French Ambassador to Vietnam Olivier Brochet has highlighted the friendship and mutual trust between the two countries during an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on the occasion of the Lunar Year Year (Tet) festival.

VOV.VN - On the morning of the first day of the Year of Dragon, Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh welcomed the first groups of foreign tourists.

VOV.VN - Many Hanoians have flocked to large temples and pagodas on the first day of Lunar New Year (Tet) to pray for a year of good health, happiness and prosperity.

VOV.VN - "Vietnam’s Tet is festive. From every corner of the city emanates the Tet ambience, streets bustling with shoppers and markets teeming with flowers,” says Du Phong, a Chinese man who has been residing in the nation for 22 years.

VOV.VN - Hanoi was tranquil on the first morning of the Year of the Dragon with fewer motorbikes and no traffic jams, honking or crowds on most streets.

The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN) hosted a meeting with Vietnamese experts working for UN agencies in New York on February 8 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) - the the biggest festival of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh paid pre-Tet visits to major media agencies in Hanoi on February 9, the final day of the lunar year 2023, including Radio The Voice of Vietnam (VOV), Vietnam Television (VTV), and Vietnam News Agency (VNA), while inspecting their on-duty situation on threshold of the Lunar New Year (Tet).

The Vietnam Club at the Moscow State Linguistic University (MGLU) of Russia has organised a special course, attracting most of the students of the Vietnamese language from universities in Moscow to discuss about “Tet” (the Lunar New Year) festival.

Tours offering foreign tourists with brand-new experience of local life during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival have become special products of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue in recent days.

Vietnamese have splashed tens of billions of VND on ao dai (traditional long dresses), the national costume, via e-commerce platforms to dress up for the coming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.