VOV.VN - Due to the nation’s latest novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, Prof. Dr. Andreas Stoffers, country director of Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Vietnam, has been forced to cancel his Lunar New Year (Tet) plans in the south and remain in Hanoi to enjoy the capital’s festive atmosphere.

Tet provides an excellent opportunity for visitors to sample some of Vietnam’s more exotic culinary creations.

Hanoi’s outlying My Duc district was ordered to suspend the annual Huong Pagoda Festival and stop receiving visitors in an attempt to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung has said.

VOV.VN - The Mong ethnic people in Mu Cang Chai town of northern mountainous Yen Bai province, celebrate the lunar New Year holiday (Tet) in a special way. Let’s dig out their customs during the festive season.

VOV.VN - The number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases nationwide increased to 2,228 after a further 33 positive cases were confirmed on February 14 by the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - With the central region enjoying a spell of beautiful weather, thousands of domestic travelers flocked to Da Nang to visit the city’s pagodas and flower street on the second day of the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

VOV.VN - Each ethnic group in Vietnam has typical customs to welcome the New Year, which is called Tet in Vietnamese. Their uniqueness helps make Vietnam’s cultural diversity.

The Embassy of Vietnam and a number of Vietnamese representative agencies and expats in Malaysia on February 12 offered incense to late President Ho Chi Minh as a gesture to pay tribute to their root on the occasion of Tet (Lunar New Year).

VOV.VN - The capital city of Hanoi looks rather different from what it does every day on the first day of the lunar New Year.

Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong on February 11 night made a lunar New Year (Tet) visit to the Hanoi Party Committee, during which he wished the capital greater success in 2021.