The Vietnamese Embassy in Cuba recently organised a “Xuan Que huong” (Homeland Spring) programme to welcome the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) - the most important festival of Vietnam in a year, bringing together crowds of Vietnamese people living, working and studying in the Latin American nation.

The Tet (Lunar New Year) is the time when the amount of remittances transferred to Vietnam increases due to the demand of overseas Vietnamese and Vietnamese working abroad wanting to send money back home.

VOV.VN - Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest of its kind in Vietnam, has been bustling in recent days as people eagerly await the return of their overseas Vietnamese relatives for the upcoming Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

“Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring), the biggest cultural event for overseas Vietnamese (OVs), has been held by the Vietnamese Embassies in India, the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Japan and the Consulate General in Hong Kong (China) to bring the Tet atmosphere to Vietnamese expats.

VOV.VN - President Luong Cuong called on overseas Vietnamese (OV) to contribute to a new era of development for the Vietnamese nation during the Homeland Spring 2025 programme held in Hanoi on January 19 evening.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse on January 19 afternoon (local time) visited the family of Hoang Dinh Thang, an outstanding overseas Vietnamese, who is a member of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee's Presidium, President of the Union of Vietnamese Associations in Europe.

Party General Secretary To Lam on January 19 hosted a reception for 100 overseas Vietnamese (OV) representatives from more than 40 countries and territories, who are in Vietnam to attend the 2025 “Xuan Que huong” (Homeland Spring) organised by the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV).

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) on January 19 hosted a ceremony in Hanoi to welcome a delegation of distinguished overseas Vietnamese who have returned for the Xuân Quê Hương 2025 (Homeland Spring 2025) programme.

VOV.VN - State President Luong Cuong, together with a delegation of overseas Vietnamese who have returned home for the Lunar New Year 2025 festival, participated in a symbolic carp release ceremony at President Ho Chi Minh’s fish pond within the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on January 19.

The “Xuan Que huong” (Homeland Spring) programme 2025 will take place in Hanoi from January 18 to 20 with diverse events and new features, according to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang, who is also Chairwoman of the ministry's State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs.