Officials of the Party, the State and Hanoi burned incense to commemorate national ancestors at the Thang Long Royal Citadel on January 28 or the fourth day of the first lunar month.
The delegation included Tran Quoc Vuong, Politburo member and permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Secretariat; Pham Minh Chinh, Politburo member, Secretary of the CPV Central Committee and head of the CPV Central Committee’s Organisation Commission; and Nguyen Van Nen, Secretary of the CPV Central Committee and Chief of its Office, along with representatives of ministries and centrally-run agencies.
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At the incense-offering ceremony.
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Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Hoang Trung Hai, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung and Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Council Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc also joined the delegation.
Following the incense-offering ceremony, the officials planted trees and handed over gifts of Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong to the staff of the management board of the citadel.
Tet of the San Diu ethnic minority group
The San Diu ethnic minority group, who live in northern mountainous areas with a population of nearly 147,000, celebrate quite a lot of festivals the most important of which is Tet, the lunar New Year festival.
Over 48,700 Tet gift presented to the poor
(BGO) – Responding to the
campaign “Tet for the poor”, as of January 21, Bac Giang province called for
the donation to present more than 48,700 Tet gifts in cash to the poor and near
poor families via the Fatherland Front’s Committee at all levels, each worth
300 – 500,000 VND (total value hit over 19 billion VND or 823,500 USD).
Vietnam Airlines flies outstanding workers home for Tet
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines have flown over 1,000 outstanding workers working in the southern provinces of Binh Duong and Dong Nai, and Ho Chi Minh City back to their home town for the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
Source: VNA
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