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According to Trịnh Văn Tú, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports in Hải Phòng, the event provides an overview of significant achievements of the nation in the cause of national liberation, construction, and defence of the Fatherland in the 94-year journey under the leadership of the Party.

The 2024 GENKI! FUKUSHIMA Food Festival is being held at Aeon Mall Tân Phú Celadon in HCM City from today through February 4 to promote the culture and cuisine of and tourism to Fukushima Province in Japan.

For the M'nông people, gongs have become an indispensable cultural feature in the religious life of the nation, a spiritual bridge between humans and gods.

This year's festival, from February 3-19, has attracted the participation of 40 calligraphers who are members of calligraphic clubs and selected from a writing competition to perform at the festival.

With the theme Phong vị Tết xưa Hà Nội (Flavours of Traditional Tết in Hà Nội), the exhibition introduces the custom of wrapping bánh chưng (square cake), enjoying couplets and Vietnamese traditional calligraphy during Tết, and appreciating bonsai, Tết fireworks and Tết market.

Symbolising prosperity, the kumquat tree is selected by most Vietnamese families to adorn their houses during Tết.

HCM City will open the 2024 Bình Điền Spring Flower Market for the upcoming Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday from February 5 at District 8’s Bình Điền Commercial Centre on Nguyễn Văn Linh Avenue (HCM City).

On Kitchen Gods’ Day, the 23rd day of the lunar 12th month, Vietnamese people now release carp rather than nylon bags and other objects on altars as they used to do. The habit-changing has been made thanks to active persuasion by Keep Vietnam Clean, a social enterprise that has done good for the environment.

The annual “Xuân Quê Hương” (Homeland Spring) programme, the biggest cultural event held for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, took place in HCM City on February 1-2. 

The Becoming Alice: Through the Metal Tunnel exhibition features the work of 13 artists, and is now on display at the Outpost Art Organisation's gallery.

Entitled Ngọc Sơn – Đêm Huyền Bí (Ngọc Sơn – Mysterious Night), the show took place at the Special National Relics of Hoàn Kiếm Lake and Ngọc Sơn Temple.

With economic difficulties, tightened budgets, and a significant increase in the price of transportation services, demand for spring travel has not shown signs of excitement.

If you have the chance to visit Hà Nội during Tết holiday, strolling through the stalls at the city's largest flower night market will leave you with a lasting impression. Come and discover the essence of Tet within this bustling marketplace alive with colours and fragrances of flowers.

Vietnamese Tết (Lunar New Year) Festival at the HCM City Youth Cultural House is quickly becoming the most attractive destination of the city during the Tết holiday.

The year 2024 will witness the premiere of two new movies adapted from Ánh’s works, Ngày Xưa Có Một Chuyện Tình (Love Upon a Time), and Kính Vạn Hoa (Kaleidoscope).

You can easily feel the spring atmosphere in Hà Nội at bonsai gardens around the capital. As Tết approaches, peach blossom and kumquat gardens in Nhật Tân and Tứ Liên villages are their busiest this time of year.

Reflecting on my impending journey back to the bright lights of Teesside (UK), my mind wanders to the habits I've unwittingly adopted during my time in Hà Nội.