Vietnam - January 24, 2025 Preparations for Tet, Vietnam's Lunar New Year, were underway on Friday as people flocked to Hanoi's street markets to buy traditional decorations such as peaches ...

Vietnam’s Tet (Lunar New Year) celebrations have been passed down through generations as families across the nation maintain centuries-old customs that mark the country’s most important annual holiday ...

Workers arrange incense sticks to be dried in a courtyard ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations in Quang Phu Cau village, outside Hanoi, Vietnam, last week. People dry red papers with greetings and ...

A woman wrapping banh chung rice cake in the yard of her house on the outskirts of Hanoi Lunar New Year, or Tết Nguyên Đán (Tết), is Vietnam's most important celebration - a time to honour ...

Hanoi's beauty industry is booming in the lead-up to Tet, with salons crowded and services running late into the night to meet festive demand. As the Lunar New Year (Tet) of the Snake approaches, ...

By Mike Ives In Hanoi and other Vietnamese cities at this ... Families buy them as symbols of luck and good fortune for the Lunar New Year, which started on Wednesday. This year a typhoon and ...

The market takes place annually from the night of the fourth to the early morning of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. A festival featuring the age-old sport of “vật cầu”, a game which involves men ...

Several countries mark their new year based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar involving movement of the Sun and Moon.

The Lunar New Year is a time to wish for good luck and prosperity in the coming year for oneself and others. “The past year was a very busy one for me, because I had to take care of both my kid ...

Lunar New Year 2025 on Wednesday ... the bar will introduce a Southeast Asian spin on the classic Sidecar, the Hanoi Highball made with Pierre Ferrand 1840 cognac, Grand Marnier, fresh orange ...

A Hanoi Highball cocktail will also ring in the New Year. The drink features cognac, Grand Marnier, and fresh orange— a traditional Lunar New Year symbol of good fortune.