The representatives of the municipal leader launched the Tet tree-planting festival themed “Forever grateful to Uncle Ho” in 2019 and called for the officers, people, armed force, student, agencies, departments and sectors in the city, wards and communes to actively participate in tree planting to build up the green, clean and beautiful environment.

Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Linh (R) and leader of the provincial Association of the Elderly plant the trees at Hoang Hoa Tham Park.

Additionally, the communication has been boosted up to raise the people’s awareness in planting, caring and protecting the trees as well as preserve the ecological environment. After that, the provincial and municipal leaders together planted several trees of all kinds.

At the same day, a wide range of activities was organized at Hoang Hoa Tham Park such as love duet singing on boat, dancing, blindfold game and seizing the duck on the boat among others that drew numerous citizens and spectators.

Effectively implementing New Year tree-planting festival

Every spring as the Lunar New Year (Tet) arrives, people all over the country eagerly join the Tet tree-planting festival, themed “Forever grateful to Uncle Ho”. In 2018, Vietnam planted more than 230,000 hectares of trees, equal to 118.7% of the yearly plan, including 15,070 hectares of protection and special-use forests (100.5%) and over 216,000 hectares of production forest (120.3% of the annual plan).

 

Lao Cai int’l border gate busy on Lunar New Year festival

The Lao Cai international border gate in the northern mountainous province of the same name was busy with holidaymakers on the first day of the Year of the Pig (February 5).

 

HCM City: tourism market bustling on Lunar New Year festival

Travel agencies in Ho Chi Minh City have organized a great number of spring tours for tens of thousands of visitors on the occasion of the beginning of the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2019. 

 

Book street festival, flower street open in HCM City

The book street festival and the Nguyen Hue flower street celebrating the 2019 traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays opened in Ho Chi Minh City on February 2.  

 

Festival to honour Vietnamese ethnic groups’ culture

A wide range of activities will be held to honor cultural identities of 54 Vietnamese ethnic groups at a festival in Hanoi from February 12-13.

 

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