrymen nationwide and overseas.

Family reunion is a long-standing tradition during the Lunar New Year (Tet), the biggest holiday celebration of the year for the Vietnamese people.

Tet (Lunar New Year) is always an interesting experience for foreigners in Vietnam. Enjoying the Tet atmosphere, foreign ambassadors have shared their feelings about the biggest traditional festival in the country.

The festival which best epitomises Vietnam's cultural identity is the Lunar New Year or Tet, with a lot of meaningful customs and traditional special foods.

An incense-offering ceremony was held at the top of Nghia Linh Mountain in the northern province of Phu Tho in commemoration of Hung Kings – the legendary founders of the nation – on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival on January 21 (the last day of the last lunar month).

VOV.VN - In the lead-up to the lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, porters working in Long Bien wholesale market, the largest of its kind in Hanoi, have a heavier workload due to the increasing demand for fruit and other goods for Tet celebration.

VOV.VN - Many streets throughout Hanoi have been colourfully decorated with national flags, bulbs, flowers, and numerous slogans to ring in the lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited doctors of National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi’s Dong Anh district on January 21 – the last day of the 12th lunar month.

Ancestor worship, an ancient Vietnamese tradition, is a ritual practice paying tribute to deceased family members and reminding people of their roots.