Apart from peach flower and marumi kumquat, Vietnamese, especially southerners, often celebrate the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival with yellow apricot blossom (Ochna integerrima) that symbolises good luck, wealth, good health, happiness and love.
Ho Chi Minh City hosted a gathering with Lao and Cambodian students on April 13 to celebrate their traditional New Year festivals – Bunpimay (Laos) and Choul Chnam Thmey (Cambodia).
Moriyuki Taniguchi and Prof. Dr. Nagato Natsume, who are Honorary Consuls of Vietnam in Mie and Nagoya cities, respectively, are optimistic about the Vietnam-Japan ties in 2022.
Politburo member and State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc led a delegation to visit Da Nang on February 1, the first day of the Lunar New Year, to extend New Year greetings to agencies and armed force units in the central city.
Paintings capturing Vietnamese and Chinese folk culture and traditional New Year (Tet) festival are on display in Beijing, China, starting from January 8.