VOV.VN - Many streets across the capital have fallen quiet on February 9, the 30th day of the last month of the Year of the Cat, in contrast to the busy and boisterous scenes of normal days.
VOV.VN - Hanoi is expected to set a Southeast Asian record with a majestic light and sound performance supported by 2,024 unmanned aerial vehicles which will take to the skies on Lunar New Year's Eve.
VOV.VN - Soldiers have made final preparations for a series of firework shows which will be held at 32 venues across the capital on February 10, which will be the Lunar New Year’s Eve.
VOV.VN - The Italian luxury cruise ship Aida Bella carrying approximately 2,000 German and Australian travelers on board arrived in Phu Quoc, a famous tourist island city in Kien Giang province, on February 9.
VOV.VN - Tay Ninh, An Giang, Kien Giang, Vung Tau, and Can Tho are five destinations in the southern region that travelers should not miss out on a visit to during the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.
As the Lunar New Year (Tet) is just around the corner, the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations in New York held an event on February 7 to introduce traditional Tet dishes of Vietnam and celebrate the recognition of the Lunar New Year as a UN floating holiday.
All the 17 trains of Metro Route No 1, Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien, in Ho Chi Minh City will continuously run on a trial basis during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, said the city’s Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR).
“Tat nien” is a traditional practice of Vietnamese people in the last day of a lunar year, during which Vietnamese families gather for a meal, look back on the past year and get themselves ready for a new year.
Vietnamese living abroad are celebrating the Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration - the most important traditional festival of Vietnamese people.
As a common habit, Vietnamese people often decorate their houses with peach blossoms, apricot blossoms, and kumquat trees during the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival in the hopes for luck, wealth, and happiness to their family.