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VNA photographers went out to explore the atmosphere around the country on the eve of the Lunar New Year.

The old quarter of the ancient capital of Ninh Bình on the eve of the Lunar New Year. VNA Photo Đức Phương

Foreign tourists pose for photos by cat shaped coracles on a Đà Nẵng beach on the eve of the Year of the Cat. VNA Photo Quốc Dũng

Navy sailors in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu decorate for Tết while stay ready to protect the homeland. VNA Photo

Hà Nội people rush to bring home some fresh flowers for Tết, just before local shops close for the celebrations. VNA Photo Khánh Hòa

Business and individual donors have presented gifts worth 2.6 billion to poor households in Đắk Lắk, while the provincial authorities have also delivered more than 1,000 tonnes of rice from the national reserves to help some 18,000 poor families before Tết. VNA photo Hoài Thu.

Trương Thị Mai, Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commision, visits and presents gifts to disadvantaged sanitary workers in Đà Lạt. VNA photo Chu Quốc Hùng

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