As the Lunar New Year (Tet) approaches, Vietnamese consumers are increasingly turning to e-commerce for their Tet shopping needs, with online platforms expected to see a significant boost in sales.

The Prime Minister has advised local governments to organize cost-effective New Year fireworks displays without using public funds, ensuring festive joy while maintaining safety and thrift.

Kumquat prices are expected to increase by 15-20% this year, with rare bonsai trees fetching up to 30 million VND due to limited supply.

The Party Secretariat has banned Tet gift-giving to leaders and emphasized practical, thrifty celebrations to uphold traditions and focus on public welfare.

Months before the Lunar New Year, Hanoi’s artisans are busy creating intricate snake-themed statues and gold-plated artwork to meet rising demand.

The VN General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has announced its 2025 Lunar New Year plan for workers, which includes providing around 2,000 round-trip train tickets and 400 one-way plane tickets to help workers return home for the biggest holiday.

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

The days just before Tet are the busiest time for Hoang Trong Tuyen, a calligrapher living in Thanh Hoa province. He has a new product this year – calligraphy paintings on lotus leaves.

With the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) just a few days away, Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City has become packed with people who are either flying home for family reunions or going on holiday during the festive season.

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.

Authorities of the southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City has decided to increase the number of venues hosting fireworks displays on the upcoming Lunar New Year's Eve to 11, an increase from last year's eight.

Hang Be market in Hanoi, a site famous for selling food in the capital, is bustling as people are busy preparing for Ong Cong – Ong Tao (the Land Genie and the Kitchen Gods Day), which falls on 23rd of the last month of the Lunar New Year.

Businesses, supermarkets and petty merchants at traditional markets have prepared large inventories for the Tet sale season, but sales have been going slowly as people have cut back on spending.

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

Air tickets for flights on some routes with departure on peak days, from February 1 to February 19, are running out, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

You can easily feel the spring atmosphere in Hanoi at bonsai gardens around the capital.

As production and business results in 2023 were unsatisfactory for some businesses, low Tet bonuses were foreseeable. But workers see signs of recovery in the Year of the Dragon.

Domestic tourism remains a priority of Vietnamese holidaymakers during the Lunar New Year with 57.7% of respondents said they will spend the holiday at local tourist destinations, according to a report released by The Outbox Company on January 31.

More than 50 artists in music, dance and theatre from HCM City will perform in the TV music programme Gala Nhạc Việt 2024- Năm Mới Rực Rỡ (Vietnamese Music Gala 2024– Happy Lunar New Year).