VOV.VN - Vietnamese families, including those based in the capital, are busy holding farewell ceremonies for “Ong Cong - Ong Tao”, also known as the Land Genie and Kitchen Gods, on the 23rd day of the final month of the Lunar New Year, which falls on January 25 this year.

VOV.VN - Domestic gold prices continued to enjoy a considerable increase on January 24 to close at VND62 million per tael with just a few days to go ahead of the Lunar New Year of Tet.

VOV.VN - As the lunar New Year holiday (Tet) is just a week to go, Ho Chi Minh City – based Tan Son Nhat International Airport is packed with people who either fly home for family reunion or go on holiday during the festive season.

Vietnamese embassies have been busy organising celebrations of traditional New Year – Tet – for Vietnamese expats across the world.

Nearly 30 foreign ambassadors and representatives of foreign offices and international organisations in Hanoi on January 23 had a visit to Duong Lam ancient village in the outskirts of Hanoi and a look into activities of the Vietnamese lunar New Year.

Vietnamese people in Russia, Israel, and Mexico marked the coming Lunar New Year (Tet) with ceremonies organised by the embassies of Vietnam on January 22.

A series of royal rituals, which used to be held on the occasion of the Lunar New Year festival (Tet) in the past, have been re-enacted by the Thang Long-Hanoi Heritage Conservation Centre in collaboration with the Thang Long Cultural Heritage Association at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on January 22 extended lunar New Year greetings to Vietnamese people living in Canada at a get-together virtually hosted by the Embassy of Vietnam in Canada and the Canada Vietnam Society.

VOV.VN - The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a special art programme for overseas Vietnamese who returned home for the 2022 lunar New Year holiday (Tet).

VOV.VN - In the buildup to the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, Dia Linh village in Huong Vinh ward of Thua Thien-Hue province is busy producing terra-cotta statues of the Kitchen Gods to serve the high demand for the festive season.