VOV.VN - Purchasing power may increase by about 11% to 13% compared to last year's Lunar New Year festival (Tet), according to forecasts made by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade.

The Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday will last seven days from February 8 to 14, 2024, per an official document approved by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

To ensure the supply of goods and stabilisation of the domestic market by the end of 2023 and Lunar New Year 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will coordinate with large distributors to regulate the supply of goods and support the consumption of agricultural products, according to Le Viet Nga, MoIT’s deputy director of the Domestic Market Department.

VOV.VN - Vietravel Airlines plans to offer more than 100,000 seats across its domestic and international flight network during the coming Lunar New Year festival from January 25 to February 24, 2024, to meet the travel demand of passengers.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Airlines Group, comprising of Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines, and VASCO, will put around three million tickets up for sale on domestic and international flights during the upcoming Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

An event named “Tet in summer” was held in Gent city, Belgium on July 1 to promote Vietnamese culture and raise funds for poor children in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Traditional markets in the capital were bustling on June 22 as many locals prepared trays in order to worship their ancestors on the occasion of the Doan Ngo Festival, which falls on the fifth day of May according to the lunar calendar.

VOV.VN - From the early hours of the morning on April 22, Hanoians have been busy making and buying “Bánh trôi" and "Bánh chay" specifically for the Cold Food Festival which falls on the third day of the third lunar month.

The Department of Industry and Trade of Ho Chi Minh City on April 3 announced a market stabilisation programme for food and essential products in 2023 and during the lunar New Year (Tet) holidays 2024.

The making of banh tet (a cylindrical glutinous rice cake) is a traditional craft handed down across generations.