VOV.VN -It is an age-old custom for Vietnamese people to purchase salt on the opening day of the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, in the belief that salt is capable of warding off evil spirits and bringing good luck for the family over the course of the coming year.

VOV.VN - The Indian ambassador to Vietnam, Pranay Verma, and other Indian diplomats have extended greetings to the Vietnamese people celebrating lunar New Year 2021.

VOV.VN - The capital city of Hanoi looks rather different from what it does every day on the first day of the lunar New Year.

Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong on February 11 night made a lunar New Year (Tet) visit to the Hanoi Party Committee, during which he wished the capital greater success in 2021.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and State President Nguyen Phu Trong 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 - A year ago Vietnam saw the Lunar New Year welcomed in by unprecedented hailstorms accompanied by loud thunder and lightning, casting an uncertain feel over what was in store over the course of the coming year.

Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly (NA) Pany Yathotou paid a visit on February 11 to officers and soldiers of Army Corps 11 of the Vietnam People’s Army who are working on the construction of the Lao NA House, on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Pham Vinh Quang on February 10 held a consular visit in the form of teleconference and delivered Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to Vietnamese fishermen who are being kept in a detention centre in Tanjungpinang. ​

Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son led a special task force for COVID-19 prevention and control to inspect the treatment of COVID-19 patients at the Cu Chi hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on February 11.

VOV.VN - Unique buffalo-themed paper money and coins have gone on sale ahead of the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, with the festive items proving popular with customers keen to use them as lucky money for the annual festival.