Passing down through generations and continued with equal enthusiasm today, “Xong dat” (first footing), a Tet tradition in Vietnam, has always been associated with hopes for a fruitful year ahead. 

 Nguyen Hue flower street was opened in Ho Chi Minh City on January 25 in celebration of the traditional Lunar New Year 2017.

 It’s difficult to design postal stamps. It’s even more difficult to make a picture from stamps.

Plants at Thong Nhat Park in Hanoi have been shaped into 12 animal designations to welcome the traditional Lunar New Year festival or Tet.

Some photos of Nguyen Hue Flower Street 2017 in Ho Chi Minh City before its opening on January 25.

 As a decades-long Vietnamese tradition, the calligraphy markets in HCM City have attracted locals and tourists looking for artworks that will bring them happiness, success, wealth and health.

The annual Spring Flower Festival is now underway at the Front Beach Park in Vung Tau Province.

Vietnamese representative Le Hang is calling on fans to vote for her to advance into the top 12 at the ongoing 2016 Miss Universe pageant.

 A Khen (panpipe) Festival will open for the first time from January 30 to February 12 in Sapa, Lao Cai province.

 The Vietnam Poetry Day 2017, the 15th edition, will be held in Hanoi on February 11 or the 15th day of the first lunar month of the New Year (Nguyen Tieu festival), with a special space designed for children’s poet clubs.

 The Ban Flower Festival 2017 will take place on March 12 together with the fifth Culture – Sports – Tourism Festival in the northern province of Dien Bien.

Property developer Sun Group will open Dragon Park, Souheast Asia’s largest theme park by area, in the northern province of Quang Ninh’s Ha Long city on January 25. 

 Cao Ba Hung, an 18-year-old boy, was announced as winner of the reality talent show Sing My Song on January 22 night.

 Vietnamese pop sensation Son Tung M-TP has been listed among top 55 Fashion Face Award Year 2016 by I-Magazine.

The second week-long Hoi An International Food Festival will take place from March 20 with the participation of 12 international chefs showcasing their countries’ culinary specialties made with herbs and ingredients from Hoi An.

The annual book street festival during the Tet holiday season will open on January 25 and run until January 31 (on December 28- January 4 of the lunar calendar), announced the HCM City Information and Communications Department.

 A wide variety of activities are being held at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi to welcome traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.

 The My Son religious site in the central province of Quang Nam, a World Cultural Heritage site, is facing pressure from the increasing number of visitors.

During the final lunar month, local artisans in Thanh Tien village in the central province of Thua Thien - Hue are more often than not busy with making colourful paper flowers to welcome the Lunar New Year festival.

Eager to offer new tourism products, improve the park’s attractiveness and contribute to promoting tourism in HCMC, Dam Sen Park will be hosting a great variety of entertainment events from Jan. 28 to Feb. 5.