Soaring travel demand during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, or Tet, has prompted local airlines to increase the number of seats between January 6 and February 5 next year.

Travel demand for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday in late January 2023 is expected to be very strong, according to travel agencies.

VOV.VN - Saigon Railway Station has once again become bustling in recent days, a stark contrast to the deserted scenes during the pre-Tet period as many people choose to head back to Ho Chi Minh City by train.

As of 10am on February 7, or the first working day following the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, 90.24 percent of plants in Hanoi had resumed operations, and 96.13 percent of workers had returned to work, according to the Hanoi Federation of Labour.

VOV.VN - Major arteries leading to Hanoi’s city centre became crowded on February 6 as people returned to the city after the nine-day lunar New Year holiday (Tet).

VOV.VN - Living far from home, Timothy Wong, a Malaysian business executive, does not feel lonely this Tet as he celebrates Vietnam’s largest traditional holiday with some of his Vietnamese staff.

VOV.VN - People of Ho Chi Minh City throng along Nguyen Hue street – a broad walking promenade in district 1 adorned with a variety of flowers – to celebrate the traditional lunar New Year holiday (Tet).

VOV.VN - Vung Tau city located in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau attracted thousands of revelers made up of both local residents and tourists during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, creating a crowded scene despite precautions for the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - The Xa Phang ethnic minority people in Muong Cha district, Dien Bien province, celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

Ambassador of Chile to Vietnam Patricio Becker has shared his feelings about the first time he has welcomed a Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday in the country, saying despite changes in society, traditional cultural values of the Vietnamese people have still been upheld and brought into play.