Việt Nam News

Travelling for few days during Lunar New Year holiday has been a trend among city dwellers, especially after the pandemic was under control.

The French Institute in Hà Nội has launched a special cinema programme themed "Ciné Tết 2023" to welcome Tết (Lunar New Year) in Việt Nam.

Residents and visitors are flocking to the HCM City's Vietnamese Tết festival to celebrate the biggest traditional holiday of the year. This year, the festival is decorated with 100 ochna trees and a 3D paddy field to wish for good crops and luck in the new year.

A new version of the 1969 cải lương (reformed opera) play on fatherhood will be staged to celebrate Tết (Lunar New Year) in HCM City.

he 1,590km journey from HCM City to Hà Nội to welcome Tết (Lunar New Year) of a 73-year-old lecturer, her niece and a cat is recorded in the MINH and PING project. During their journey, they will stop at renown tourist attractions of Việt Nam to drink tea, contemplate the natural beauty and talk.

Tống Diệu Hằng has been a famous model and social media influencer attending many major fashion and art events in both Việt Nam and abroad. With a foundation and passion for art, she has boldly embarked on a new role – being a curator.

The sight of old men in traditional costumes writing calligraphy during Lunar New Year was once very popular in the days gone by. The tradition has long disappeared in modern times but it is being revived at the Spring Calligraphy Festival held in the capital Hà Nội. After two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, calligraphers, both local and international, are excited to be able to write again.

The flower market for Tết is in full swing now. Besides traditional domestic flowers for Tết such as peach blossoms and kumquat bonsai, there are many kinds of imported flowers for demanding customers.

A festival to promote the beauty of peach flowers, the landscape and the people and culture of the northern province of Lạng Sơn is being held for Tết (Lunar New Year).

The exhibition introduces 152 works by 152 painters who are members of the Việt Nam Fine Arts Association, mainly themed of spring and cats for the Year of the Cat.

An online 3D exhibition about Vietnamese kings' bonus and penalty incentives entitled Reward-Punishment: The Past But Not Old Stories has been open by the Hà Nội's National Archives Centre No 1.

HCM City has launched six flower fairs to serve and entertain residents and visitors during the upcoming Tết (Lunar New Year).

Residents and visitors in recent days have flocked to the HCM City’s Vietnamese Tết (Lunar New Year) Festival at the Youth Cultural House.

A 500-year-old pottery village, Thanh Hà village, is crowded with tourists in the days leading up to Tết holiday. Visitors can join in making pottery products in the shape of cats to celebrate the New Year, 2023.

The Theatre of Việt Nam Music, Dance and Song has launched the annual art performance series Màu Thời Gian (Colours of Time) featuring various themes of 2022.

The book "1973 Paris Peace Accords - A Turning Point Towards Peace" with a bilingual English-Vietnamese edition aims to deliver both domestic and foreign readers a significant amount of understanding that is both relevant and helpful.

Vietnamese people believe that Tết marks the beginning of a new year, a holiday of hope and belief in new and good things and a farewell to the old.