About 200 sets of winter clothes were presented to primary school students in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum by the Vietnam News Agency’s representative office in the Central and Central Highlands region and the Kon Tum Power Company on the morning of January 26.
Vietjet and the Lao Cai Red Cross Society co-organised “A compassionate Tet 2021” programme on January 23-24 to support disadvantaged families and children in Sin Cheng commune, Si Ma Cai district, of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.
Gardeners growing peaches in Nhat Tan village and kumquat trees in Tu Lien village in Hanoi's Tay Ho district are busy preparing thousands of peach roots and kumquat pots for the Tet (Lunar New Year) market.
Tour business Vietravel is providing a bundle of promotional spring tours and airfares for visitors at the second iteration of the Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival 2021, which takes place from January 21-24 at Le Van Tam Park, Ho Chi Minh City.
The traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) has arrived early for soldiers and islanders on Truong Sa district as ships are crossing rough seas to carry Tet gifts and supplies from all parts of the country to the locality.
Many products made under a programme called ‘One Commune One Product’ that facilitates the development of regional specialities will be sold through major retail channels during Tet next month.
A wide range of cultural activities will take place throughout Hanoi’s Old Quarter from February 6, or the 25th day of the 12th lunar month, as part of celebrations for Tet (Lunar New Year).
Organisers expect to collect 50,000 blood units in the Chu Nhat Do 2021 (Red Sunday), a blood donation campaign that will be kicked off officially at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology in in the capital on January 17.
The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) plans to offer over 12,000 packages of Tet (Lunar New Year) gifts to poor households and welfare facilities at a total cost of over 14 billion VND (606,519 USD), according to Vice President of the VFF Central Committee Truong Thi Ngoc Anh.
Production and retail businesses in central Da Nang city are now in a position to sell Tet goods to customers. The diverse and plentiful offerings, some of which include attractive promotional programmes, have also hit the shelves of supermarkets and shopping malls.
It’s now the 11th month of the lunar year and chrysanthemums are growing quickly in Hoa Binh hamlet in Giong Rieng district, in the Mekong delta province of Kien Giang. Local people see this as a good start to the Tet flower season, bringing earnings to farmers.
Mien Tay (Western) and Mien Dong (Eastern) bus stations in Ho Chi Minh City will begin selling Tet (Lunar New Year) tickets next month at prices 40-60 percent higher than on normal days.
Confectionery companies are beefing up production and distribution to meet the demand for Tet (Lunar New Year), which falls on February 12 next year, though sales are expected to be somewhat lower this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The purchasing power in the domestic market is expected to increase by between 15-20 percent from now until the 2021 Tet (Lunar New Year), with food products seeing the strongest rise.
The purchasing power in the domestic market is expected to increase by between 15-20 percent from now until the 2021 Tet (Lunar New Year), with food products seeing the strongest rise, said Tran Duy Dong, Director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Domestic Market Department.
Companies that import fruits and foods expect lower demand during Tet (Lunar New Year) next February due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and plan to reduce imports.
Many flower gardens in the central city of Da Nang have faced difficulties due to the impact of COVID-19 and the recent severe weather. But local flower growers have made every effort to ensure a sufficient supply of blooms for the upcoming lunar new year, or Tet.
A collection of stamps featuring folk paintings of Vietnamese buffaloes has been released by the Ministry of Information and Communications in celebration of the coming Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
Despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, growers in the two biggest flower villages in the Mekong Delta -- Cho Lach in Ben Tre province and Sa Dec in Dong Thap province -- have been preparing new varieties of flowers for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.
Provinces and cities are gearing up for the coming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday to ensure an adequate supply of essential goods with the COVID-19 pandemic still developing globally.
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