Vietnamese students in US celebrate Tet

Updated: 15:40, 07/02/2022

Nearly 200 Vietnamese students and youths living across the US gathered at a Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration in New York on February 5 evening (or February 6 morning – Vietnam time).

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The event was held by the Vietnamese Association of Students in New York after two years of disruption caused by Covid-19 pandemic.

Vietnamese students in US celebrate Tet.

Participants at the event had a chance to enjoy traditional Vietnamese food, play folk games, exchange books and join a music game show.

On February 4-5, Vietnamese Ambassador to Algeria Nguyen Thanh Vinh visited and offered New Year wishes to overseas Vietnamese and Vietnamese workers in the country.

He affirmed that the Vietnamese Embassy will continue creating favourable conditions for them to stay there or return home as they wish.

US envoy dabbles in calligraphy for Tet

The U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, Marc Knapper, celebrated Tet by writing traditional calligraphy.

Yellow apricot blossom – a symbol of Tet in Vietnam

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.

PM orders implementing tasks after Tet

Vietnam has basically fulfilled targets regarding the organisation of the Tet (Lunar New Year), the country’s biggest traditional festival, with security, safety and social welfare ensured, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed on February 3.

Tet celebration of H’mong ethnic people in Co Ma

Three months after she arrived in Son La Province to work as Nhan Dan Newspaper’s correspondent in the province, Linh Trang joined a delegation of local leaders to pay a visit to the H’mong ethnic community in Co Ma Commune, Thuan Chau District, ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival. The visit helped her explore the traditional Tet celebration of the H’mong ethnic people.