HCM City’s largest ever flower market opens

VietNamNet Bridge – The Spring Flower Festival opened at the Tao Dan Park in HCM City on February 8.

Firework shows scheduled nationwide to welcome in lunar New Year

VietNamNet Bridge – All 63 cities and provinces in Vietnam will let off fireworks on Lunar New Year’s Eve, which takes place this Saturday.

Major cultural park gets facelift ahead of Tet

Investors of Mot Thoang Vietnam (A Glimpse of Vietnam) are putting final touches on their major project in Cu Chi District in HCMC in preparation for the grand opening . . .

Lunar New Year tradition to blossom

VietNamNet BridgeThe naked, spiky-looking tree is not just Le Ham’s pride and joy. It is his meal ticket.

Strolling “street of ong do”

VietNamNet Bridge – Annually, HCM City’s “Ong do” (those who teach Han script and also calligraphers) gather on Pham Ngoc Thach and Nguyen Thi Minh Khai before Tet festival.

Hang Luoc – Hanoi’s oldest Tet flower market

VietNamNet Bridge – Founded in the 1920s, the Hang Luoc flower market is located on Hang Luoc street and extends down nearby alleys.

1000 items to be buried in a Hanoi time capsule

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi will choose 1,000 objects to bury with a message for future generations so that people in 1,000 years will know more about their ancestors.

Ethnology museum readies annual Tet festivities for kids

The Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology will organise a series of interesting events to celebrate the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays from February 19 to 21, . . .

The scent of incense

VietNamNet Bridge - The thick fragrance of joss-sticks is always hanging in the air in Doc La village, Hung Yen province.

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