Ochna blossom gardeners in Ho Chi Minh City say they can make a good living from renting the flowers when the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival is drawing near.
For most Vietnamese, Tet (Lunar New Year festival) has actually begun with the “Ong Cong - Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) ceremony on the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year.
The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC) has launched a humanitarian campaign to help poor families and Agent Orange (AO) victims prepare for the coming traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
Spring seems to come earlier than usual as the peach blossoms appear in Y Ty commune, Bat Xat district, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai which is home to the H'Mong ethnic group.
Overseas Vietnamese have sent home remittances of 1.4 billion USD
through HCM City-based banks in the first four months of this year, a
year-on-year increase of 19.6 percent.
Sa Pa, a tourist destination in northern Lao Cai province, has become a
magnet for property developers, following projections that the number of
tourists coming there would increase sharply.
For most Vietnamese, Tet (Lunar New Year festival) has actually begun
with the “Ong Cong - Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) ceremony on
the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year, which falls on February 11
this year.
Commercial banks said that 2015's Tet (Lunar New Year) festival has been
the most easy so far, in terms of liquidity, and even though it is
around the corner, according to Dau Tu Chung Khoan.
Following decreases in fuel prices, Ho Chi Minh City’s bus fares during
the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year festival) are expected to drop by 7 to
20 from last year, unveiled the municipal Ministry of Transport on
January 22.
The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) plans
to deliver nearly one million gift packages to Agent orange/dioxin
victims to help them enjoy a warm Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival 2015.
The Committee of the Fatherland Front of southern Dong Nai province has
prepared more than 1,600 gift packages, each worth 400,000 VND (19 USD),
to be given to local poor and ethnic minority households on the
occasion of the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
Phan Hoan Kiem, director of Ho Chi Minh City’s market surveillance
department, said the city will keep a close watch on smuggled goods in
the run-up period to the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
The People’s Committee of Bac Ninh province has approved a project worth
nearly 60 billion VND (2.86 million USD) to preserve its signature Dong
Ho folk painting, which is on the brink of falling into oblivion.
The real estate market in the central city of Da Nang is showing
positive signs with an increasing number of seaside tourism projects and
sales programmes of local residential land lots, a local newspaper
reported.
The domestic livestock industry must find a way to reduce its production
cost and become more competitive, or give in to the market domination
of imported meat.
The domestic livestock industry must find a way to reduce its production
cost and become more competitive, or give in to the market domination
of imported meat.
Travel agencies have said
that the number of foreign visitors and overseas Vietnamese wishing to
experience the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival in Vietnam has increased
significantly this year.
Almost 300 valuable items, including paintings, photographs, sculptures
and antiques are being displayed at an exhibition on Buddhism which
opened in Pho Quang pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City on January 22.
Five hundred gifts were given to poor students in Sung Tra commune, Meo
Vac district, the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on January 6
to help them enjoy a happier Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
Five hundred gifts were given to poor students in Sung Tra commune, Meo
Vac district, the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on January 6
to help them enjoy a happier Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
Society
XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
