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As the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday draws closer, the Vietnamese aviation industry is scrambling to meet peak demand by increasing the number of flights.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will launch direct flights connecting the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and China’s Taiwan to meet travel demand on the occasion of Tet.

Hanoi people are busy staging a farewell ceremony for the “Ong Cong - Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) on the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year, which falls on February 8.

President Tran Dai Quang and overseas Vietnamese representatives offered incense to commemorate late President Ho Chi Minh in the presidential historical relic site in Hanoi on February 7.

The PM has assigned the Finance Ministry to provide over 5,504 tonnes of rice from the national reserve as food aid to seven localities on the occasion of Tet holiday, which is several days left.

As people rush around getting ready for Tet, many teachers in the northwestern mountains try to bring the festivities to poor ethnic students in remote areas - for two reasons.

The index of industrial production (IIP) in January surged 20.9 percent against the same month last year, partly due to the long Lunar New Year holiday falling in February this year.

The “Tet lam dieu hay” (Good things for Tet) programme in Ho Chi Minh City has raised more than 11 billion VND (482,900 USD) to support needy people ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet).

Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities are taking measures to ensure residents’ access to clean water during the dry season and upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Young artists of the The Gioi Tre (World of Youth) Drama Troupe will offer three new comedies to serve theatregoers during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Dried-fish processing villages in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are busy making fried fish to meet demand for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday which falls on February 16 this year.

The Binh Duong People’s Committee earmarked nearly 190 billion VND (8.36 million USD) to assist local workers and policy beneficiaries on the occasion of Lunar New Year holiday (Tet).

Hanoi needs to closely coordinate with neighbouring provinces to ensure goods supply, stable prices and diverse goods for the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday in both the capital city and nearby areas, said an official of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

As Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday approaches, firecracker smuggling is again "hot" in the border areas. Several tonnes have already been seized by customs authorities as they head across the border into Vietnam.

The volume of prepared goods for the Tet holiday has increased by 20-30 per cent against the volume last year.

Vietnam Airlines will offer 1,100 more flights to meet travel demand during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

A musical show featuring talented young performers is scheduled to take place at the Hanoi’s Cultural Friendship Palace on January 13, 2018, the organiser Thang Long Show said on December 11.

More than 24,000 train tickets out of 72,000 bookings made online for the Tet period (Lunar New Year holiday) were sold on the first day of sales on October 15 in HCM City.

Traffic death toll amounted to 48 on the first two day of the lunar New Year (January 28 and 29).

The Vietnam Red Cross Society is striving to provide at least one million gifts for needy people on the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet), VRCS Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu stated at a fund-raising event in Hanoi on December 20.