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.

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.