Overseas Vietnamese in France and Germany have celebrated the Lunar New Year festival (Tet) – the longest and biggest traditional event back in their home country – with a series of enticing cultural and musical activities.

As many as 152 traffic accidents occurred in the country during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, from January 20 to January 26, a year-on-year decrease of 12 cases, according to the Ministry of Transport.

VOV.VN - The number of foreign tourists visiting Vietnam during the Lunar New Year (Tet) has increased remarkably, with bookings from foreign citizens making up between 30% and 40% of the country’s total room occupancy rate, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

VOV.VN - Traffic remained sparse across the capital on the first working day after the Lunar New Year (Tet), with no sign of heavy congestion as seen in the pre-Tet period.

VOV.VN - With the renowned artistic architecture of the Royal Palace intact, including plenty of historic relics and mausoleums of the Nguyen Dynasty, the former imperial city of Hue in central Vietnam is an attractive tourism hub during the Lunar New Year (Tet).

Although 2023 is forecast to see many difficulties, experts expect this is a recovery year of the retail sector after COVID-19 pandemic as there are many signs showing the return of investors and higher demands.

VOV.VN - The gateway of Ho Chi Minh City remained clear on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, a known locally as Tet, despite people returned to the southern metropolis to work.

VOV.VN - Crowds of pilgrims from across the country descended on the relic of Tran temple - Pho Minh Thap pagoda in the northern province of Nam Dinh to pray for peace during the opening days of the Lunar New Year or Tet.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese people’s celebration of Lunar New Year (Tet) has been featured in foreign media.

Belgium’s French-language television channel BX1 has broadcasted a reportage entitled "Vietnamese people celebrate Tet in Woluwe Saint-Pierre" about the Lunar New Year (Tet) that the Vietnamese Association in Belgium and the Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium organised on January 22 in Brussels.