Keyword: "New Year"

More trains will run during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays to cope with an increase in demand.

To meet the increasing travel demand during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet), Vietnam Airlines has received three new aircraft in December, which will provide over 100,000 seats for the peak travel period in the largest festival in a year of the Vietnamese people.

Vietnam’s 2025 holiday schedule was announced early, which is expected to help both people and tour operators actively prepare for holidays across the year.

Cambodia recorded almost 22 million domestic and international visitors travelling to different tourist destinations nationwide during the four-day traditional New Year holiday, from April 13 to 16.

Cambodian people celebrated Chol Chnam Thmay (traditional New Year) festival from April 13-16 in an atmosphere of unity, excitement, and joy, Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Phnom Penh reported on April 16.

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Vietnam's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), on April 12 extended greetings to the Permanent Delegations of Laos and Cambodia to the UN on the occasion of their traditional new year festivals Bunpimay and Chol Chnam Thmay, respectively.

Leaders of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 12 visited the city’s Patriotic Clergy Solidarity Association and Pitu Khosa Rangsay pagoda on the occasion of Chol Chnam Thmay - the traditional New Year festival of Khmer ethnic minority people.

A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand led by Charge d'Affaires Bui Thi Hue visited the Lao Embassy in the country on April 6 to extend congratulations on Laos' traditional New Year festival, Bunpimay.

The 10th day of the first lunar month (February 19 this year) is God of Wealth Day. Since this year's God of Wealth Day falls on a Monday, many people in Hanoi have been flocking to gold shops very early, lining up and waiting for the opening hours to quickly buy gold for good luck at the beginning of the year.

These are the lovely wishes from the Vietnamese community living and working in Taiwan, along with their families, friends, and Vietnamese language learners.

On the evening of February 9 (the 30th day of the last lunar month), the vicinity of West Lake teemed with spectators eager to witness the 2024 drone performance. This spectacle recreated the history and culture of the capital city, illuminating the Hanoi sky.

Going to festivals at the beginning of the year is a long-standing tradition of Vietnamese people. It is also a occasion for people to spend time with their families and friends while praying for luck and good things for the new year.

The Consulate General of Vietnam in Pakse, Laos's Champasak province, a “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) programme on February 1 to bring the Tet atmosphere to overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in the host country.

A kite flying procession was held at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi for 3 days from January 25- 28 as part of the Happy Tet programme.

UK Ambassador to Vietnam Iain Frew has commended progress in cooperation between the two countries in a range of areas in his interview with the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on the occasion of New Year 2024.

More than 80 creative works depicting images of dragons - the zodiac sign for 2024 - are on show in Thu Duc city in Ho Chi Minh City. Let’s take a look!

Thailand is witnessing a rising number of COVID-19 cases after the New Year holiday, with those hospitalised up 7% on last week, according to an epidemiologist at Chulalongkorn University.

On the early morning of the first day of 2024, Ho Chi Minh City has enthusiastically welcomed first international passengers to the city who arriving on a Vietjet’s flight from Melbourne, Australia to the southern metropolis.

Hoi An ancient city, UNESCO-recognsied world cultural heritage, in the central province of Quang Nam served tens of thousands of tourists on the occasion of the New Year holiday from December 30, 2023 to January 1, 2024.

Ho Chi Minh City continues to be the leading locality in the country in terms of the number of visitors and revenue from tourism, with nearly 5 million foreign and nearly 35 million domestic tourists, and a total revenue of over 160 trillion VND (6.6 billion USD), the municipal Tourism Department announced on December 28.