Lunar New Year – The 'soft power' of Vietnamese culture

Lunar New Year – The 'soft power' of Vietnamese culture

(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations has recognized the Lunar New Year as an annual UN holiday. This reflects the international communities acknowledgment of Asian traditional culture and that the values of the traditional Lunar New...
Kumquat growing area in Hoi An preparing for Tet

Kumquat growing area in Hoi An preparing for Tet

(VOVWORLD) - These days the ornamental kumquat cultivation area in Hoi An city is bustling, preparing to meet the demands of the upcoming Lunar New Year market. Most local ornamental kumquats have been...
Vietnam’s Lunar New Year customs

Vietnam’s Lunar New Year customs

(VOVWORLD) - Tet, the lunar New Year festival, is the most important festival in Vietnam. On this occasion, people practice traditional customs to wish for a new lunar year full of peace, luck, wealth...
Tet featured in spring newspapers

Tet featured in spring newspapers

(VOVWORLD) - The joyful atmosphere of welcoming in a new spring and the happy anticipation of people at home and abroad is the theme of many spring press publications. Traditional Tet ...
Blood donation during Tet

Blood donation during Tet

(VOVWORLD) - The Hanoi Central Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion continues to receive blood donation from 7:30 to 17:30 everyday even during the traditional lunar new year holiday