Tag: New Year’s Eve
HCM City skies won’t be dazzled by fireworks this Lunar New Year
VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City will not have its usual firework displays on Lunar New Year's Eve this year, although a total of 18 other activities are set to run until February as part of the southern city’s Tet celebrations.
HCM City welcomes New Year amid quiet atmosphere
VOV.VN - Unlike scenes in previous years when people poured onto the streets to watch firework displays and enjoy entertainment to celebrate New Year’s Eve, public places in Ho Chi Minh City this year are much more quiet.
No fireworks display, large gatherings on New Year’s Eve
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested localities not to let off fireworks and at the same time to restrict events of large crowds of people on New Year’s Eve as part of COVID-19 prevention and control efforts.
Hanoi to cancel countdown party this year
VOV.VN - Firework shows and a countdown party to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Hanoi will not be held as in previous years due to the complicated nature of developments relating to COVID-19, according to the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports.
Why do Vietnamese people buy salt on Lunar New Year’s Day?
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.
Top leader wishes Hanoi prosperous 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.
Vietnam’s Lunar New Year customs
VOV.VN - Tet, the lunar New Year festival, is the most important festival in Vietnam.
Hanoi to set off lunar New Year fireworks at one location
VOV.VN - The Prime Minister has permitted Hanoi capital to set off fireworks to welcome in the lunar New Year 2021 at just one location as opposed to 30 as previously scheduled due to the emergence of the coronavirus.
Hanoi to scale down Lunar New Year firework display due to COVID-19
VOV.VN - The capital of Hanoi will set off fireworks in just one place as opposed to the 30 previously scheduled, according to the municipal Party Committee.
Bus stations crowded as people head home on New Year’s Eve
VOV.VN - Thousands of people have been flocking to bus stations throughout Hanoi on December 31 as they are about to return home in order to celebrate New Year’s Eve with their families.
