Tet 2022

Update news Tet 2022

After Tet holiday, businesses face labor shortages

Many enterprises in Binh Duong province, a major industrial production center, are finding it difficult to recruit thousands of employees.

Overseas Vietnamese: soft resources in national development

Overseas Vietnamese intellectuals have offered suggestions on many important issues of the country, such as technology, artificial intelligence, start-up and innovation, disease prevention, and economic development model.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attends ploughing festival

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc joined officials and residents in the northern province of Ha Nam at the traditional Tich Dien (ploughing) festival on February 7, which prays for bumper crops.

Enterprises prepare for workforce shortage after Tet

Every year after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, many businesses face a serious shortage of workers. Last year, due to the impact of social distancing orders, enterprises struggled with a shortage of labour. 

Leaders pay Tet visits to Hanoi, Da Nang

Politburo member and State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc led a delegation to visit Danang on February 1, the first day of the Lunar New Year, to extend New Year greetings to agencies and armed force units in the central city.

Gold plated tigers hit souvenir shops in Hanoi

24-carat gold plated tigers are hitting high-end souvenir shops in Hanoi, selling for between several millions and tens of million dong.

Foreigners enjoying Tet first-hand in Hanoi

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

G4 Ambassadors spread messages about gender equality in Vietnam

On the threshold of the Lunar New Year (Tet), Ambassadors to Vietnam of New Zealand, Canada, Norway and Switzerland, have visited Hope Box, a shelter for victims of gender-based violence, in Hanoi.

Health ministry urges favourable conditions for entrants to Vietnam ahead of Tet

The Ministry of Health has asked the ministries of foreign affairs, national defence, public security and transport, and local governments to create favourable conditions for entrants to Vietnam ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

Overseas Vietnamese journalists visit Truong Sa to ‘see’ and ‘hear’

Overseas Vietnamese have overcome hesitation and doubts after visiting Truong Sa. After the trips, they act as ‘ambassadors’ in affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over sea and islands.

Tu Lien kumquat trees popular ahead of Tet

The Bonsai kumquat trees of Tu Lien Village with their unique shapes and sizes are picking up in popularity among shoppers for Tet decorations in Hanoi.

HCM City residents hire boats to release carp into Saigon River

Afraid that fish they release could be caught by others, some people in HCM City have paid a lot of money to rent boats to row to the middle of the Saigon River to free carp on the Day of the Kitchen Gods.

Distance doesn't stop overseas Vietnamese from finding special ways to celebrate Tet

The Tet holiday is no less special for Vietnamese citizens who, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cannot travel back to their homeland for the most special time of year.

The mascot for Lunar New Year 2022 on HCMC's floral road revealed

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, artisans have had to sleep at their workshops to finish decorating Nguyen Hue Floral Road for Lunar New Year 2022 in HCM City.

Largest fishing port in central Vietnam is bustling before Tet

Tho Quang port (Son Tra district, Da Nang city) has been busy receiving fishing vessels from many provinces in the central region land shipping seafood to the shore after a year-end trip.

HCM City marks Tet holidays with an array of cultural events, activities

A series of exciting cultural entertainment programs marking the lunar New Year in HCMC has been launched.

New pedestrian and flower streets open in Hanoi

In preparation for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, a flower and a pedestrian street has been set up in the west of the capital city. So far, hundreds of people, including many foreigners, have visited the area.