Giving away lucky money is a traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) custom through which Vietnamese people exchange the best wishes with one another, hoping for a year of peace and good luck.
Over 100 citizens have returned home after 14 days in quarantine at a border military facility in the northern province of Lang Son following the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Cockscomb flower Tet festival of Cong ethnic people in the northwestern province of Dien Bien is held in the ninth lunar month every year to welcome the New Year.
M’Nong ethnic people in Dak Nong province boast their typical rituals. Good health praying ritual is among the most typical ones performed in New Year days.
Politburo member Nguyen Thien Nhan, who is also Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, on February 2 visited various religious establishments and dignitaries in the city on the occasion of the upcoming traditional lunar New Year (Tet).
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 1 visited former President Le Duc Anh and former Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh in Hanoi on the occasion of the coming traditional lunar New Year.
E De ethnic people in Central Highlands still maintain their worship ritual to celebrate good health of people who are over 60 years old. The ceremony is held during leisure time and after harvest.
The Ministry of Public Health has reported that all members of the Moo Pa Academy youth football team are now in good health after being safely removed from Tham Luang Cave and admitted to Chiang Rai Prachanukroh hospital for care and observation.
All members of the teenage soccer team rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand and rescuers are in good health but they need to be monitored for about two weeks, local health officials said.
Those who have visited Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic people in the northern mountainous region of Vietnam are often astounded by traditional Then singing, which is accompanied by a handmade gourd lute called “Dan tinh” or “Tinh Tau”.
The first visitor of the New Year is very important to Vietnamese because they he or she is believed to decide the luck of the host for the entire year.
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