This year's Tet bonuses for workers in HCM City are expected to be higher than last year, with the average bonus equal to one month of salary, according to a report released by the city's Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs

VietNamNet Bridge – From October 1, Vietnam Railways Corporation will start to sell train tickets for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, with fares for the Hanoi-HCMC services 2-15% lower than the previous Tet.

Vietnamese traditional musical language, xam or busking, has been used for the very first time to communicate social issues in a music video entitled XamTra Da (Iced Tea Busking).

 Nearly 430 traffic accidents occurred within the seven days of the Lunar New Year (Tet) nationwide, leaving 246 people dead and 415 injured according to the National Committee for Traffic Safety.

The Lunar New Year of the Goat (Tet) is a nine-day holiday, which is an opportunity for people to choose destinations to visit after a hard year at-work.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As the Lunar New Year (Tet) nears, residents in Ward 6 of Yen Dinh town, Hai Hau district in the northern province of Nam Dinh are hurrying to complete hundreds of longan cake batches from morning till midnight.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bribes are sometimes given as gifts during Tet, but they are also a year-round problem, Dang Ngoc Dinh, director of the Center for Community Support Development Studies,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tet has yet to come, but the smell of it lingers in alleys throughout the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The recent closure of a number of Topcare stores following a series of big-name shutdowns, was evidence of the fierce competition in the electronics retail market in Viet Nam.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Imported flowers have become a favourite of a large number of consumers for the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival, despite their higher prices compared with that of locally produced flowers.

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 VietNamNet Bridge - Two weeks before the lunar New Year the weather is very warm, causing peach flowers to blossom early.

 VietNamNet Bridge – These days, the pottery market on Vo Thi Sau Street in HCMC’s District 3 has turned more bustling as more customers have come to buy pottery, especially antique-like one, to decorate their houses

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Xuan from Tay Tuu Commune in Tu Liem District in the north is one of many chrysanthemum growers caught holding large stocks of flowers before Tet.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Enjoying traditional dishes is what makes the Lunar New Year, or Tet, special. On this special occasion, people in the countryside gather together to make specialties such as banh chung and banh tet

 VietNamNet Bridge – Spring and love are the hottest themes for music videos that will be released this month to welcome Tet (Lunar New Year), which begins on February 19.

Farmers have used techniques to shape watermelons, pomelos and other fruits into gourds, hearts and wishes to meet the demand of people for decorating their houses and the altar of their ancestors during the Lunar New Year holiday,

 VietNamNet Bridge – In addition to well wishes, the Vietnamese have a long tradition of giving lucky money to children during the Lunar New Year holiday, or Tet.

Fashion shops on Nguyen Trai Street linking District 1 and District 5 in HCMC has become crowded these days with a lot of people rushing to buy clothes, shoes and other items in the run up to the Lunar New Year holiday