A large number of Vietnamese people in Hong Kong (China) have come to a local pagoda on the occasion of the Vu Lan Festival to express gratitude to ancestors and pray for the best for their families, which is also an act to uphold traditional customs of the homeland.

A series of cultural activities took place in Hanoi’s Old Quarter on January 28 that recreated traditional Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tet) customs.

Being a small ethnic minority group, the Pa Then people in the northern Tuyen Quang province must work hard to maintain their traditional customs. The outfits of Pa Then women, which are mostly red, have unique features that could never be confused with those of another ethnic minority group.

Doan Ngo Festival, commonly called “Tet giet sau bo” (pest-killing festival), on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month is one of the many traditional customs of Vietnamese people, and it falls on June 3 this year.

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has launched a contest themed “Yeu tet que nha – Yeu ban sac Viet” to popularise inspirational stories as the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival is approaching.

The Vietnamese traditional New Year (Tet) festival actually begins on the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year, which falls on January 17 this year, with the “Ong Cong - Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) ritual.

Thousands of domestic and foreign tourists flocked to Van Mieu (the Temple of Literature) and Quoc Tu Giam (the first university in Vietnam) in Hanoi on February 17.

So Village’s communal house on the western outskirts of Hanoi will provide a platform to showcase the traditional customs of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year on February 10.

Various traditional customs of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year will be featured on January 22 at So Village’s communal house on the western outskirts of Hanoi.​

A spring festival kicked off at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi on January 29 as part of the activities to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) and the 86th founding anniversary of the CPV.