Several flower festivals and markets opened across Ho Chi Minh City on January 17, adding to the festive air in the city as the traditional New Year (Tet) festival is nearing.
The Vietnamese traditional New Year (Tet) festival actually begins on the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year, which falls on January 17 this year, with the “Ong Cong - Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) ritual.
The first 20 free buses departed on February 10 carrying 1,725 poor workers to their hometown for traditional New Year (Tet) festival as part of a programme launched by the Ho Chi Minh City Federation of Labour.
Ho Chi Minh City on February 6 held a get-together to celebrate the upcoming traditional New Year (Tet) festival for about 600 Overseas Vietnamese returning home from 25 countries and territories.
The Spring Festival 2018 will take place from February 2-8, 2018 at the Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts in Hanoi prior to the traditional New Year (Tet) festival.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will create favourable conditions for citizens of Vietnam and Cambodia to cross the border for visits during the upcoming traditional New Year (Tet) festival.
Paintings capturing Vietnamese and Chinese folk culture and traditional New Year (Tet) festival are on display in Beijing, China, starting from January 8.
During the month of the traditional new year Tet festival, the Consumer
Price Index (CPI) of Ho Chi Minh City went up by 1 percent and 1.44
percent compared with those of the previous month and last December
respectively.
The Prime Minister has requested cabinet members and localities
intensify management over the market to ensure prices are stable,
especially during the traditional New Year festival.
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