In Sri Lanka, the Vietnam Embassy on January 30 organised a programme that gathered more than 100 Vietnamese expats.

At the Tet celebration in Sri Lanka.

Meanwhile, the Vanuatu friendship association held a Tet celebration hosting about 200 Vietnamese people and nearly 100 guests, including Vanuatu Prime Minister Bob Loughman Weibur, Finance Minister Johny Konapo, Minister of Infrastructure and Public Utilities Jay Ngwele, as well as Australian and New Zealand ambassadors to the nation.

In his remark, the Vanuatu PM took note of the Vietnamese community’s significant contributions to his country. He said he supports the building of the Vietnamese community house and pledged to make a donation for the project.

The Vietnamese embassies in Cuba and the Czech Republic also organised cozy Tet gatherings for Vietnamese expats and businesses in the nations.

The Vietnamese students’ association in Paris, France, mounted an event spotlighting banh chung (square glutinous rice cake) - a traditional dish of the Vietnamese people on Tet. For the Vietnamese, making banh chung is an ideal way to express their gratitude to their ancestors and homeland.

Meet Saigonese man who has been making Tet calligraphy for half a century

Just before Tet each year Huynh Tri Cau sets up a small table at the corner of a street in District 11 and begins to do calligraphy.

Ho Chi Minh City floating Tet flower market opens

A special floating flower market opened at Binh Dong Park in District 8 of Ho Chi Minh City on January 27 to meet the skyrocketting flower and entertainment demands of locals on the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.

Bac Giang safely welcomes visitors on Tet holiday

(BGO) - When Covid-19 pandemic is well controlled, the popular destinations in Bac Giang province are preparing condition to welcome visitors in safe disease prevention and control.

Bac Giang implements Covid-19 preventive plan on Tet holiday

(BGO) - The People’s Committee in Bac Giang province has issued Covid-19 prevention and control plan on 2022  Lunar New Year holiday in the province.

PM orders staying on duty round the clock to fight Covid-19 during Tet

The steering committees for Covid-19 prevention and control, departments and localities must stay on duty round the clock to fight the pandemic during the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said.

Source: NDO/VNA