The upcoming New Year holiday from December 30, 2023 to January 1, 2024 is expected to be a good start for the tourism sector.

VGP - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has approved a proposal by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs on the lengths of the Lunar New Year and the National Day for 2024.

The Ministry of Home Affairs announced it has agreed that the 2024 Lunar New Year holiday should be a seven-day break, as was proposed by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

The proposal has been presented for feedback from ministries and departments, before being submitted to the prime minister for approval.

Impressed with the traditional Tet holiday (Lunar New Year) in Hanoi, many international photographers visited Vietnam’s capital city on the occasion to capture the scenes of idyllic and warm Tet.

There is a certain selection of dishes that almost every family will have on Tet or Lunar New Year.

Giving away lucky money is a traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) custom through which Vietnamese people exchange the best wishes with one another, hoping for a year of peace and good luck.

Da Lat Night Market in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong will be reopened from today, January 29 after a long suspension due to Covid-19.

Coming from different corners of the world, foreigners share a common eagerness to welcome in the Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

In Vietnam, any holiday falls on the weekend, people will be entitled to a substitute day.

The Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday is a unique cultural heritage of the Vietnamese people. More and more foreigners now celebrate Tet, however, and enjoy the cosy atmosphere surrounding the holiday.

The last year has seen several foreigners living in Vietnam experience unprecedented changes, particularly with 2020 being heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning that travelling between countries has become increasingly difficult.

Thousands of people have flocked to the southern province of Dong Nai these days to admire and take pictures with the giant apricot tree.

On the first working day after the lunar New Year (Tet holiday), the streets of Saigon bustled again, but there were no traffic jams.

A Vietnamese Tet (Lunar New Year) Programme with folk rituals and games took place at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi to celebrate the Year of the Buffalo.

In the flow of people returning to Hanoi after the 7-day lunar New Year holiday (Tet), there were kids sitting behind their mothers on motorbikes, with countryside specialties tied behind the vehicles.

Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo shared with VietNamNet his wish to promote the Vietnam-China relationship in the new year as well as interesting thoughts about the Lunar New Year (Tet holiday).

The Lunar New Year, known throughout the nation as Tet, is of great importance to both Vietnamese people and citizens of other Asian countries, with the first day of Tet usually being for family gatherings and the worshipping of ancestors.

“When I came to Vietnam, I realized that spring rolls was a popular dish, both for vegetarian and pescatarian. Tet (Lunar New Year) is coming and this is the dish that almost every Vietnamese family has in their Tet meal.”